Basic Requirements
To be eligible to take the CPA exam, you need at least 120 semester hours of college coursework which includes Accounting and Business subjects.  Each of the 52 state boards varies with their requirements, please contact us for more information.


State Boards’ Requirements
The CPA license is issued at the jurisdiction level. To become a CPA, you must be declared eligible for the examination, and subsequently licensed, by the Board of Accountancy in one of the 55 U.S. jurisdictions. The Constitution of the U.S. grants each state or territory the power to regulate the practice of the professions within that jurisdiction’s borders.  In most jurisdictions, these powers are carried out by a “Board of Accountancy.” These Boards of Accountancy are made up of appointed individuals and staff (many of whom are CPAs) who are charged with the responsibility of carrying out the laws promulgated by the legislatures and providing an appropriate examination for licensure. The Board of Accountancy is an administrative agency that handles the day-to-day operations relative to regulating the practice of accountancy including activities involved with entry into the profession. In some cases, the Board of Accountancy contracts out certain examination-related tasks such as the review of applications and collection of examination fees