[Anonymous]

I am considering a position at a private company and am in the process of testing for my CPA. This private company has no CPA’s that work for it. I called my state office and they said that an option might be to have a CPA from the outside approve some of my work at the private company so I could use it for work experience. There is also the option of taking another part-time job to gain necessary experience, although that would take a much longer times to accumulate 2,000 hours and be difficult to do it in three years.

n

I don’t want to have passed all these tests but be limited by not having a CPA around me to get my license. Has anyone else been in this situation or have any advice on the matter? Thanks for the help.n

n

[Anonymous]

To clarify my conversation with a MO CPA rep earlier this week, she said that (1) if you could find an outside CPA to review your work and sign off on it then that would work. I am going to call them again tom and ask if (2) using a CPA firm for services who review your work would work. Once again, in order to do this you would need (1) to know a CPA who would be willing to do this for you AND be working for a company willing to allow someone from the outside to review your work. In situation (2) you would need a company a company who uses a CPA firm for some sort of service AND you would need to find someone at that firm that would be willing to sign off for your work experience.

I will post again tom after I contact my state office tom. Also, in MO you need at least 1 year exp consisting of 2,000 hours and no more than 3 years .

[Anonymous]

^ *to clarify- no more than 3 years to complete the 2000 hours

[Anonymous]

Be sure to get anything in writing that the board says it will accept. I would also, confirm with whoever agrees to signoff on your work that they have herd of this practice. I would hate to see you follow a path only to find out the initial information was incorrect.

[75 CPA]

cpa journey

I will follow up on your advice.

Does anyone know how easy or how difficult it is for a CPA to sign off on my work when I have my own business? Is there any liability for the CPA?

[millerg]

Jeff – are you able to shed any light on this topic, or do you have any contacts at NASBA that might be able to?

I am interested in Georgia specifically.

Thanks,

M Glover

FAR 67, 73, 71, 76; AUD 61, 85; BEC 70, 77; REG 75

DONE

[millerg]

FYI – I contacted the Georgia State Board of Accountancy and they referred me to NASBA.

FAR 67, 73, 71, 76; AUD 61, 85; BEC 70, 77; REG 75

DONE

[Anonymous]

Ok, I talked to the MO state board of accountancy today… very helpful. The lady I spoke with said that I don't need to work with a CPA to have someone write off my experience. She said that if I know a CPA I can ask them to review some of my work (with a private company) and verify that I have worked the hours and performed the accounting work. I told her that I am still very close with the Accounting Chair at my old university and I asked if I could have him look over some of my work and verify my experience. She said that would work. She said she has also had applicants use an organization they personally belong to, she mentioned a commerce group an applicant was in, and have a CPA there review you work and sign off. I am contacting my professor to see if he will review my work for me.

I suggest you call your state board. “Millerg” mentioned that their board referred them to NASBA… mine did not and has answered all of my questions as she personally deals with approving applications. I have called them three times in the last couple of weeks and they have always been helpful. All boards are different, but the best thing is to run some ideas by you own board when you call them.

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