Comments on: CPA license – Necessary to work at a CPA firm? http://FutureFirm.com/blog/cpa-license-necessary-to-work-at-a-cpa-firm/ FutureFirm.com Tue, 22 May 2012 12:44:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Flashpoint CPA Review http://FutureFirm.com/blog/cpa-license-necessary-to-work-at-a-cpa-firm/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Flashpoint CPA Review Wed, 06 May 2009 23:10:26 +0000 http://FutureFirm.com/blog/cpa-license-necessary-to-work-at-a-cpa-firm/#comment-141 You are not wasting your time. Most states require that you obtain 2 years of accounting experience before you get your license. After you pass the exam, you'll fill out a form that includes questions about where you work and what you did. Work as a staff accountant at any company will count. Also, most states will allow you to sit for the exam as long as you have met all the education requirements. If you pass before you have 2 years experience, then you won't get your license until you get the experience. You can still take and pass the exam though. A CPA will need to sign off that you did the work. For example, I had been working as an accountant for a steel company when I passed the exam. My boss happened to be a CPA, so he signed off on it for me. If he wasn't a CPA, I would've needed his signature and a CPA's signature. My father happens to be a CPA as well, so I could've just had him sign off on it. I've never worked at a CPA firm, and I have my CPA license... The short answer is, as long as you're working in the accounting field, you're fine! Good luck to you! You are not wasting your time. Most states require that you obtain 2 years of accounting experience before you get your license. After you pass the exam, you’ll fill out a form that includes questions about where you work and what you did. Work as a staff accountant at any company will count. Also, most states will allow you to sit for the exam as long as you have met all the education requirements. If you pass before you have 2 years experience, then you won’t get your license until you get the experience. You can still take and pass the exam though.

A CPA will need to sign off that you did the work. For example, I had been working as an accountant for a steel company when I passed the exam. My boss happened to be a CPA, so he signed off on it for me. If he wasn’t a CPA, I would’ve needed his signature and a CPA’s signature. My father happens to be a CPA as well, so I could’ve just had him sign off on it. I’ve never worked at a CPA firm, and I have my CPA license…

The short answer is, as long as you’re working in the accounting field, you’re fine! Good luck to you!

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