[Anonymous]

Does Each State Have Separate Tests and Harder or Easier Tests? I ask this because reciprocity from one state to the next. If the test is equal and now the education requirements are just about equal in every state is reciprocity even an issue?

I ask because I hear New York refuses a lot of states as does California, Hawaii and Florida. Is there any truth to this?

[Andyred04]

“UNIFORM” CPA Exam which means all exams are the same. I've never heard of any state not accepting a CPA from another state but it could be due to educational requirements like you said, experience requirements, or even if they are transferring from a state that doesn't require an ethics exam.

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REG: 87 (Gleim, Ninja Notes, Ninja MCQs)
BEC: 87 (Gleim, Ninja Notes, Ninja MCQs)
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[jm962011]

some of the experience requirements are vastly different. For example, I grew up in Indiana, went to college in Indiana, sat for the CPA in Indiana, and I am licensed in Indiana.

Indiana does not require PUBLIC accounting experience. It requires just 3 years of experience (I think they define the type of experience but g/l accountant, staff accountant, tax accountant, tax analyst, financial analysis, all meet those requirements), to be performed under a CPA. OR if you have a masters degree, you don't have to meet that 3 years of experience.

However, I recently moved to MA and I need to get a MA license for my job. You need one year of public accounting experience for a full reporting license and the CPA experience must include 1000 hours of report (attest) experience as defined in these sections. With a graduate degree in accounting, business, or law, no experience is required for certification/licensure, but the candidate can only apply for the non reporting license. Etc, etc, etc. I won't bore you with the details but the experience requirements are different.

Also, the $ it costs to become licensed (fees to the State board) is vastly different.

[JustAnotherWannabe]

Test is uniform, as others pointed out additional requirements vary by state.

I am in Florida, we have the 150 education credit hour requirement as well as having to take two business law classes in college vs. the one many states require and also 1 year of public accounting experience. Long story short, many people do have to meet additional requirements before being licensed here.

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[TheHoundThatRides]

CA doesn't want people becoming certified in a state that doesn't require additional education and CPA specific work experience and then transferring it over to CA. That's it. They don't want people cheating CA out of registration fees.

BEC - 78 (August 2015)
FAR - 80 (November 2015)
AUD - 73, 67. (Ok I gotta confess I was even more lazy this time around)
REG - August 27th, 2016

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