Thursday, January 2, 2014

Information On How To Become A Cpa Jacksonville Fl


by Marcia Marks


A cpa Jacksonville fl is a highly marketable professional who can work in a private company, an international corporation or even in a nonprofit making organization. His job is to ensure that a business or organization becomes stronger and competitive through proper account analysis, risk management, strategic tax planning, investment consulting and financial integrity. Since this job is complex, one can argue that the salary range of a cpa is quite competitive.

There are many people who may want to become accountants and do not know what they need to become one. This article therefore provides information on how to become one. But before starting on the requirements, one should ensure that he has what it takes to become a successful professional. This means that the individual should be good in numbers and figures.

The first requirement to becoming a cpa is education. For persons living in Florida, before enrolling for the CPA exam, the individual should have a bachelors degree. Many people who have done a degree in accounting, finance or business usually opt to become full time accountants and take this path in their career.

For persons who have attended non accredited institutions in Florida, they can apply for the exam. However, there will be special requirements for such persons. As for individuals with degrees from outside the U. S, the can apply for the exam but will need to have their transcripts evaluated with a foreign agency first.

Having met the education requirement, a person will still be required to attend an accredited educational institution. This is to learn on the various areas that a cpa specializes in. There will be a not less than 24 credit hours of upper level business course, 24 credit hours of accounting and also 6 credit hours of business law courses. All these should add up to 120 credit hours.

The next obligation to be fulfilled is the examination one. All states take the same examination and thus one can register in one area and do the assessment in another. The assessment is computerized and taken in various prometric centers. As to the concerns of this examination being very hard, it is good to always be prepared and read all the areas in the syllabus. This way, one will be better prepared for anything.

There are several sections of the exam; financial and cost accounting, government accounting, federal taxation, information system, law and ethics among other area. After doing the assessment, an individual will be mailed the results. If one has passed, he or she will be required to gain experience as the third essential requirement before one is licensed.

All these requirements on becoming a cpa Jacksonville fl are abbreviated as the 3ES; education, exam and experience. One will have to meet all these in order to be certified. For people wondering what the duration of the third requirement is, the answer is a year and it can be taken in a public or private institution. A candidate is usually supervised and verified by a member of the licensing board.




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