[frickedupbad93]

I recently passed all four of my CPA exams in the state of Iowa, all of which I had taken to completing the my graduate degree or 150 credit hours.

I have a auditing job starting in Chicago in a few months now, and just now realized that I will be unable to transfer my scores to the state of Illinois (test scores can only be transferred if education requirements were met at the time of testing, which I had not yet met).

My question is whether I can get my year experience in Illinois and then apply for my license in Iowa, and then transfer that back to Illinois if I am still working in the state at the time. Or if there are any other solutions, as I really don’t want to have to retake all four parts of the exam.

Thanks in advance!

[benjo768]

I'm doing something similar. I live in MN and had planned on working here so i applied through here, but got offered an audit position in Texas and will be moving there in a couple months to start. I applied through MN and currently have 3/4 tests done. My plan is to finish the licensing process through MN and then transfer it/apply for reciprocity with TX later on. You don't need the license for the first couple years in public accounting anyway. I meet MN's education requirements but do not meet TX's so this seemed like the easiest way to do it without having to go take more college classes as it sounds like once you have a CPA license in another state, it's just some paperwork and a Texas-specific ethics CPE course to get reciprocity with Texas.

MN's experience law is that any licensed CPA (from any state, not just MN) can sign off on your 1 year of experience (which can be anywhere in the country) from my understanding. I'm not sure if Iowa's law is the same but my guess is it is probably similar. check your state BOA or CPA society website, that's where i did all of my digging to find this.

You definitely shouldn't need to re-take the tests. Just double check any residency requirements that either of the states may have. Hope this helps.

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