Getting CPA License

You will receive a package in the mail and it will contain an accounting standards test that is on paper and ridiculously easy and you mail it back in. I did this in September FWIW. Congrats.

Haha don't worry about it, seriously it's like 24 questions and they give you the standards to look up the answers. If you passed the real deal this is if no concern.

That will hit you soon, real soon!

I think it's finally starting to dawn on me that I can have a life again. I graduated from college and started taking the test a month or two later. In the time I've been studying I've gotten engaged. Gotten married. And bought a house. All the while not being able to enjoy going to work and coming home and doing what I want.

I'm very excited now.

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You will receive a package in the mail and it will contain an accounting standards test that is on paper and ridiculously easy and you mail it back in. I did this in September FWIW. Congrats.

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Nah, assuming he passed in Louisiana there is no other test. Texas and other states have the additional ethics portion

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assuming he passed in Louisiana there is no other test. Texas and other states have the additional ethics portion

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Naturally. Why would Louisiana have an ethics exam?

Congrats I just found i passed AUD yesterday and still have a long way to go, this is more motivation for me to get it done.

Congrats, man - it is a great feeling.

In Iowa you have the 100 question ethics exam and you must work under a licensed CPA before you can become licensed. Does Louisiana have this requirement?

You can get in trouble if you represent yourself as a CPA even if you have passed the exams but haven't completed the other licensing requirements.

No ethics exam here although we do have ethics CPE requirements.

Also, yes- you have to have a year of experience supervised by a licensed CPA. They are also very meticulous about what type of experience counts. For example, just being an accounting clerk and booking AP or AR is probably not considered acceptable. I know alot of friends that have not had experience count.
From the State board's site:

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The experience must involve the use of accounting, attest, management advisory, financial advisory, tax, or consulting skills. It must be of sufficient complexity and diversity, and be supervised and verified by a licensed CPA. The experience may be from employment in public practice, private industry, non-profit, or government and must be at least one year of full-time or 2,000 hours part-time experience, or a combination of these.

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I didn't work under a CPA, but he was an EA and was very well respected by many CPA's. I petitioned the board and they accepted my experience under the EA.

Congrats