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Started 1 year ago by CPAPlease
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CPAPlease

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Hi All!

My boyfriend submitted his application to retake BEC and FAR which he got his scores back from in the 2nd wave of the April/May window. The application was submitted June 22nd and the check was cashed. We followed up with them about two weeks ago and received a response saying that they were waiting to recieve his scores so that they could approve the applciation (but scores had already been out!). And now we still have received no further response. We've been through this many times before and the process usually takes about a week. It's quickly getting frusterated as we are approaching the dreaded 18 month mark, and now they've taken away nearly a month of testing time!!

Anybody have any advice on how to move this forward? Anybody having the same issue with the CBA this time around?

Thanks in advance!

AUD: 82 BEC:78 FAR: 78 REG: 89
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Posted 1 year ago #
italianCPA

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They have a HUGE backlog.
I pretty much call them every day and I have been told that they no longer differentiate between different kind of applications.
So new applications, deficient applications (like in my case), and re-applications (like in your boyfriend's case) are all treated the same. And they are processed in the order they are received.
As of today, they were processing applications received during the first week of June.
They suck!
I sent in my last transcript at the beginning of June and planned to take all four parts in July and August, but here you go and July is gone!

FAR - 7/26/10 - 95
AUD - 8/10/10 - 88
BEC - 8/31/10 - 88
REG - 10/15/10 - 95

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CPAPlease

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Oh my...thats not good at all. At that rate he won't get in in this window at all. I'm pretty prepared to throw a fit if he gets thrown out of an entire window thats just rediculous. He starts losing parts in Feb. and they are seriously making that an issue.

Cali need some serious help in so many ways.....

AUD: 82 BEC:78 FAR: 78 REG: 89

Posted 1 year ago #
CPAPlease

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I'm sure that means my license application that goes in August 17th will get back to me REAAALLLL quick...ugh

AUD: 82 BEC:78 FAR: 78 REG: 89

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italianCPA

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Cali needs help in everything!
Great idea to slow down already slow employees but cutting their work.
Cut some ridicolous social program, not something that customers (and not citizens) pay for.
Increase the fee to $200. I would have been extremely happy to pay double to have my file processed in a decent time.
I am convinced that people (including myself) live here only because of natural beauty and the best weather. There's nothing else appealing in this state.

FAR - 7/26/10 - 95
AUD - 8/10/10 - 88
BEC - 8/31/10 - 88
REG - 10/15/10 - 95

Posted 1 year ago #
CPAPlease

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Oh ya it's awful....I have no idea how we plan to get out of this mess!

and funny you say that...one of my new favorite sayings when people reference anything to do with the state is "It's a good thing its pretty..."

What area are you in?

AUD: 82 BEC:78 FAR: 78 REG: 89

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italianCPA

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I'm in Los Angeles.
I left a six-figure job in NYC to come here. Nobody would hire me in the same position without a CPA license, so I'm studying full-time. You understand the frustration.......
It's a good thing I could go to the beach in Febryary though.... the palm trees everywhere are pretty, and so are the hills.
That's about it! (Still love it though)

FAR - 7/26/10 - 95
AUD - 8/10/10 - 88
BEC - 8/31/10 - 88
REG - 10/15/10 - 95

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CPAPlease

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I'm not a big fan of LA...one of my sisters lives there. It's fun to visit but I couldn't deal with it long enough to live there. I'm in San Luis Obispo.

Thankfully, I finished my exam before starting work, so now I'm just waiting for my license sign off, and working on getting my boyfriend to finish the exam as well, which the CBA is NOT making an easy task at the moment!

AUD: 82 BEC:78 FAR: 78 REG: 89

Posted 1 year ago #
financeguy

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Italliancpa
You will most certainly see your wish come true of raising the fees in the future, however higher fees does not lead to quicker processing.

I'm pretty sure things are getting held up to get people to complain because employees are pissed about things like min wage, furloughs, etc.

AUD - 81, BEC - 74, 80, FAR - 82, REG - 81
Done!

Posted 1 year ago #
CPAPlease

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Thats very possible!

maybe the ones that keep complaining should be foreced to fund their own pension...you know like the rest of the world....:-P

AUD: 82 BEC:78 FAR: 78 REG: 89

Posted 1 year ago #
italianCPA

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CPAPlease,

My wife and I stopped by in SLO while driving up to Big Sur and Carmel during the July 4th long weekend.
It was lovely. It was Friday and there were bands playing by the Mission.
But we moved to LA because we always lived in NYC and we like the huge city benefits and conveniences.

FAR - 7/26/10 - 95
AUD - 8/10/10 - 88
BEC - 8/31/10 - 88
REG - 10/15/10 - 95

Posted 1 year ago #
CPAPlease

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ya its gorgeous up here!

Wednesday is music in the parks in Templeton, Thursday is farmers market in SLO, Friday is music at the mission and in the park in Paso Robles, as well as the fish market in Avila. It's a neat area!

AUD: 82 BEC:78 FAR: 78 REG: 89

Posted 1 year ago #
italianCPA

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Financeguy:

I'm 100% with you.
I called god-knows-how-many-times.
Some employees are nicer than others but there are a few, especially one that keep complaining about the Governor and says that it's his fault and blah blah blah.
Now, why does that person have a job?
They just lowered fees at the CBA during the spring? Why?
Lower taxes, not professional fees paid only by who really uses the service. It's just plain stupid.
Now I heard they want to raise state corporate taxes on certain indistries in California.
Great effing idea to attract corporations and create jobs!

