[Nadar344]

I have undergraduate degree in Law, and now I want to study CPA to work as auditor or accountant. Do you think I will be eligible and which state is the best for me ?

[mla1169]

Depends on how many accounting and business credits you have. You'll also need 150 credit hours to receive a license. Also many states have a requirement that you have certain types of experience (sometimes in auditing) signed off by a CPA. You don't really give enough information for anybody to make a good suggestion but if you look on the nasba website you'll see the requirements by state.

FAR- 77
AUD -49, 71, 84
REG -56,75!
BEC -75

Massachusetts CPA (non reporting) since 3/12.

[MintsRGood]

@OP My undergrad is in law and I live in Michigan. In the mitten state, you have to get an MAC or take a prescribed list of business classes to hit the 150 credit hour requirement. For me, it was less coursework to get the MAC. Michigan also has the standard issue 2000 hour minimum qualifying work experience rules to become licensed, but we are not required to take the ethics exam.

Good luck!

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[zooyuka]

https://nasba.org/exams/cpaexam/

BEC 71,77
REG 65,85
FAR 7/1/13
AUD 8/24/13

[kcrc]

You should have a good idea what you want to do with a CPA before you decide in which state you want to practice. If you want to be an auditor, then you have to jump through the hoops of your home state. But there are several states that have relaxed education requirements and no residency requirements. Also, it's best to pick a state where the license and the designation can be separated. You don't want to have to go through all the work of passing a CPA exam only to get a job where you'll get no auditing experience.

Or you could take the CMA and not worry about each state's stupid rules.

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