I teach the course at Irvine Valley College. The next class starts in Spring 2022. If you email me at btchaikovsky@ivc.edu, will ensure you are able to take the course in Spring. Other California Community Colleges offer the course as well.
I work for a big company as a Project Accountant, but I am not sure if my direct supervisor is licensed (CA). Can I have any CPA in my company sign off on the forms?
Adam- To find out if your direct supervisor is a CPA, look up their license. search.dca.ca.gov/?BD=19&TP=DC If your direct supervisor is licensed, they must sign off on your "General Experience". Here is a great reference tool from CalCPA with regards to experience sign off. www.calcpa.org/cpa-licensure/cpa-licensure-requirements/work-experience-faqs#:~:text=Question%3A%20Does%20the%20CPA%20signing,oversight%20over%20your%20qualifying%20work.
My university (CSUDH) doesn't offer an "ethics in accounting course", how do I complete this requirement? ( I will already have 150 educational units completed, so I do not need to complete a masters degree program)
Kristen- Apologies for not replying to you sooner. You can take the course with me at IVC in the Spring 2022 semester. If you register as a student at Irvine Valley College (you will need to clear the class as it has a managerial accounting prerequisite), I will get you into the course, even if this is full, for the Spring 2022. My IVC email is btchaikovsky@ivc.edu.
Not in California. This presentation is specific to California. The CPA exam itself is a national exam, however licensing requirements vary by state. For instance in NY state, they require intermediate accounting to be taken at a four year school while no such requirement exists in California.
IF I Stay Work As A bookkeper But I Stay Study the bachelor in accounting but in colombia I Can Apply to CPA Exam in California State? Or maybe I Need to search One Cpa Maybe give me the experience to be candidate ?
Christian- This is a great question. If you take your courses in a country outside of the US, you will need to have your degree translated by one of the approved agencies set forth by the state of California. Once you meet the educational requirements, you could sit for the CPA exam. Then you would need to work under a U.S. actively licensed CPA in order to meet the work experience requirement. Not sure if this answers your question, however, let me know if you need further clarification on the above.
Ms. Philosophy- Thank you for your question. I am giving a bit more of a detailed response in the hopes that the answer can help others. You do not need to be working in a CPA license area to get approved. To become a California CPA (each state works slightly different) you need to: - meet the educational requirement (see below) - work under an actively licensed CPA for at least 1 year (for a "G" license- the "A" or auditing license works a bit different) for the experience. - complete the application/background check with the California Board of Accountancy ("CBA") - pass the CPA exam - pass a separate ethics test administered by the California Society of CPA's (CalCPA). EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT You need a bachelor's degree (120 semester units) + 30 units for the educational requirement. Your bachelor's degree can be in anything...film studies, etc. However, you do need to meet specific educational requirements: 24 semester units of accounting subjects, 24 semester units of business subjects, 20 semester units of accounting study and 10 semester units of ethics study. STEP 1: Gather all units that you have taken at all accredited colleges. Therefore, if you have taken units at a community college that did not transfer to your four year school, these would still count, as long as the units appear on a transcript. STEP 2: After gathering your units, you would "map" these against the CBA requirements. My faculty website at Irvine Valley College has a sample "mapping" as well as other additional information. www.ivc.edu/faculty/btchaikovsky/Pages/default.aspx STEP 3: Determine what courses that you need to take. When selecting courses, this is when you want to look at the topics covered on the CPA exam so that when you choose classes, you are taking courses that will give you the educational background to make the CPA exam feel more like a review. When choosing courses, do not go for the easiest ones....the more challenging courses that you take the better education that you will receive and will make studying for the exam that much easier. I hope the above gets you started and if you have other questions, please keep them coming. Best, Bennet
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Juan- Hope you are doing well. The first thing to do is to figure out the number of classes that you have taken / need to take. Once you have done this, you will know what you need to do (education wise). I would also consider the Enrolled Agent (EA). For the EA, there is no educational requirement. Rather, you take an exam complete some additional paperwork with the IRS and then obtain the designation. However, it's strongly recommended that you take tax courses as well as take an EA review course. Best,
