[surelyshirley]

I have already passed all the cpa exam with NY jurisdiction, but also decides to switch my career path away from the accounting world. Right now I work as a credit analyst in commercial banking and there is no one has CPA in my department, I know face the challenge of getting my work exprience signed. I am thinking 2 possibles ways to deal with situation to get the license, please help me to justify if my methods is feasible.

1) Is there any state does not require work experience?
2) May I ask other CPA from different department to sign my work experience?
3) Anyone heard of NASBA’s experience verification program? Am I able to use this program to get my license?

Please Help me by replying any of your opinions/experience! Thank you very very much!

[DoubleBogey]

Some 2 tier states exist where you receive your “CPA” before work experience is finished but you don't have a permit for public practice. So you'd have the title and the certificate but that's about it. Not sure about your other suggestions unless you do a significant amount of work for the CPA in the other department. AL's work experience requirements state the work must be of “sufficient depth and knowledge” so look into that for NYS.

[BoyNextDoor]

@Surelyshirley

https://nasba.org/products/experienceverification/
NASBA's program charges around $500 (for US applicants, $700 for international applicants) to review your work experience. If approved, you can become licensed only in one of the jursidictions participating in the program.
As I understand it you will not be able to get licensed as a New York State CPA with this program and I don't know if you would be able to practice in New York with a Washington D.C. CPA license for example.
It is a question for the NY State Accountancy board and worth looking into.

[Recked]

read the Form 4B instructions.
https://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/cpa/cpa4b.pdf

The CPA must act in a supervisory capacity in the same employing agency/firm. Perhaps you can someone construe a situation in which a CPA from another department has a supervisory role over your current position? Seems far fetched to me, but you need the verification to get licensed. Maybe you can transfer to another department with a CPA for a year to fit the mold.

[surelyshirley]

Hello,
Thank you so much for pointing out CPA license and CPA certificate. I am not planning to do public practice, the only thing I actually want is to put “CPA” after my name on resume and get a license number that people can lookup online to prove I have it, that's it.
Do you know any states that allow CPA certificate without work experience, and also allow me to put “CPA” after my name once I got the certificate?

[Anonymous]

@surelyshirley-I think in order to get licensed you need to have work experience…. a certificate is just a decorative part of it, the license is what counts and makes you a CPA…Also, if you aren't licensed, I am pretty sure that you can't put “CPA” behind your name…

[waka]

Surelyshirley
I am contemplating taking the CPA exam and am in a credit analyst role in a bank. There is a CPA within my group and a majority of the experience fits my role, but one of the experience requirements- Understanding transaction streams and info systems is experience I do not have. How did you obtain the experience required? Any suggestions on how I can obtain this specific experience?

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