I work as an accountant for the government. I have passed 3 of the 4 sections of the CPA exam and I am taking the last section next month. I am looking to get licensed in CA. Will not working for a public firm deter me from getting licensed?
2007-10-03 11:20:45 · 3 answers · asked by JP 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
Thanks for your input. I want to become a CPA; I was asking if government experience counted towards getting your license.
2007-10-03 13:05:16 · update #1
Passing the test doesn't make you a CPA you need experience. A few private companies might have the ability to get you the experience but 99% work in CPA firms.
If you don't want to work on audits you don't need to be a CPA a CMA may work better for you. They are Certified Management Accountants which is a different test. You can take both test and the second one counts some parts from the first last time I looked. I passed the CPA exam in 91 but had enough experience to be licensed and looked at adding a CMA but haven't looked since.
2007-10-03 11:34:12 · answer #1 · answered by shipwreck 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, all the licene means is that you qualify to work an a CPA in that state, it does NOT force you to be a CPA. Look at all the politicos, who graduated from law school and passed the bar, but never practiced law a day in their lives.
2007-10-03 11:25:22 · answer #2 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
interior the Philippines, considering that CPA examination is created from matters to be gone by way of the examinees, a bachelor's degree with the style of required gadgets in accounting matters (as set by way of the Board of Accountancy) is a would desire to. call would be earned after passing the board assessments however the widely used public prepare of profession desires required style of years of exposure to exterior audit after one turns right into a CPA.
2016-12-14 06:48:26 · answer #3 · answered by lacue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