[Anonymous]

Hello guys,

I have submitted this question to the Florida licensing board contact center, but figured it may take them a bit to get back to me so I’m gonna post here as well, and see if maybe anyone has found a similar situation…

I currently go to school in FL, will be completing my bachelors (upcoming spring) and masters here. As soon as I hit 120 hrs, I plan to apply to sit in FL and try to complete all 4 parts while I’m doing my masters. Here’s my “issue”, although hopefully its not an issue….

I am planning to move to Chicago after graduation. I have accepted an offer with a Big 4 for an internship next year, and presumably will get a FT offer from it. I know for IL licensure, you have to have sat with 150 hrs, not 120 like FL, so I’m hoping to get licensed for FL. My concern is that because I will be working, obviously, in Chicago, that I won’t be allowed to apply for licensure in FL because I won’t be a resident there when I complete the work experience requirement. Is this a problem? I kinda assumed it would be fine because I didn’t see anything stating I couldn’t do it, but now I’m kinda concerned about it. Even if I applied to sit and sat in FL, can I be licensed in FL when the time comes if I don’t live there? If I can’t does anyone have any other suggestions to get around this sort of situation? I gotta assume I’m not the only one to do something similar…

Thanks in advance!

[Anonymous]

Art.Vandelay- Florida does not have a residency requirement to become a CPA. Becker's website says “Applicant must be a resident, employee, OR have office in the state? No”

For the short-term, you should be fine getting your CPA license in Florida. If you decide to work long-term in another state, it may be a pain if your firm limits what you can do, but you can become licensed in that state over time.

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[Givemesleep]

Florida has no residency requirement but you must get your license withhin 3 years of passing the exam or lose all credit.

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[Anonymous]

Thank you both!

@auslaf- I'm not sure how I missed that info on the Becker site! I guess I was too focused on the Florida Licensing page. thank you for that!

Big relief now that I see it in writing haha. I definitely plan to get it within 3 years of finishing the last exam.

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