[CPAfit]

I have resigned from my current job in the industry and will be starting at a Big 4 next month.

I am yet to complete my 150 credit hours and would like to know, If I can have my current employer sign off on my experience and submit it for licensing once I have the required credit hours. As all of my experience is from my current employer my preference is to get the sign off from them.

Will the state board have any objection if the experience sign off is before the credit hour requirement completion, or it does not matter?

[Missy]

It depends on the state, I do believe there are a few that specify when the employer signs off. Your best bet is to contact your state board directly.

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[Adam]

Should have got the experience sign off before you resigned genius..

Employers are fun to deal with this when it comes to past employers, lots of them refuse to sign off.

If you dont have 150 credit hours and are working at big 4 you should be able to have someone there do so when youre ready to be licensed.

[Go.For.Broke]

@CPAfit I agree with @Adam that you should've gotten that sign-off before resigning, but – if you stayed on good terms with your previous employer, he or she will hopefully sign off for you. I don't think there's any requirement for the order of completion of tasks (such as sign-off before or after credit ours completed).

Always best to just check with your state board.

[Allsheneededwassome]

Don’t have any experience with this but I plan to reach out to both ex employers to get the paperwork one big 4 and one private. I was reading through the “experience paperwork” and it says that they (the ex employers) can’t deny signing (or that was my interpretation)/ make it difficult for you to get the sign off. But again idk wtf I’m talking about since I haven’t reached that point yet. Would love to hear what others have to say..

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