Which state issue CPA certificate w/o accounting degree and public acctg experience?

Question

I had passed Uniform Examination under state New Hampshire, but the state require public accounting experience. I worked in public company. I had BSC and MBA in Finance but not in accounting and only have 12 semester units of accounting.

Answer 1

None that I know of. However, the educational requirements vary by state, they are NOT universal. For example, Florida's educational requirements to sit for the CPA exam are

The new rule requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, unless one is using the provisions of the foreign rule as explained below plus 30 semester hours in excess of the bachelor's degree to include a total education program with concentration in accounting and business. The accounting education program consists of 36 semester hours of upper division accounting courses including coverage of tax, auditing, financial, and cost accounting. The business education program consists of 39 semester hours of upper division general business courses with some exceptions. One micro-economics, one macro-economics, one statistics, one business law, and one introduction to computers course may be lower division. As part of the general business hours, applicants are required to have a total of six semester hours of business law courses which must cover contracts, torts, and the Uniform Commercial Code. Excess upper division accounting courses may be used to meet the General Business requirement. Elementary accounting classes are never acceptable for credit. Courses for non-accounting majors and any MBA courses that are equivalent to elementary accounting are not accepted for this requirement.

Georgia's educational requirements are:
In order to be eligible for examination, an applicant must have received a baccalaureate degree conferred by a college or university accredited by a national or regional accrediting organization recognized by the Board with a concentration in accounting or, with a non-accounting concentration, supplemented by what the Board determines to be the substantial equivalent to an accounting concentration. Applicants must have completed 30 quarter hours or 20 semester hours in accounting subjects above the elementary level at a four-year accredited college or university which offers a baccalaureate degree.

Mississippi educational requirements are:
Education Effective February 1, 1995, a first-time examination candidate must have completed at least 150 semester hours of college education including a baccalaureate or higher degree conferred by a regionally accredited four-year college or university or the equivalent acceptable to the Board, with an accounting concentration determined by Board rule to be appropriate. Candidates who first sat before February 1, 1995, must have met the requirements in effect at that time.

Minimum 48 semester hours upper division or graduate level accounting and business related courses. Accounting courses must be a minimum 24 of the 48 hours and include at minimum, three semester hours in:

* Financial Accounting
* Auditing
* Taxation
* Management Accounting
* Government/Not for Profit Accounting

Answer 2

It depends. New Hampshire is not what you call a "two-tiered" state. In some states (CO, IL, AL, etc) you can pass the CPA exam and earn a certificate, but must still meet the experience requirements to get the license "permit to practice". If you just want a CPA Certificate to list on your resume, you should look through those states. I think, though, NH has the lowest credit amounts in the US (12) accepted to sit, so other states may not accept transfer credit for passing.

Perhaps the easiest thing for you would be to take a few more accounting classes and transfer your scores to Massachusetts, where having an MBA or graduate degree with 150+ is sufficient for a license, with the exception of reporting functions, which requires additional CPE. Hope this helps.

Also, check out NASBA.org which has all the state boards of accounting.

Answer 3

Before sitting for the CPA Exam candidates must have:

Graduated college with a bachelor's or master's degree
Completed at least a total of 24 semester credits in accounting subjects. These subjects include accounting and auditing, business law, finance, or tax subjects acceptable to the State Board of Accountancy.
Requirements needed to pass the CPA Exam include:

Effective April 5, 2004, the Uniform CPA Exam became a two-part, computer-based examination. Please visit www.cpazone.org for full details on new CPA exam requirements.

Requirements for final certification:

Candidates who pass the exam with only a bachelor's degree need to complete two years of work experience (3,200 hours) to gain certification
Candidates who pass the exam and gathered 150 credit hours (with specified additional credits) need only one year of work experience to gain certification

Answer 4

None. The degree and experience requirements are universal. You shouldn't even be able to sit for the exams without them.

Answer 5

It would be impossible to pass the test without some kind of education/experience.

Answer 6

none that i know of.

Answer 7

none w/o accounting

http://www.aaicpa.com/

http://www.cpaexams.org/