Be a CPA - World's No.1 Public Accountant

The candidate must have a Bachelor degree of Commerce and Masters with minimum 120 credit points to write the US CPA exam. To earn the CPA license, the candidate must complete 150 hours of the US CPA course semester. Many states require candidates to have 1-2 years of experience under a CPA. Even Qualified CA and ICMAs are eligible for CPA.

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The US CPA exam comprises of 4 sections. The duration of each section of exam is 4 hours (total of 16 hours).

• Auditing and Attestation (AUD)
• Business Environment and Concepts (BEC)
• Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR)
• Regulation(REG)

The CPA exam is majorly designed to measure professional competence in auditing, business concepts, business law, taxation, and accounting. However, it also tests related business skills to assess a candidate´s knowledge and ability to apply such knowledge skillfully. The CPA exam verifies a candidate´s thorough understanding of professional responsibilities and ethics.

Each question starts with Multiple Choice Question followed by Task Based Simulation.Multiple-choice questions vary and change as you correctly or incorrectly answer questions.

Task-based simulations are a problem set that allows you to apply your knowledge and demonstrate that you understand the topics on the exam. They are formatted differently on each exam part.

Each part also includes one research question that requires you to research a topic in the authoritative literature and cite the code that discusses the current topic at hand. Most candidates feel these are more difficult than MCQs.

** The AICPA keeps changing the way they grade and weight the multiple-choice questions on the exam. You must pass all four sections within 18 months, earning a minimum score of 75 on each part.

Apart from the US, CPA exam is nowadays also conducted in countries like UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and Lebanon.This has reduced the total cost of doing CPA by a significant amount for the Asian students.

Due to outbreak of Covid-19 US CPA exam can be written from India for windows i.e. June, September and December 2020 as declared by NASBA on 2nd April 2020.

US CPA is in great demand in all sectors. CPAs are meant to maintain and examine financial accounts for the public and private sectors as well as for individual clients. CPAs are authorized to hold responsible positions in financial domains ranging from startup ventures to multinational entities. Few of the prominent companies that are hiring Certified Public Professionals include Genpact, Philips, Deloitte, Accenture, Cognizant, etc.

Due to outbreak of Covid-19 US CPA exam can be written from India for windows i.e. June, September and December 2020 as declared by NASBA on 2nd April 2020.

CPAs can act as a specialist in the areas:

• Financial Analyst
• Management Accountant
• Risk and Compliance Analyst
• Tax Accountant
• Management Consultant
• Information Technology Auditor
• Finance Director