The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has notified the CA Inter September exam dates on its official website. The CA Intermediate exam for Sep 2025 for Group 1 will be conducted on September 4, 7, and 9, and Group 2 exams will be conducted on September 11, 13, and 15, 2025. The institute will open the CA Intermediate exam form for the September 2025 session on July 5, 2025. The last date to fill the CA Inter Sep exam form 2025 without a late fee is July 18, and July 21, 2025 with a late fee of Rs. 600.
Also, students seeking to change their examination city or medium for the CA Inter Sep 2025 exam can make corrections during the window from July 22 to July 24, 2025. Earlier, ICAI had announced that the CA Inter exam will now be conducted three times a year in January, May, and September.
ICAI CA Intermediate New Scheme of Education and Training
ICAI earlier released the new education and training for the CA course after consulting all stakeholders. The CA Intermediate new scheme 2023 has come into effect from July 1, 2023. The first session for CA Intermediate under the new scheme was held in May 2024.
Let us have a look at the new changes under the CA Intermediate new scheme of education and training.
What's new in CA Intermediate New Scheme of Education and Training
- The CA Intermediate registration validity extended to 5 years from 4 years.
- Candidates can revalidate their registration by paying the prescribed fee only once.
- Candidates opting for the direct-entry route for CA Intermediate registration will be required to complete 8 months of study period.
- The number of papers has been reduced from 8 to 6.
- Advanced Accounting and Auditing and Code of Ethics have been merged and made a single paper.
- Enterprise Information Systems is removed from Enterprise Information Systems & Strategic Management, and Economics for Finance is removed from Paper 8 Financial Management & Economics for Finance.
- Code of ethics has been merged into Auditing and Assurance.
- The Corporate Laws paper will cover the Companies Act entirely, and the business laws part has been moved to CA Foundation.
- A provision of negative marking was introduced in the CA Intermediate exam from May 2024. Where 0.25 marks would be deducted for each incorrect response.
- There are 30% MCQs in all 6 Papers.
- ICAI also reduced Articleship training from 3 years to 2 years.
What is the CA Intermediate Exam?
The CA Intermediate exam is the second level of the Chartered Accountancy Course and is divided into two groups- Group 1 and Group 2. Candidates have the option to appear in any of these or both groups. The CA Intermediate exam is the second stage of the 3-stage Chartered Accountancy course. The CA Foundation is the 1st stage, while the CA Final is the third and final stage.
New Syllabus of CA Intermediate Exam Under ICAI New Scheme
As per the new CA intermediate syllabus released on July 1, 2023, by ICAI, the following 6 papers are included in it
| Paper Name | Marks |
|---|
Advanced Accounting | 100 Marks |
Corporate And Other Laws
Part I: Company Law And Limited Liability Partnership Law Part Ii: Other Laws
| 100 Marks
Part I: 70 Marks Part II: 30 Marks |
Taxation
Section A: Income Tax Law Section B: Goods and Services Tax | 100 Marks
Section A: 50 Marks Section B: 50 Marks |
Cost and Management Accounting | 100 Marks |
Auditing and Ethics | 100 Marks |
Financial Management And Strategic Management
Section A: Financial Management Section B: Strategic Management | 100 Marks
50 Marks
50 Marks
|
CA Intermediate Qualifying Marks
ICAI mandates all candidates to secure a minimum of 40% marks in each paper and an aggregate of 50% in all papers in order to quality CA Intermediate exam level.
CA Intermediate Exam - Statistics
| Exam | Group I | Group II | Both Groups |
Term | Appeared | Passed | Percentage | Appeared | Passed | Percentage | Appeared | Passed | Percentage |
| January 2025 | 1,08,187 | 15,332 | 14.17% | 80,368 | 17,813 | 22.16% | 48,261 | 6,781 | 14.05% |
| September 2024 | 69,227 | 10,505 | 15.17% | 50,760 | 8,117 | 15.99% | 23,482 | 1,330 | 5.66% |
| May 2024 | 111,774 | 31,978 | 27.15% | 71,145 | 13,008 | 18.28% | 59,956 | 11,041 | 18.42% |
| November 2023 | 1,17,304 | 19,686 | 16.78% | 93,638 | 17,957 | 19.18% | 53,459 | 5204 | 9.73% |
| May 2023 | 100781 | 19103 | 18.95% | 81956 | 19208 | 23.44% | 39195 | 4014 | 10.24% |
| November 2022 Intermediate | 100265 | 21244 | 21.19% | 79292 | 19380 | 24.44% | 37428 | 4759 | 12.72% |
| July 2021 | 60335 | 17563 | 29.11 | 45423 | 10082 | 22.2 | 20668 | 2169 | 10.49 |
| July 2021 INT. (IPC) | 8873 | 385 | 4.34 | 26413 | 7957 | 30.13 | 3798 | 25 | 0.66 |
January 2021 | 26496 | 3430 | 24.89 | 27611 | 5154 | 18.67 | 12046 | 1184 | 9.83 |
January 2021
INT. (IPC) | 8215 | 420 | 5.11 | 19807 | 1575 | 7.95 | 3749 | 14 | 0.37 |
November 2020 | 64243 | 16473 | 25.64 | 43134 | 9425 | 21.85 | 28644 | 4895 | 17.09 |
November 2020
INT. (IPC) | 9608 | 1129 | 11.75 | 21119 | 3192 | 15.11 | 4094 | 74 | 1.81 |
November 2019 | 69886 | 15719 | 22.49 | 45449 | 8122 | 17.87 | 31856 | 4578 | 14.37 |
November 2019
INT. (IPC) | 30571 | 3695 | 12.09 | 54489 | 10952 | 20.10 | 10678 | 164 | 1.54 |
