[mafalo1989]

I have completed a year of accounting work under a CPA in a manufacturing facility doing things like AP, AR, reconciliations, etc. Basically bookkeeping type stuff. I worked there for about a year and 4 months before they let me go. When they let me go the CPA that was my supervisor was extremely unprofessional and rude about the situation. I luckily got a new job that I love and I’ve been doing taxes and more advanced accounting duties and they’re paying for me to take the CPA exam. The problem I have is that there are no CPA’s at this new office so I’d need to have the mean CPA I was working for sign off on my experience requirement. Based on how I was let go and the things she said to me I am, one, very uncomfortable asking her to do that, and two, I am worried that if I did ask she would tell me no. My old job was filled with the type of people that would do something like that just to shoot down your dreams. For an example, this CPA spread my name around to other CPA’s and prevented me from obtaining about 4 or 5 opportunities for an interview with big name companies in my area. My crime was not being a member of their family so every time an actual family member screwed up I got to take the fall for it. Is there anything I can do if that happens?

I have the experience, I’ve done the work, I sate there from 8-5 every day for months hating my life and plugging away doing AP and AR and getting screamed at by customers and now I’ve finally got the job I’ve wanted and the opportunities I’ve been waiting for and I feel like it’s going to be a waste and I’m going to be a let down to my new employer because of this cranky old woman who is trying to destroy me.

[Matt Douglass]

I may be able to give some help here, I received my license in Missouri January, so I have been through this process recently. First, the CPA that signs off does not have to be your supervisor. If you want clarification, call the Mo State Board like I did. The person that signs off must be an active CPA willing to attest to your experience. The CPA that signs off can be someone who knows you and the work that you have done. This was huge for me, since my prior supervisor let her license lapse. A partner at my new firm that knew of the work I had done at my previous job signed off. I had several conversations with the state board, and this is totally legit.
Do you know any CPA’s that will attest to your experience? If so, problem solved.

MS, Accounting - Done!

FAR - 83 (CPAexcel/Ninja MCQ)
AUD - 87 (CPAexcel/Ninja MCQ)
REG - 10/16
BEC - 11/16

[mafalo1989]

Thank you, that helps a bunch. It creates a little bit of a different problem as I do not know any other CPAs 🙁 I am supposed to be the first CPA at the small financial firm I'm working now and they have me on the fast track to take over and manage the tax business they operate. I've got all this experience and completed nearly 300 tax returns on my own in my very first tax season, just no one to sign for me 🙁

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