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Every ACCA fee in pounds and rupees, with your exemptions and exam pace.
The short version
Quick answer: ACCA fees come in two parts. You pay ACCA in pounds for registration, a yearly subscription, exemptions and most exams. You pay an exam centre in rupees for BT, MA, FA and LW. A Class 12 starter who registers in October 2026 and sits all 13 exams at standard entry, 2 per session, pays about ₹3,33,878 before coaching (illustrative).
Guide
Everything that goes into the bill
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) charges five kinds of fee. They are registration, a yearly subscription, exemptions, exams and a one-time ethics module. Exam fees are for the December 2026 session, the only one ACCA has priced so far. Its India price list (checked in October 2026) shows lower prices for registration and exemptions, with the regular price struck through. Coaching is separate and depends on your provider.
ACCA has 13 exams at three levels. Applied Knowledge has 3: BT, MA and FA. Applied Skills has 6: LW, PM (Performance Management), TX (Taxation), FR (Financial Reporting), AA (Audit and Assurance) and FM (Financial Management). Strategic Professional has 4: SBL (Strategic Business Leader), SBR (Strategic Business Reporting) and two Options. You choose the Options from AFM (Advanced Financial Management), APM (Advanced Performance Management), ATX (Advanced Taxation) and AAA (Advanced Audit and Assurance). PM to FM and all Strategic Professional exams are “session exams”, held four times a year in March, June, September and December.
| Fee | When | £ | ≈ ₹ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration | Once | £30 | ₹3,808 |
| Annual subscription (2026) | Every year | £140 | ₹17,770 |
| Exemption: BT, MA, FA | Per exemption | £84 | ₹10,662 |
| Exemption: LW to FM | Per exemption | £111 | ₹14,089 |
| PM, TX, FR, AA or FM exam | Per exam, standard entry | £151 | ₹19,166 |
| SBL exam | Per exam, standard entry | £268 | – |
| SBR or an Options exam | Per exam, standard entry | £191 | – |
| Ethics module (EPSM) | Once | £83 | ₹10,535 |
| BT, MA, FA or LW exam | Per exam, to the centre | Paid in ₹ | Centre’s price |
In short: no single fee is huge, but 13 exams and a few years of subscription add up to a few lakh rupees.
Registration is £30 on the India list, against a regular £89. ACCA gives no end date for the lower price.
BT (Business and Technology), MA (Management Accounting), FA (Financial Accounting) and LW (Corporate and Business Law) are on-demand computer-based exams (CBEs). You book a day at a licensed centre. The centre’s price already includes ACCA’s exam fee. Remote exams are not offered in countries that have ACCA exam centres, India included.
Think of a cinema ticket: the counter price already includes the film studio’s share. At QuintEdge’s Mumbai CBE centre, BT, MA or FA costs ₹16,000 + 18% GST, the goods and services tax (₹18,880). LW costs ₹21,000 + 18% GST (₹24,780). Other centres set their own fee.
Every year you stay a student, even with no exams, like a gym membership. ACCA invoices in November; you pay by 1 January. Register by the June session’s late-entry deadline (usually early May) and ACCA also bills that year.
Illustrative: register in October 2026, sit your last exam in June 2028, and you pay for 2027 and 2028: £280, about ₹35,540. A December last exam adds the next year’s invoice before results. Re-registering after removal costs £89.
An exemption lets you skip an exam you have already covered. Each costs £84 (Applied Knowledge) or £111 (Applied Skills). It is like a college accepting your earlier marks, so you do not redo a course you passed.
The table compares four starting points: Class 12, a B.Com (Bachelor of Commerce), an M.Com (Master of Commerce) and a qualified CA (chartered accountant). All register in October 2026 and sit 2 exams per session.
| Start | Exams | To ACCA | Centre | Total ≈ ₹ | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 12 | 13 | £1,989 | ₹81,420 | ₹3,33,878incl. ₹2,92,310 estimate | June 2028New structure |
| B.Com (5 exemptions) | 8 | £2,172 | ₹0 | ₹2,75,684incl. ₹1,73,382 estimate | September 2027New structure |
| M.Com (4 exemptions) | 9 | £2,352 | ₹0 | ₹2,98,532incl. ₹2,10,318 estimate | December 2027New structure |
| Qualified CA (9 exemptions) | 4 | £2,012 | ₹0 | ₹2,55,375incl. ₹66,256 estimate | March 2027New structure |
In short: exemptions cut the bill and the time. But a qualified CA still pays £918 in exemption fees.
