CertifiedPublicAccountancy(CPA)FullReportingLicense-.PDFVIP

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Board of Public Accountancy 1000 Washington Street, Suite 710 Boston, MA 02118-6100 617-727-1806 /dpl/boards/pa INSTRUCTIONS: FULL-REPORTING CPA LICENSE APPLICATION All Requisite Documents Must Be Included With Your Application, including the Checklist on Page 2. Please do not have documents mailed to the Board separately, if they are please indicate it on the application. 1. Academic Evaluation for Certification Report (AECR) All are required to include with this CPA licensing application an official AECR with the exception of candidates that meet (a) or (b) below. **DO NOT SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR LICENSING WITHOUT AN AECR SHOWING A REPORT STATUS OF “ELIGIBLE”.** An electronic version of the AECR is sufficient. Information on the AECR is available at; /licensure/nasbalicensing/massachusetts. (a) AECR is NOT required if you sat for the exam in any jurisdiction prior to November 2002 and meet the Massachusetts education, public accountancy experience and exam conditioning requirements in place at that time. (b) AECR is NOT required from Massachusetts exam candidates that have received notification that they have met the Massachusetts 150 hour rule from NASBA. DO NOT submit your application until you have received a congratulation letter and final exam results from the CPA Examination Services. 2. Public Accountancy Experience: Applicants that have met the MA 150 hour rule, need to have completed 1000 hours and at least 1 year of full time employment in the public accounting report function on full disclosure financial statements, of which not more than 300 hours may consist of full disclosure compilations. Applicants that sat for the exam prior to November 2002 and do not meet the 150 hour education but have a Bachelors Degree, need to have completed 3 years of the above prescribed public accountancy experience or 2 years for applicants with Master degrees (252 CMR