[Anonymous]

Hi everyone,

I recently passed my CPA exams and am applying to the license in NH.

I have just received their reply after 6 weeks of submitting my application, which reads;

“we have found the following deficiencies: Lacks 3 semester hours in accounting to meet 30 semester hours requirement including a course in Tax.”

I counted my accounting courses again, and to my surprise i only have 27 credits. However i have a ton of finance courses that they didn’t count.

What do i do? I have no idea how to finish a course in tax. Would online courses count? any advise?

[Gabe]

Best advice is to call your state board and ask. At this point, you want to be certain what they will/will not accept.

Good LucK!

CPA, CFE
CISA- Experience will be completed by August 2016

[san4596]

Either take a night class at the local college, or find an acceptable online course. However, you need to beware of online colleges, as not all are accepted as education. I believe there are some online Colleges like University of Phoenix that may not be recognized by your state board.

CPA EXAM: DONE!!!!
Ethics Course: Passed
Application Mailed: 3/16/15
Professional Conduct Exam: 97
Certification Date: 4/2/15!!!

[Allergic2CPA]

@OP

You may also want to check with your board as to deadlines to complete your course so that your original application and grades don't expire!

I heard that being able to count correctly is a necessary skill for a CPA so good luck in your career…yes I'm being sarcastic :).

FAR 46*, 77
AUD 70, 79
BEC 67, 82
REG 75

Texas License July 2013

Used Yaeger lectures based on Wiley textbooks

*Studied less than two weeks, forgot I had purchased NTS.

[Anonymous]

I have 60 days to clear it…

I never thought about it before because i have so many finance courses. Why didn't they count any of those?!

[Gabe]

I had some issues with my board and I called them and asked. Turns out, they just needed a better description of the course. Just call the board, mine has always been really helpful.

CPA, CFE
CISA- Experience will be completed by August 2016

[Anonymous]

Is CPE credit hour the same with semester credit hour?

Would CGMA class count?

I read from Jeff's post about this review class with recommended 20 credit hours for only a week to attend to.

https://www.another71.com/cgma-exam-review-course/

[Anonymous]

III. The education requirements for a certificate shall be as follows:

(a) Until January 1, 2005, a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent conferred by a college or university acceptable to the board, with an accounting concentration or equivalent as determined by board rule to be appropriate.

(b) After January 1, 2005 and until June 30, 2014, at least 120 semester hours of college education including a baccalaureate or higher degree conferred by a college or university acceptable to the board, the total educational program to include an accounting concentration or equivalent as determined by board rule to be appropriate; provided however, that candidates for a certificate may sit for the examination described in paragraph IV if they have at least 120 semester hours of college education including a baccalaureate degree conferred by a college or university acceptable to the board, the total educational program to include an accounting concentration or equivalent as determined by board rule to be appropriate.

(c) On or after July 1, 2014, at least 150 semester hours of college education including a baccalaureate or higher degree conferred by a college or university acceptable to the board, the total educational program to include an accounting concentration or equivalent as determined by board rule to be appropriate; provided however, that candidates for a certificate may sit for the examination described in paragraph IV if they have at least 120 semester hours of college education including a baccalaureate degree conferred by a college or university acceptable to the board the total educational program to include an accounting concentration or equivalent as determined by board rule to be appropriate. The applicant's degree shall include 30 semester hours of accounting courses. The accounting credits shall include coverage in financial accounting auditing, taxation, and management accounting. In addition, the degree shall include, or be supplemented by, 24 semester hours of business courses other than accounting courses. These business courses may include, but not be limited to, coverage in the areas of business law, business information systems, finance, professional ethics, business organizations, and economics.

[juuustin]

Because finance courses aren't accounting courses….? And the CPA is an accounting designation….

MD Candidate: 10/1/14

FAR - 87 (11/23/14)
REG - 87 (1/30/15)
BEC - 89 (4/19/15)
AUD - 98 (5/30/15)

Ethics - 100

Experience - In Progress!

[Anonymous]

You should appeal that isht if you fall into the “B” category.

If you fall into “C”- git yer credits up dog.

[waffle_house]

I'm surprised a lot of people don't look at their state requirements before taking the CPA exam. Much heartache could be avoided only if one would do 5 minutes of research.

AUD - 80
BEC - 75
FAR - 84
REG - 76

Exams started Sep 2014 -Exams done Mar 2017

Texas CPA

I put in work, it was evident

[Anonymous]

Seriously. It's not that hard.

A prospective CPA should be able to tell if they're compliant or not.

[Son]

BLT, if you're already employed and your company doesn't really care about the state you're licensed in (e.g., Big4 company, national group), see if you qualify in another state. You can get your exam results transferred to that other state and save yourself some headache. Also, NASBA does evaluations of transcripts and can help you determine in which state you qualify without taking additional classes – all this for a fee, obviously.

AUD - passed
REG - passed
BEC - passed
FAR - passed

[Son]

and guys, get off your high horse. some of these requirements make no sense whatsoever. my classes on labor law and commercial procedures were considered as accounting/business classes when my transcript was evaluated by NASBA, so it's not always as clear as it sounds.

AUD - passed
REG - passed
BEC - passed
FAR - passed

[Anonymous]

Step 1: call your state board

Step 2: talk to state board

Step 3: make your case to state board

Step last/need advice: go to another 71

At this juncture we are not who you should be talking to first

[Anonymous]

Texas requires that you meet the education requirements before you are allowed to sit. Why don't all states do this? It seems like it would result in a lot less work and confusion.

[Author]

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