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ICAI: Average CA Starting Package Is Rs. 12-13 Lakh, Not Rs. 3-5 Lakh — 64th Campus Placement Has More Jobs Than Candidates

ICAI has rejected the 1 Finance report that claimed CA starting salaries are only Rs. 3-5 lakh. Secretary Jai Kumar Batra says the average qualified CA package is Rs. 12-13 lakh, international offers cross Rs. 50 lakh, and the 64th Campus Placement had 8,911 jobs for 5,834 candidates.

'Digital Arrest' Scam Hits 72-Year-Old Sikar CA: Rs 1.03 Crore Lost in 24 Days — How the Fraud Works, and Why Police, CBI or ED Never Arrest Anyone on a Video Call

Neha Kapoor
A 72-year-old CA in Sikar lost Rs 1.03 crore in a 24-day digital-arrest scam (Patrika, May 2026). Fake CBI/ED officers in uniform threatened him over a fake FIR via video call. 15 transactions later, the money was gone. There is no such thing as digital arrest in Indian law.

F&O and Intraday Trading Taxation for AY 2026-27: ITR-3, Audit Threshold, 44AD Presumptive Scheme, ICAI Turnover Rule, and the 2026 STT Hike

Karan Malhotra
F&O = non-spec business; intraday = spec business. File ITR-3. Audit at Rs 10 cr turnover (95% digital). 44AD: 6% digital up to Rs 3 cr. ICAI 8th edition: turnover = absolute P&L. F&O loss carries 8 yrs (Sec 72); intraday loss only against spec gains, 4 yrs (Sec 73).

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