Committee advances revised CPA pathway to expand entry while preserving interstate mobility

Jan 23, 2025

The subcommittee reported a substitute for an alternative CPA licensure pathway that would allow candidates with a degree plus specified accounting/business hours and two years’ work experience to become licensed after passing the uniform CPA exam; the measure passed the subcommittee as amended.

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Delegate Susan Seabold presented a bill, carried with a substitute amendment, to create an alternative pathway to CPA licensure. Under the proposal, candidates with a college degree who meet minimum accounting and business coursework requirements could become licensed after passing the Uniform CPA Examination and completing two years of qualifying accounting work experience; the existing pathway (degree + 30 hours + one year) would remain.

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