CPA Accountant info?

Question

i know that you need at least a bachelor's degree and 150 credit hours to take the test. But, do you need to have experience in a public firm in order to be certified? I live in New jersey, could you give me some details about becoming a CPA in nj and in philadelphia?

Answer 1

NJ CPA License EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS can be found at http://www.state.nj.us/oag/ca/accountancy/acc2.htm

1. An applicant for certification, having passed the examination, must provide satisfactory evidence of:

One year of experience in the practice of public accounting or its equivalent, under the direction of a licensee; and
The experience includes evidence of intensive and diversified experience in auditing or accounting.


Individuals working in government, industry or education, whose experience is obtained without the direct supervision of a licensed PA or a CPA, are granted some special exemptions to the experience requirements outlined above. If an individual obtains four years of experience prior to the effective date of the Accountancy Act (April 8, 1998), the Board will accept that experience until April 8, 2004. If the individual was working in government, industry or education, without the supervision of a licensee, as of the effective date of the Accountancy Act, four years of experience will be accepted until April 8, 2002.

PA CPA License EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS can be found on the verification of experience form.
http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/lib/bpoa/20/acct_board/appl-cert-0403.pdf

Answer 2

A CPA in ordinary words has get admission to to his own documents plus what he can locate out through doing a credit examine, etc. in ordinary words the IRS knows what someone has filed and that is really own. there are multiple privateness regulations now days that any professional giving out inner most advice will be endangering their license/certification. Public documents would grant you with a fairly good concept of a persons' monetary status. resources documents are public data and would teach how a lot became paid for a house and this is present day fee. A credit examine will require really of personal data, like ss#, yet will be extremely ordinary to get. per chance your better half's father is only a kind individual :-)

Answer 3

ok so you want to be an accountant!

Answer 4

see above answer :)