[LKD CPA]

I’m kind of between a rock and hard place. We currently live in NC and this is where I do all my testing. The experience requirement for NC is 1 year directly supervised by a CPA or 4 years in accounting with a supervisor that is not a CPA. The company I have been working for since November of last year is very small, and I do not have a CPA supervising me. So, that means I will need 4 years with the company for my boss to sign off on this requirement.

The tricky part; my husband is active duty military. We typically move every three years and expect to do so again in the summer of 2016. This will put me just shy of 3 years with my current company. The decision I am torn between is 1) staying with the company and hope the Marine Corps keeps my husband here long enough to complete my 4 years (this is unlikely, not even reasonably possible and shouldn’t even be disclosed in the notes) or 2) begin searching for another job where I can work under a CPA for at least a year.

Disclosures: I love my current job, make a great salary, and have a very flexible work schedule. Also, the idea of just finding a job to work somewhere for a year (plus the amount of time we have left here) seems very unfair to a prospective employer.

Thoughts? What would you do?

FAR: 74, 83
REG: 76
BEC: 77
AUD: 89

[mla1169]

If you like your current job and are in no hurry I don't think all 4 years have to be with the same employer (but double check with your board). You could get your current employer to sign for 3 and someone else down the road to sign for one more.

Thank you and your husband for your service!

FAR- 77
AUD -49, 71, 84
REG -56,75!
BEC -75

Massachusetts CPA (non reporting) since 3/12.

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