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Subcommittee advances bill to add experience-based pathways for CPA licensure
Summary
The Regulated Industries Subcommittee advanced House Bill 148, which would add alternate pathways to certified public accountant (CPA) licensure in Georgia—allowing a bachelor’s degree plus two years’ relevant experience or a master’s degree plus one year—while expanding cross‑state mobility for licensed CPAs, supporters told the panel.
The Regulated Industries Subcommittee advanced House Bill 148, which would create alternate pathways to CPA licensure in Georgia by allowing candidates to qualify with a bachelor’s degree and two years of accounting experience or a master’s degree and one year of experience, supporters said at the subcommittee meeting.
Supporters told the panel the bill is designed to shore up a shrinking pipeline of new CPAs and ease workforce shortages, particularly in rural Georgia, while maintaining the profession’s education and ethics standards.
An unnamed legislator who identified himself as a CPA told the subcommittee that the bill preserves the requirement to pass the uniform CPA exam while offering “a new pathway” that emphasizes on‑the‑job experience rather than a fifth year of college.…
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