North Carolina CPA Requirements
How to Become a CPA in North Carolina
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Getting your North Carolina CPA
CPA Exam Requirements
Education Requirements
Credit Requirements: 120 semester units (180 quarter units)
Minimum Degree: Baccalaureate
Additional Requirements: 30 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours of upper division accounting with no more than 6 hours of accounting principles and 3 hours of business law. At least 20 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours of graduate accounting courses that are open exclusively to graduate students
Residency Requirements
Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship is required
Minimum Age: 18
Additional Requirements: It is not necessary to be a resident, employee, or keep office(s) in the state
State License Requirements
Social Security Requirement: Yes
Educational Requirement: 150 Semester hours (including Bachelor’s Degree ) with 24 hours consisting of 3 hours from 8 of the 10 fields of study: communications, computer technology, economics, ethics, finance, humanities, international environment, law, management, and statistics
Participates in International Exam Program: No
Experience Requirements: 1 year experience in the public practice of accountancy under the direct supervision of a properly licensed CPA OR 4 years experience in the field of accounting, teaching accounting, or any combination of such experience determined by the Board to be substantially equivalent to the foregoing
Ethics Exam: Must complete 8 hour Ethics Course and pass Exam on North Carolina Rules of Professional Ethics and Conduct (1 year prior to applying for licensure)
State Board Contacts
North Carolina State Board of CPA Examiners
State Education Department, Division of Professional Licensing Services
1101 Oberlin Road, Suite 104
PO Box 12827
Raleigh, NC 27605-2827
Email: phyllise@nccpaboard.gov
Phone: 919-733-4224
Fax: 919-733-4209
CPA Fees
| Initial Application Fees | $230 |
| AUD | $224.99 |
| BEC | $224.99 |
| FAR | $224.99 |
| REG | $224.99 |
| Total | $1129.96 |
*$75 re-examination application fee