ICAI reduces verification/certified copies fee of Chartered Accountants examinations

ICAI reduces verification/certified copies fee of Chartered Accountants examinations 

The Examination Committee of ICAI has decided to revise and reduce the verification & Certified Copies fee of answer books of the Chartered Accountants Examinations.

In its latest announcements, ICAI has stated that candidates intending to apply for verification & Certified Copies of answer books after the declaration of results of January 2026 CA Examinations may note the above changes in Verification/Certified Copies fees and pay the revised fees as indicated above alongwith the application for Verification/Certified Copies of answer books. and accordingly,

The revised fee is as under:

• Object of assessment proceedings is not to find empirically correct solution on every fact issue – HC
• Penalty u/s 270A deleted as assessee filed revised computation during scrutiny
• Penalty u/s 271B for unfilled column 40 in Tax Audit Report Form 3CD deleted by ITAT
• Merely ex-parte rectifying computation without amending assessment order not make it nullity- ITAT
• Once assessee discharges primary onus, it shifts to AO to bring evidence to contrary – ITAT