| Chartered Accountancy is primarily about accounting, | | | | The scope of chartered accountancy is very wide. |
| auditing and taxation. A chartered accountant is trained | | | | Before becoming a full-fledged CA, one has to do an |
| in various aspects of finance and accounting. | | | | articleship, something like an internship, which is part of |
| Chartered Accountant helps companies and individuals | | | | the study programme. Ashok Haldia, former Secretary, |
| in tax planning and compliance. Styled as complete | | | | Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), says |
| business solutions providers, these professionals’ | | | | that articleship enables chartered accountants to |
| role play includes ensuring compliance with regulatory | | | | perform different roles. |
| requirements, capital structure and planning, | | | | “With a little adaptation, many CAs look after |
| organizational development, conducting and preparing | | | | marketing, HR and research and development. Thanks |
| feasibility study and project reports, mobilizing financial | | | | to the training, he’s a multi-faceted personality.” |
| resources, installing internal accounting and budgetary | | | | And CA plus an MBA degree is a “deadly |
| controls to giving advice on issues such as joint | | | | combination”. |
| ventures, foreign collaborations, amalgamation, merger, | | | | Finance is the centre of any business activity and |
| diversification, product pricing, BPO etc. | | | | anybody with expertise in finance can and would find |
| A CA is a highly – prized individual who can go right | | | | many opportunities. (Despite the slowdown) The |
| up to the higher echelons of a company, becoming the | | | | market demand for Chartered Accountants in india is |
| chief financial office or something similar. | | | | almost at the same level. The average package |
| Apart from a few legal requirements, a Chartered | | | | offered in ICAI’s March-April 2009 campus |
| Accountant can do what an MBA, a company | | | | placement programme was about Rs. 6 Lakh, the |
| secretary, a cost and works accountant or CIMA (the | | | | same as February-April 2008. |
| US’s Chartered Institute of Management | | | | More information about Career in Chartered |
| Accountants professional) can do. A CA is an all | | | | Accountancy or Courses in Chartered Accountancy |
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| Scope of Chartered Accountancy | | | | |