CPA Exam Guide and Requirements


Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is a license to provide accounting sevices to the public.If you are new in this filed you need to learn more about CPA and it’s benefits

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CPA Exam Requirements

 The CPArequirements may vary by state of jurisdiction because these requirements are set by individual state board. Likewise ,every state also varies in 3 E’s requirements too.

The 3 E requirements are:

·        Education

·        Exam

·        Experience

Education

Those candidates will be eligible for CPA exam who have completed 150 hours of higher education. That could be a bachelor’s degree also 30 additional credits including business and accounting courses

 

Exam

In order to be eligible for CPA exam candidates must pass CPA exam and also have completed bachelor’s degree or 120 college credit hours

 

Experience

To get the CPA license candidates must have acquired 1-2 years of professional accounting experience

 

 Exam format and grading

The CPA exam is multiple choice based questions exam, which can be taken online or on paper. If you take exam online your exam will be graded immediately and you will get your score when you submit it.

But if you  take exam on paper. You will be mailed an answer sheet ,when you fill out the answers, for scoring you have to mail in the sheet to AICPA grading center. It will take almost few weeks to be graded

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