[mariya]

My situation is as follows. I do not have the educational requirements for licensure under pathway 2, thus I plan to be licensed under pathway. I passed all of my exams as of May 2011 and began full time public accounting work as of November 2010. From my understanding of the rules, I could apply for the CPA license in November 2012. However, I have additional part-time, non-public accounting experience from August 2008 – November 2010. Could any of the part-time work count towards the two year requirement?

Per the CPA Licensing Applicant Handbook, 170 hours of part-time employment shall be considered equivalent to one month of full-time employment. However I noticed that there are two forms to verify the experience requirement; one is a CERTIFICATE OF GENERAL EXPERIENCE (PRIVATE INDUSTRY OR GOVERNMENT) while the other is Certificate of General Experience – Public Accounting. If I may apply the part-time, non-public experience as well as the full-time public experience, towards the two year quota, would I need to fill out both forms and have two respective signers (one for each of the time periods)?

Does anyone have experience with the above?

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[jtcali]

“If I may apply the part-time, non-public experience as well as the full-time public experience, towards the two year quota, would I need to fill out both forms and have two respective signers (one for each of the time periods)?”

Yes. You need all prior employers to sign off on your experience.

[littlenumberrobot]

My understanding is that would work as long as you had a CPA sign for the non-public experience. I don't recall seeing a difference for whether the part time is in public or nonpublic. I think your plan would work because the experience can happen before you pass the exams. I haven't gone through the licensing path yet. But I read the instructions often getting ready! HA!

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[mariya]

Thanks for the responses! I guess my biggest uncertainty was if you could use multiple employers/periods of employment to cover the 2 years rather than just one stint. Thus I assume I will fill out a certificate form for each employer.

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