Chartered Accountant

Chartered Accountants in Practice, CA Firms/ LLPs may fill online Multipurpose Empanelment Form (MEF) for the year 2024-25  till 21st October, 2024.

ICAI has announced that all members in full-time practice are advised to fill the MEF for 2024-25. The information filled in by the applicant in MEF can be edited/modified any number of times before final online submission.

If you are a practicing Chartered Accountant you are invited to submit online MEF for 2024-25 icai.org. CA Firms/LLPs can apply MEF on the MEF IC AI website showing status as on 1st day of July 2024.

Professional Development Committee

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

3rd October, 2024

Announcement for Extension of Last Date for Submitting MEF 2024-25 from 07th October to 21st October, 2024

Considering the extension of tax audit filing period and to give adequate time to members to submit MEF thereafter, it has been decided to extend the last date for submitting the MEF from 07th October 2024 to 21st October 2024. Accordingly,
Last date for online submission of MEF is 21st October, 2024
.

It may kindly be noted that no further extension will be given for filing MEF 2024-25, as PDC has to submit the Branch Auditors’ Panel to RBI within stipulated time.

For any clarification / query / complaint regarding MEF 2024-25, the MEF applicants can write to PDC under the tab “MEF Complaint Entry” available  or

Registration/ Login: You may login for MEF 2024-25  with last year’s (i.e. MEF 2023-24) credentials. However, if you forgot your password then you may retrieve the same by click on “Forgot Password” button.

For registration you need to use the following detail:

• CA Firm: FRN and Date of Establishment if applicant is a Partnership Firm/LLP/Proprietary Concern.
• Chartered Accountant: MRN & Date of Birth if applicant is applying as an Individual.

(MEF Form is available till 21st OCT 2024
)

The last date for submission of online Multipurpose Empanelment Form (MEF) and Declaration is 21-Oct-2024 for MEF 2024-25.

Firms who are in existence as on 1st July, 2024 and Members who are holding Full-time Certificate of Practice as on this date (i.e. 01.07.2024) can only file MEF.

Member practising in individual name but having Proprietary concern should apply through FRN as Proprietary Concern only. Proprietary Firms which are in existence as on 1st July, 2024.

Member holding Full-time Certificate of Practice as on 1st July, 2024 and practising in individual name.

Auto Populated Data: Green Fields are non-editable fields which exhibit the data related to Firms/ Members/ Partners/ Paid Employees are fetched from the SSP Portal of ICAI.

Editable Info: White Fields are editable fields which exhibit the data from the last year’s MEF which is to be updated by the applicants as per the facts/ requirement.

Change in ICAI Records: Any change in the data in Green field will be considered in MEF Application only if the same is reflected in ICAI’s Records as per SSP. However, applicants may inform such change in MEF through in Grey colour fields for verification with SSP.

Change Not Allowed: MEF application provides the facility of filling and page-wise saving which is editable any number of times before submission, but once submitted, cannot be edited.

Before submission, the form can be downloaded and printed for thorough checking.

Partner of Firm: The applicant will get the credit of the partner/proprietor/member only if she/ he is exclusively associated with the applicant from 01.07.2024 till second verification.

Common Partner: In case, the firms are having common partner(s)/proprietor(s) as on 01.07.2024 and only one firm applies then the same will be eligible (subject to meeting other norms), but the credit of common partner(s)/proprietor(s) shall not be given.

In case both / all the firms apply, the MEF of all these firms shall be rejected for Bank Branch Auditors panel.

The details of the common partner (s) and their association in firms and/or practising in Individual name / Sole practice will be shown after logging for…