[Anonymous]

Okay So does anyone know anything, in general or specifically, about transferring CPA scores (by individual section) from state to state?

I currently live in Kentucky, but I am planning the logistics of a move to South Carolina mid summer of this year. I am planning on taking the REG in a couple months and I am going to drive out of state and take it in SC. Since I am planning on becoming a resident there eventually, I think this makes sense. My only reservation is something going wrong and disrupting my plans or finding a great opportunity locally within the coming months.

So say something did happen that clanged my plans, and I had already taken(passed!) REG in South Carolina before deciding I would be staying in Kentucky. would I be able to transfer my REG score and Finish the remaining sections in Kentucky?

*I read in South Carolina, if you are currently an SC resident and choose to take the CPA out of state then you are not able to transfer your license back to SC.. ever? *SOURCE (scroll to bottom of page, click “show more” under, eligibility for examination, again scroll to bottom of page and read section under residency) https://nasba.org/exams/cpaexam/southcarolina/

Thanks!

[nutmeg]

What I referred to in my previous post is, I think, similar to what they are talking about on that web page that you linked to, Aldous_x, except that this case applies only to South Carolina residents. If you are in South Carolina and are going to continue to be in South Carolina, then the South Carolina accountancy board does not want you to take the exam in another state for the sole purpose of circumventing South Carolina's CPA exam prerequisites. That's why they won't let you transfer your exam scores into South Carolina if that's your situation (and, like mla1169 says, it sounds like that is NOT your particular situation). That page talks about transferring “records”, and I think that means just CPA exam scores, in the case of someone who does not have a license yet. I don't think that particular sentence refers to reciprocity (transforming an actual license from another state into a South Carolina license).

FAR: 93 (May 2012)
REG: 95 (July 2012)
AUD: 99 (February 2013)
BEC: 94 (July 2013)
License: Awarded January 2014.

[Anonymous]

In my case I applied to Louisiana state board to take my exams ,took all of my exams in Texas only because that was the closest prometric center to me, but received my license in Louisiana. I believe Kricket did this as well. If you go to schedule your exam and check availability then if it shows the test center in the other state available then I would think you could take it there. You would just apply for the license in the state you applied to and want to practice in, not necessarily where you took the exams.

[Anonymous]

In my case I applied to Louisiana state board to take my exams ,took all of my exams in Texas only because that was the closest prometric center to me, but received my license in Louisiana. I believe Kricket did this as well. If you go to schedule your exam and check availability then if it shows the test center in the other state available then I would think you could take it there. You would just apply for the license in the state you applied to and want to practice in, not necessarily where you took the exams.

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