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Massachusetts
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Requirements
| Age Requirement | 18 |
| Citizenship Requirement | No |
| Residency Requirement | No |
| Social Security # Requirement | Yes |
| Education Requirement for Licensure | 150 hours (including B.A.) |
| Participates in International Examination Program | Yes |
| Hours in Accounting: | 30 undergraduate semester hours or 18 graduate hours covering financial accounting, auditing, taxation, and management accounting. Also required: 24 undergraduate semester hours or 18 graduate semester hours of business courses (other than accounting courses), or an equivalent combination thereof. |
| Exam sitting requirements: | B.A degree (120 hours) including 21 credits in accounting that include coverage in financial accounting, audit, management accounting and taxation. Must also complete 9 credits in business courses that include information systems, finance, and business law. |
| Experience Requirements: | 1 year of experience at a public firm or 3 years of experience at a non-public firm (industry, government, academia or nonprofit), verified by a licensed CPA, providing any type of services or advise using accounting attest, compilation, management advisory, financial advisory, tax and consulting skills. |
| Ethics Exam: | No ethics exam |
Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants
Allie Orlando
617.303.2411
105 Chauncy Street
10th floor
Boston, MA
02111
Email:
aorlando@masscpas.org
uprasad@masscpas.org
Notes:
For college, reach out to Allie Orlando, Director of Academic and Career Development, and for high school, reach out to Upasana Prasad, Manager of Academic and Career Development.
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Massachusetts Board of Public Accountancy
617-727-1806
1000 Washington Street
Suite 710
Boston, MA
02118
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