[Jan_in_WI]

Hi guys,

Well, I’ve officially given up on reaching anyone personally at the Dept. of Regulation and Licensing. You can believe this or not, but I have called there every week for the past 8 weeks, and nobody ever returns my calls.

I am a nontraditional CPA candidate who has worked in various positions over the years and finally taken the exam last year. The state requires one year of qualifying work experience.

I am hoping my current position in academia meets the criteria, as I’ve worked in this position for the better part of the last ten years. Apparently, academic positions do qualify if class load is at the intermediate or specialized level. I only teach accounting courses, and I teach a large variety of them. If it doesn’t meet the criteria, then I have a problem, because prior to this position, my auditing, tax, and other jobs were part-time and/or a long time ago, and the state doesn’t give much weight to part-time jobs (even though they required 40 hours during busy season, etc.). This seems like a somewhat discriminatory policy on the state’s part. I was a working mom of a special needs child and couldn’t work full-time back then.

For the experience verification forms, can I just list my current position, which if it qualifies, will fully meet the 1-year requirement? Or am I supposed to list every job I’ve ever had? I’ve held a lot of positions, most of which wouldn’t qualify me for the experience requirement. It would be a big pain to go back to employers from so long ago, etc., especially if the data isn’t needed anyway. Plus, as I mentioned, it doesn’t appear that I would receive credit for the part-time work anyway.

I would like to just list my current position and send in the paperwork. What do you think?

Jan

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