FAR - 7/26/10 - 95
AUD - 8/10/10 - 88
BEC - 8/31/10 - 88
REG - 10/15/10 - 95

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financeguy

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I went to college in SLO...I love that area

AUD - 81, BEC - 74, 80, FAR - 82, REG - 81
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Posted 1 year ago #
CPAPlease

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My sister went to Poly!

and oh my...they are directly blaming the Govenator? I think theres a deeper rooted issue than him..

AUD: 82 BEC:78 FAR: 78 REG: 89

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financeguy

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You guys could call up the Sac Bee (newspaper) has a lot to do w/ state workers...always posting articles about them. I'm sure they would be interested in a story like this...especially if you explained the cpa exam process and why this timliness is so important

AUD - 81, BEC - 74, 80, FAR - 82, REG - 81
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CPAPlease

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mmm thats an idea...I mean this is a real mess....we can't afford to lose an entire window...I dont care if they are upset about a wage cut or not....I don't think the solution is to take down other peoples shot at their career....thats messed up...nice motives...

AUD: 82 BEC:78 FAR: 78 REG: 89

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financeguy

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well if you want to know the general attitude of the state workers just go to http://www.sacbee.com and click on the most commented articles. Find any of them having to deal w/ state workers in any form, and just read their comments.

AUD - 81, BEC - 74, 80, FAR - 82, REG - 81
Done!

Posted 1 year ago #
CPAPlease

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Oh I don't even want to read them they will drive me crazy!

We have a lot of state workers in this area so we hear frequently the issue.....but SOMETHING has to be cut! are they going to donate so we can afford everybody...casue last time I checked we had a 19 bill deficit haha. Like I said it SUCKS..but this situation sucks for the entire private industry too...

AUD: 82 BEC:78 FAR: 78 REG: 89

Posted 1 year ago #
italianCPA

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If somebody in the California govt has some decency, which I strongly doubt, they should allow CA applicants to take exam part is September as well.
This is insane, especially for people who have to re-take parts. They got the score in the second half of June, sent the re-application right away and get most of the July-August window taken away!

FAR - 7/26/10 - 95
AUD - 8/10/10 - 88
BEC - 8/31/10 - 88
REG - 10/15/10 - 95

Posted 1 year ago #
CPAPlease

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ya its really awful...my boyfriend has until Feb. to get these two done....and they are taking an entire window away from him?

how long is this going to make my license processing? UGH

Jeff- Any ideas if theres anythign we can do about this? It's rediculous!

AUD: 82 BEC:78 FAR: 78 REG: 89

Posted 1 year ago #
italianCPA

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I wrote a nasty nasty (in contents, polite in form) email to the Governor.
I doubt it will do anything though.

FAR - 7/26/10 - 95
AUD - 8/10/10 - 88
BEC - 8/31/10 - 88
REG - 10/15/10 - 95

Posted 1 year ago #
CPAPlease

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I sent a question to the aicpa asking if they will do anything to help with the time frame issue.

And called the CBA. I did get ahold of somebody...they pretty much said we're overworked and understaffed and we understand were behind but were trying our best. Ok....then extend the window.

AUD: 82 BEC:78 FAR: 78 REG: 89

Posted 1 year ago #
CPAPlease

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has anybody ever tried to get their window extended due to this type of problem. We STILL haven't been able to schedule him for exams and now hes probably lost an entire window!

Getting really irritated at the whole situation....his 18 mo is up Feb.

Any ideas?

AUD: 82 BEC:78 FAR: 78 REG: 89

Posted 1 year ago #
financeguy

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well the furloughs are now back on, so I would NOT expect it to get better any time soon

AUD - 81, BEC - 74, 80, FAR - 82, REG - 81
Done!

Posted 1 year ago #
italianCPA

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This is an extra-incentive to pass all three sections I scheduled this window. I do NOT want to go through the painful process of having an application approved again. Especially if it is to retake exam sections.

FAR - 7/26/10 - 95
AUD - 8/10/10 - 88
BEC - 8/31/10 - 88
REG - 10/15/10 - 95

Posted 1 year ago #
Lee_IN

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I hate to say this even as bad as the NASBA release process is but it sounds like CA should let NASBA handle their accounts. I can have a NTS in my hand from the IN NASBA coordinator with 48-72 hours after submitting online. It is difficult enough to study and pass these exams then to have to worry about the wait time to get a NTS to take the exams.

Becker - FAR 80, AUD 73, 81, BEC 76, REG 81 (2010) DONE!!!! IN LICENSED CPA

Posted 1 year ago #
italianCPA

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Lee_IN:
Took them over 50 days to update my application with new transcript (after they basically made me take those classes because they don't know how to distinguish between an accounting and a business class). Took NASBA less than 18 hours to send me a payment coupon, process my payment, and send me a NTS.
They should fire everyone in the CA Board of Accountancy (besides people who process actual licenses) and outsource everything to NASBA, and here you go you save some CA tax $$ (it'd be a drop in the ocean in terms of services to be cut, but still). I would much rather pay more to NASBA and have my application processed in a timely manner.

FAR - 7/26/10 - 95
AUD - 8/10/10 - 88
BEC - 8/31/10 - 88
REG - 10/15/10 - 95

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