This page was meant to be a fee comparison table. It is not, because the research did not support one — and what it found instead is more useful to anyone trying to budget.
Of the local accounting institutes we checked, not one published a fee figure anywhere on the page selling the course.
What we did
On 12 September 2026 we retrieved the main course or landing page of seven accounting and taxation training providers — three local to the Laxmi Nagar and East Delhi market, and four national players — and scanned the visible text for any figure presented as money: a rupee symbol, “Rs” or “INR” followed by four or more digits.
One local provider was checked and then excluded from the table below, and it is worth saying which and why. NIMB EDU operates a second brand, the Institute of Professional Accountants, at tipa.in and at E-54 on the same street. Counting our own other name as an independent competitor, and counting its silence on fees as evidence for our transparency, would not be a survey. It published no fee either, so leaving it out changes none of the findings — but a survey that quietly included it would have been worth less than one that says this out loud.
We also counted how often each page used the words fee, fees, price or cost, to distinguish “does not discuss price” from “discusses price without stating one”.
What we found
| Provider | Market | Fee figures on page | Mentions of fee / price / cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICS Laxmi Nagar | Local | None | 4 |
| IFDA | Local | None | 6 |
| SLA Consultants Delhi | Local | None | 11 |
| IIM Skills | National | 1 figure | 6 |
| ICA Edu Skills | National | Multiple figures | — |
| DIFM | Local | Page unreachable at time of check | — |
| Henry Harvin | National | Page unreachable at time of check | — |
The SLA Consultants result is the one worth pausing on. Eleven mentions of fee, price or cost, and no number. That is not an oversight. A page can only discuss price eleven times without stating one on purpose.
What this method cannot see
Stated plainly, because a research page that overclaims is worse than no research page.
- A fee shown inside an image, a PDF brochure or a downloadable prospectus would not be detected.
- A fee behind an enquiry form, a login, or a chat widget would not be detected.
- We checked one page per provider, not entire websites. A fee on a different page would be missed.
- Two of the seven were unreachable when we checked and are reported as unknown rather than as non-publishers.
So the accurate claim is narrow: on the page each provider uses to sell the course, the local institutes we could reach did not state a price. That is still a finding, because that page is where a prospective student looks first.
Why institutes withhold fees
The commercial logic is not mysterious. A published fee lets someone rule you out without ever contacting you. Withholding it forces an enquiry, which puts a salesperson in the conversation, and a salesperson can frame value before price. It also allows the quoted figure to vary by who is asking.
The cost of that approach falls on the student, and specifically on the student with the least money, who must spend time enquiring at several institutes simply to learn what everyone else’s website could have told them in a second.
Our own fees, and where we are not transparent either
It would be easy to write the section above and quietly leave our own numbers vague. So:
| Course | Duration | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Diploma in Financial Accounting | 12 months | Rs 60,000 |
| Diploma in Taxation Law | 5 months | Rs 20,000 |
| Business Accounting and Taxation | 12 months, or 6 over six months | Not published — shared on enquiry |
Four of our six courses carry a published fee. The GST Practitioner Course and the Basic Computer Course do not, and we are not going to claim otherwise on a page about who publishes fees. The third is not, which makes us better than every local institute we could check and not as good as our own argument. We are noting that here rather than hoping you would not.
How to get a real number out of any institute
If you are comparing options, ask these and insist on specifics:
- What is the total fee, including registration, material and examination? Ask for the total, not the tuition.
- What is not included? Certification exam fees charged by an outside body are the usual omission.
- What are the instalment terms? Number of instalments, dates, and whether the total changes.
- What happens if I stop? Get the refund position before you pay, in writing.
- Is this the price for everyone? A fee that moves when you hesitate was never a fee.
An institute unwilling to answer the first question in writing has told you something useful about how the next twelve months will go.
Frequently asked questions
What does an accounting course in Delhi typically cost?
We are not going to invent a market average from a survey in which most participants published nothing. Our own diplomas are Rs 20,000 for three months, Rs 40,000 for six and Rs 60,000 for twelve, which are real numbers you can compare against whatever you are quoted.
Is a more expensive course better?
There is no relationship in either direction that this research can support. Compare duration, software covered, and whether you get live portal practice.
Will institutes negotiate?
Where a fee is unpublished, it is more likely to be negotiable — which is part of why it is unpublished.
Are the cheapest courses worth taking?
Depends entirely on length and content. A three-month specialised diploma is legitimately cheaper than a twelve-month general one; that is duration, not quality. Compare what is taught.