[Reverie]

I’m working for a non-cpa supervisor as an auditor for the state. I know you need a CPA to sign off for the audit hours once u pass the exam. Do the audit hours count if i work under someone who isnt a cpa?

[wombataholic]

Without knowing your state's specific rules, I can't say for certain. My state's rules say that the CPA signing off on the experience requirement just has to “be in a position to know.” My experience was signed off on by someone about 3 levels above me, but knows what I did on a day-to-day basis, and thus was able to sign off.

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[bhunt815]

In my state the answer is yes the experience will count, as long as the CPA who does sign off is in a position to know that you have actually gained the experience. The company I work for had no CPA's until I became one, and never had a CPA at any point in the past. I was able to use the lead auditor, who had audited my work for 8 years, to verify my experience. So, the state worked with me but they still wanted a CPA who was in a position to vouch for my work to sign off on my experience form.

FAR 04/11/2016 - 84
AUD 05/12/2016 - 79
BEC 07/06/2016 - 81
REG 08/29/2016

[tg7174]

In my state there is a special exception for government workers where they don't require a CPA to sign off on the experience.

[Anonymous]

Basically what the others have said; varies by state.

In my state, CPA doesn't have to be supervisor or at same employer, just someone willing to sign (in my case, I worked at a small non-CPA accounting firm; next door was a small CPA firm; CPA next door saw me at work every day, had been over at times when he or my boss had a question they'd talk over, and seen me participate in conversations, etc., so he knew I really was working accounting even though he wasn't my supervisor).

[movingforward13]

I work for Federal Government. I had to find a CPA to sign off for me.

BEC - 80 (07/2015)
AUD - 74 (8/2015), 67 (11/2015), 74 (6/2016), 76 FINALLY (7/2016)
REG - 84 (10/2015)
FAR - 71 (4/2016), pending 9/2016

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[Reverie]

Thanks everyone. Another71 community is very helpful. Bless you all. I work for california state. Does the audit experience under the state count towards my audit hours for CPA license?

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