[Anonymous]

Hey I have a question. I have a bachelor’s degree in accounting and I’m almost finished with the cpa exam (hopefully in may) and I was wondering if the discipline for a master’s degree has to be accounting for me to use it to meet the 150 credit requirement. I now have 130 but I still intended on doing my masters anyway, so i didnt want to do the random courses to meet the 150. The school I had applied to their MSc in accounting programme is full but I got in for my second choice MSc in taxation. I just want to know if the bachelor’s degree in accounting combined with the MSc in taxation will help me meet the licensure requirements for new York.

[Mamabear]

It depends on whether your state has specific criteria on classes. In Florida you have to have 150 credits, which I have, but 36 of them need to be upper level accounting (including taxation) so I had to go back to school and take all of those even though I had the 150 hours. Check with the NY state board, but I think taxation and accounting would both count.

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[Anonymous]

@mamabear I emailed them and I got a pretty vague answer and they're saying I should submit them for evaluation cause they can't say in a super long email that looked programmed or something. I'm wondering if I can call and get a better response. Which section of the Florida board site do u see the specific criteria?

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