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State Requirements

Mississippi

State & Territory Requirements

Last Updated 2/24/2020

Requirements

Age Requirement No
Citizenship Requirement No
Residency Requirement Yes
Social Security # Requirement Yes
Education Requirement for Licensure 150 hours (including B.A.)
Participates in International Examination Program No
Hours in Accounting: 24 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours in upper level or graduate level accounting (3 hours each must be in financial accounting, auditing, taxation, management/cost accounting and government/not-for-profit accounting)
Exam sitting requirements: Bachelor's degree of at least 120 hours (must complete education requirement prior to sitting for exam)
Experience Requirements: 1 year general experience of accounting and auditing skills, excluding academia.
Ethics Exam: No ethics exam
State Society

Mississippi Society of CPAs


Karen Moody

601-856-4244

306 Southampton Row

The Commons, Highland Colony Parkway

Ridgeland, MS

39157


Email: kmoody@ms-cpa.org

State Board

Mississippi State Board of Public Accountancy


601-354-7320

5 Old River Place

Suite 104

Jackson, MS

39202-3449


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