[rham243]

I was wondering if anyone had experience with this. I am considering sitting for the exam as I meet the education requirement, however, I do not want to peruse this further unless I am 100% sure I can meet the experience requirement in my current occupation. I work in Government (for the state) as an Internal Auditor. Pretty much everyone I work with/for is a CPA but no one can give me a straight answer on this. Everyone I talk to seems to have attained their experience elsewhere (other state agencies, private sector etc.) and thinks that I should too. Unfortunately, I am not interested in transferring or moving to private sector to attain this experience.

According to the CBA (California Board of Accountancy) handbook I need 12 months experience “providing any type of service or advice involving the use of accounting, attest, compilation, management advisory, financial advisory, tax, or consulting skills.”

As an Internal Auditor I would say I definitely “use” accounting, attest, and consulting skills in a general sense so I feel that I should meet this requirement here as I have been an Auditor for over 2 years.

Has anyone had any experience with this or a similar situation or can anyone give me any advice here? I would really appreciate it, thanks in advance!

FAR 10/3/16
REG 11/22/16
AUD TBD
BEC TBD

"Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm" -Winston Churchill

[Andyred04]

I'm an internal auditor for a financial institution in PA. My direct manager is a CPA and, therefore, the work experience I am gaining here DOES count toward the experience requirement for licensing in my state. Not sure if CA is any different.

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REG: 87 (Gleim, Ninja Notes, Ninja MCQs)
BEC: 87 (Gleim, Ninja Notes, Ninja MCQs)
AUD: 8/27/16

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[rham243]

Thanks Andy!

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[DTBird]

Same boat here.

Internal Auditor for Waste Management.

Counts in Texas.

BEC - 77 (5/16)
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REG - 80 (1/16)
FAR - 76 (8/15)

[rham243]

Thanks DT! Anyone in California have any input that would be helpful?

FAR 10/3/16
REG 11/22/16
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[ocarina]

Call your Accountancy board!!

FAR - 78
AUD - 82
REG - 79
BEC - 78

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[rham243]

Call your Accountancy board!!

I did they just refer to the handbook which, as I stated, was vague. 🙁

FAR 10/3/16
REG 11/22/16
AUD TBD
BEC TBD

"Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm" -Winston Churchill

[Kel Kel Kel]

It appears at a minimum, you would qualify for the general CPA licence experience working under the supervision for one year. You would qualify for an attest CPA licence if your Government supervising CPA signs off on the requirements and qualifications of attest experience as it states on Form 11A-6.
https://www.dca.ca.gov/cba/forms/aexp-non.pdf

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R- 86
B- 74, 71, 83
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[Track55]

Internal Audit counts in CA if your supervisors are CPA's. I am 2 months from 2000 hours.

Emailing the state board works better.

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BEC - 83
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