[Anonymous]

I cannot believe what the Florida Dept of Accountancy just told me.

I was short 15 credits to get licensed as a CPA in FL. FL has this stupid regulation that you have to have extra 15 credits from an US accredited university (such as North Central Association) if your master’s degree is from a foreign university.

So I chose online classes through APUS because they are accredited by the North Central Association.

Now they are telling me that they do not recognize any courses taken through the graduate program at APUS.

This is soooo ridiculous!!!

The only requirement was that the university has to be accredited by this association, which it is.

They were just telling me that these type of online graduate programs are no “real” classes …. They also told me that other CPA candidates have the same issues and that there was a hearing in April in front of the Board of Accountancy.

Has anyone else been in this situation?

I am sooooo desperate right now, I will have to find another graduate program….all the time and money seems to be wasted.

[Anonymous]

It's rule 61H1-27.001 (5)

https://www.flrules.org/gateway/readFile.asp?sid=0&tid=13283197&type=1&File=61H1-27.001.doc

So it's (5) what they are referring to in my case. I have almost 200 credit hrs from an European University, and this is why I need to have 15 credit hrs from an accredited (US) university.

[Linda181]

Hi Katharine, I'm glad I found you too, I tried the email you indicated, this is my email: linda181@att.net

Please email me when you get the chance, I'm excited to hear more from you and at least we can share whatever decision the Florida board of accountancy has regarding our school. I only hope for the best.

Thanks,

linda

[ymmit]

any update on your hearing with the Board?

Licensed CPA!

[Linda181]

update with the hearing ==denied!

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