Illustrative: a B.Com graduate skips BT, MA, FA, LW and TX for £474. That avoids 4 exam-centre bookings and 1 Applied Skills session exam. They pay about ₹58,194 less than a Class 12 starter. Check yours in our ACCA Exemption Calculator.
Late entry costs much more. Think of late entry like a tatkal train ticket: the same seat costs more when you book late. One late Applied Skills exam adds £236 (about ₹29,954). A resit is the exam fee again, and it can push your finish back a session.
| Exam | Standard | Late | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM, TX, FR, AA, FM | £151 | £387 | £236 |
| SBL | £268 | £430 | £162 |
| SBR | £191 | £430 | £239 |
| Options | £191 | £430 | £239 |
In short: entering before the standard deadline is the easiest saving in your ACCA budget.
BT, MA, FA and LW have no late fee. Deadlines: ACCA exam dates.
ACCA has priced only the December 2026 session and the 2026 subscription. Its current Applied Skills and Strategic Professional exams last sit in June 2027; new exams start from September 2027. So later years use today’s prices, marked “Estimate”.
Your qualification pre-ticks exemptions using the same rules as our ACCA Exemption Calculator. The tool then spreads your exams over ACCA’s sessions at your pace, within ACCA’s limits. It adds each fee in the year you pay it.
Pounds convert at the ECB reference rate, crossed via EUR, £1 = ₹126.93 on 23 Oct 2026. The ECB (European Central Bank) publishes daily euro reference rates; crossed via EUR means we convert through the euro to get the rupee rate. Coaching is optional; see ACCA coaching or our ACCA cost in India guide.
FAQs
It depends on your exemptions, exam pace and coaching. Take an illustrative Class 12 student who starts in October 2026. They sit all 13 exams at standard entry. They pay about £1,989 to ACCA plus ₹81,420 at an exam centre. That is roughly ₹3,33,878 before coaching, at £1 = ₹126.93 (ECB reference rate, crossed via EUR, 23 Oct 2026). About ₹2,92,310 of it is due after 2026, so it is an estimate at today’s prices. ACCA has not published those fees yet, and exams after June 2027 move to its redesigned qualification.
ACCA’s India price list shows a one-time registration fee of £30. The regular price is £89 (checked in October 2026). ACCA gives no end date for the lower price. If ACCA removes you from its register for unpaid fees, re-registering costs £89.
Yes. The student subscription (£140 for 2026) is due by 1 January every year you stay registered. That holds even if you sit no exams that year. ACCA sends the invoice in November. If you register by the June session’s late-entry deadline, ACCA also bills that year’s subscription. If your last exam is in a December session, the next year’s invoice arrives before your results.
Yes, for BT, MA, FA and LW in India. These on-demand exams are sat at licensed CBE centres, and the centre’s price includes ACCA’s exam fee. At QuintEdge’s Mumbai centre that is ₹18,880 for BT, MA or FA and ₹24,780 for LW, including 18% GST.
A resit costs the same as sitting the exam again. For an Applied Skills session exam that is £151 at standard entry or £387 at late entry. For BT, MA, FA or LW you pay the exam centre’s fee again. A resit can also push your finish date back by a session.
For the December 2026 session, an Applied Skills exam costs £387 at late entry instead of £151. SBL costs £430 instead of £268, and SBR or an Options exam costs £430 instead of £191. Our ACCA exam dates page lists the entry deadlines.
No. It is a free QuintEdge tool built from ACCA’s India price list, checked in October 2026. ACCA confirms your exemptions and fees, and each exam centre sets its own price. Rupee figures are illustrative at the ECB reference rate, crossed via EUR, and your bank or card may add its own markup.
Not ACCA’s official tool. ACCA confirms your exemptions and fees; each exam centre sets its own price. ₹ figures are illustrative at the ECB rate, crossed via EUR, on 23 Oct 2026, and payments after 2026 are estimates at today’s prices. ACCA® is a registered trademark of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
