How to Become an American Certified Public Accountant

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The profession of accounting is really as deep as the sea, and I have to be busy with exams for half my life. I'm afraid finance involves more exams than any other major. Among these examinations, AICPA has some unique advantages: the authority and gold content brought by the American background, flexible examination time, centralized examination subjects (4 exams 14 hours), and other licenses (Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, ACA in Britain, CGMA, etc.) can be changed. At the same time, there are some difficulties to be overcome in this examination, such as English proficiency, American local exams, etc.

Everyone has a different background. Considering the above factors will determine whether AICPA is suitable for them. But in any case, it is a self-evident advantage to pass AICPA, which will even help to increase knowledge, career development and even immigration. In order to facilitate students' study, Bian Xiao Gao Dun Online School has carefully prepared exercises for the CPA exam. Students can practice every day to keep learning, or they can do exercises through the online question bank in Gao Dun. I wish the students a happy study!

Choose a state

After deciding which state to apply for, the next step is to choose, because the United States is a federal country, and the main body of its accounting association is the state Committee. The unified examination is organized by the State Committee Federation, and the specific registration and certification matters must be handled by the State Committee. Because many states require American citizenship or SSN number, there are not many states for China candidates to choose from, including Guam, Washington, Maine, Colorado and Illinois. State requirements can be found in many places. I recommend/test-license/state-requirement/. Thiswaytocpa.com is a website sponsored by American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to help candidates. You can find a lot of information about the exam, including foreign candidates' classics, online questions and answers, etc.

When deciding which state to apply for, you need to consider your education, including whether your education meets the requirements of the state and whether you can apply for a license in the future. For candidates who meet the accounting credits, I still recommend Guam, because the United States is pushing for mobility at present, and the difference between which state to get a certificate in the future is actually getting smaller and smaller. In addition, consider the requirements of each state for CPE. /CPA/default.htm can rely on the section code provided by NTS. Go to Guam to take the exam, and pay 100 dollars for each subject. I took four exams at a time, and the order of reservation was REG-FAR-AUD-BEC. For me, it is based on the principle of easy before difficult, and the effect is very good. I made an appointment to take one exam every day. After the exam, I think it is not bad to arrange two games a day. Although it will be hard, it will save a precious day.

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Review, exam

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Check the results, apply for a license, and continue education for members.

Now the AICPA exam results are still coming out soon, and they were found in two weeks. Applying for a license in Guam is not so efficient. It takes about 40-60 days. In addition to the basic information, you also need an AICPA signature to prove your work experience. After getting the license, you can apply for AICPA membership, fill out the form in the same way and pay the money. In addition, Guam distinguishes between active and inactive. I originally wanted to apply for inactive, so I don't have to do CPE as long as I pay $65,438+000 a year. However, it was later found that if you want to apply for AICPA membership, you still have to be a CPE for 120 hours in three years, so if you want to apply for AICPA membership, CPE still can't get around it. So I decided to apply voluntarily. Why apply for AICPA membership? Although the cost of ownership and CPE have increased, you still need AICPA membership to get CGMA and exchange for other certificates. Some still have a fixed number of years. Although there is no plan to change other certificates now, it is worthwhile to spend some money to maintain this every year. In addition, American CPE should still gain something.

The specific requirements of each state have been mentioned above. You can also find many CPE courses on the same website. Before buying and studying, make sure that it is approved by your state and AICPA. If you want to keep the license, you have to pay the local state Committee and AICPA every year, and it takes hundreds of dollars to complete CPE. These are the costs of hosting AICPA. The new course of CPA counseling was opened in Gao Dun online school on 20 15, and now it has opened CPA zero-foundation preparatory class, CPA 18-minute lecture class and CPA face-to-face experimental class. Preparatory classes help students point out their learning ideas, clarify the key points of each chapter, and let students study ahead of time to lay a solid foundation. The zero-foundation preparatory class is aimed at students who have no foundation, mainly to learn some basic professional knowledge and lay a good theoretical foundation for the subsequent study of this course. The certified public accountant teaches the experimental class face to face to explain the knowledge points according to the chapter, closely follow the examination requirements, and highlight the key and difficult points. Gao Dun Online School wishes all candidates a happy exam preparation and their dreams come true.

Transfer certificate

American AICPA recognizes with Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Mexico, New Zealand and Ireland. ACA in Britain has unilaterally recognized AICPA as a member for more than five years, and AICPA can also apply for CGMA directly, which is one aspect of its recognition and gold content. Of course, no one will apply for a new certificate just for the sake of a certificate, because one more certificate will cost a lot of money, but according to everyone's situation, it will be necessary to change a certain certificate, such as New Zealand immigrants. Some of these certificates require a membership period, for example, ACA is five years, so the above-mentioned fee for holding AICPA is worthwhile.

To sum up, in addition to the teaching materials, AICPA can make use of many network resources in the process of preparing for the exam and applying for a license, such as the exam of netizens, the exchange of forums, the website of the organizer nasba.org, especially bulletin, and the website of thiswaytocpa, where you can find the answers to almost every question at every step, such as the exam of foreign candidates, which contains many awesome people, such as 99 points in three courses.

Finally, AICPA is just an exam. Good luck to everyone.

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