150 Credit Education Requirement

My state board refuses to tell me which classes count for my education requirements. This is the response they give me:

We do not pre-qualify any courses, transcripts or schools. We only review transcripts once you have initiated the application process with our office. It is your responsibility to obtain the completion of your requirements in the specific category as shown below in order apply with our office. This information is also located on our web-site. You must have at least a Bachelor’s and the school must be an accredited school and/or institution with the CHEA regional accrediting organization in the united states.

It is advisable you contact the school, you are or will be attending as they might have a program specifically designed for obtaining a CPA credential or contact a guidance counselor within the school for assistance.

Many of the areas are very poorly written and very grey; therefore, it is very likely i'm taking the wrong classes. Hell, i've called 3-4 times and the response i've received has been the same. I guess it's not their money, so they don't actually care if I take the wrong classes.

Even worse, my state doesn't have a separate board for issuing the license; they merely consolidated the board into another department, within the state, to save money.

Unfortunately JC, all the emails for our “licensing board,” which is now consolidated with the department of revenue services, get sent to the same lady. She will likely give a very vague answer, then direct you the department of revenue services website, which will give a very vague explanation. Later responses will likely garner the same one, I received (I think they have some kind of form response). I've even spoken to the manager of our states licensing board, who basically gave the same response; they can't tell us weather a class will qualify or not. He's also new, so that doesn't help things at all. Unfortunately, the local schools have no clue as to what classes qualify either. No one at the community college i'm going to can give me a clear answer as to what classes count; the best response I got was to take “business classes.”

Another huge issue in our state is actually getting a job. Because the state enforces such regulation with such little direction as this situation shows, companies are flooding to other, less regulated states. I've passed the CPA exam already, nearly have the 150 credit hours, have 6 years of book-keeping/accounting experience, and almost passed the CFE exam, yet I can't break into another position.

Anyways, if you have an interest in networking and possibly grabbing coffee sometime, let me know.

Don't think we can direct message on this website, unfortunately; however, I'll post my email to my profile for a few days. Email me, if you're interested.

In Florida, in case anyone is curious, my state board straight up told me “You can take Dance and Spanish for all we care” as long as accounting and business requirements are met. 🙂

@LonelyRonPaul I am currently signed up for some bs business classes because they are super easy at my local college but seriously contemplating a masters. work will pay for it, but is it worth making my life harder on myself? Haven't even started studying for CPA yet O.O