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ACCA exemption checker
Indian graduates and professionals can skip some of ACCA's 13 exams. A B.Com usually exempts 3 papers, CA students are exempted paper by paper, CMA Final 6 and CA Final 9 — never the Strategic Professional level. Tick your qualifications to see your likely exemptions, the exams left and the remaining ACCA exam fees.
Likely result (estimate)
0 exempt · 13 of 13 exams to sit
✓ Likely exempt
- Select a qualification to see exemptions.
Papers to clear
- Business and Technology (BT)
- Management Accounting (MA)
- Financial Accounting (FA)
- Corporate and Business Law (LW)
- Performance Management (PM)
- Taxation (TX)
- Financial Reporting (FR)
- Audit and Assurance (AA)
- Financial Management (FM)
- Strategic Business Leader (SBL)
- Strategic Business Reporting (SBR)
- Any 2 Strategic Professional options
- ACCA exam fees for the remaining papers
- ≈ ₹2,49,530 £1,949
- ACCA exemption fees
- Check with ACCA
Estimate only — ACCA confirms exemptions after reviewing your documents. Fees converted at 1 GBP = ₹128.03 (rate updated 8 October 2026); Applied Knowledge exam fees are set by exam centres and are approximate.
The rules
ACCA exemptions by qualification
The checker uses these rules. If you tick more than one qualification you see the combined (best) set, because ACCA grants the best combination.
| Your qualification | Likely exemptions | Still to sit (before Strategic Professional) | Exams left of 13 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B.Com (Graduation in Commerce) | BT, MA, FA | LW, PM, TX, FR, AA, FM | 10 |
| Qualified CA (CA Final passed) | BT, MA, FA, LW, PM, TX, FR, AA, FM | — | 4 |
| CMA India Intermediate | BT, MA, FA | LW, PM, TX, FR, AA, FM | 10 |
| CMA India Final | BT, MA, FA, PM, FR, FM | LW, TX, AA | 7 |
Every route still needs SBL, SBR and two Strategic Professional options, plus the Ethics and Professional Skills Module. ACCA confirms the final exemptions after reviewing your documents.
CA students: exemptions paper by paper
If you are a CA student who is not yet qualified, ACCA exempts you for each CA paper (or set of papers) you have passed:
| ACCA exemption | CA paper(s) passed |
|---|---|
| Management Accounting (MA) | Cost and Management Accounting |
| Financial Accounting (FA) | Advanced Accounting + Accounting |
| Corporate and Business Law (LW) | Business Laws + Corporate and Other Laws |
| Performance Management (PM) | Cost and Management Accounting or Strategic Cost and Performance Management |
| Taxation (TX) | Taxation |
| Financial Reporting (FR) | Financial Reporting |
| Audit and Assurance (AA) | Auditing and Ethics |
| Financial Management (FM) | Advanced Financial Management |
Business and Technology (BT) is exempted only once you are a qualified CA.
How this is calculated
- Exemptions use the same rules as the exemptions section on our ACCA course page.
- Exam fees for the remaining papers come from our ACCA course fee page (two Strategic Professional options included), converted at 1 GBP = ₹128.03, the rate stored on 8 October 2026.
- Exemption fees, registration, annual subscription and the ethics module are not included — use the cost calculator for the full cost, and the official ACCA exemptions calculator for exemption fees and any qualification not listed here.
- Results are estimates. ACCA makes the final decision on exemptions after assessing your transcripts.
Frequently asked questions
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