MR MAQSOOD KHAN ,SIR another potential question regarding CPA EXAMS ELEGIBILITY , ACCA have many study routes through which a student can pursue the ACCA studies one of them is MATURE STUDENT ENTRY ROUTE (MSER ROUTE) according to this route any person wishing to start acca can get on with the studies and no qualification is required just the person should be 21 years of age or older is the basic requirement , I want to know that the person who had opted MSER route and had completed his/her ACCA can be elegiable for CPA EXAM EVALUATION as well as would he/she be accepeted for CPA EXAMS .
THANK YOU
REGARDS.
Hi AD,
There is no other ways but to acquire required credit hours from an accredited institution/university. However, there is only one state that doesnât require 120/150 credit hours. Delaware State requires 21 semester hours of accounting, auditing or federal taxation. They also need one year experience in an auditing firm.
Different States have different rules for experience. You should check the website of State Board of your choice.
I have no idea about Mature Student Entry Route.
Hope answered the question,
Regards,
Dear Maqsood
Perhaps its my mistake to understand, however, following is the requirement of Delaware.
(1) An Associate's, Bachelor's or Master's degree and
(2) 21 hours in Accounting including at least one course in introductory, intermediate, advanced and cost accounting, auditing and federal taxation from a regionally accredited institution. On-line courses are acceptable when a candidate receives credit for the courses at a regionally accredited U.S. university. On-line courses are NOT accepted from international schools.
Source http//www.becker.com/accounting/cpaexamreview/delaware/
So, I think at-least Associate degree including 21 hrs in accounting related courses would be arround 120 hrs.
Dear AD; Just get some more courses in accounting (financial and management both), and auditing. Or some other business courses. Make sure additional courses should not be same for example intermediate accounting from 2 different universities would count once. So, courses should be different or of advance level. I don't know US tax course would be available there or not which is a MUST for Delaware. Or perhaps you may take online US Tax course offered by any accredited American university while being in Pakistan through internet. Moreover, always do other courses from HEC recognized university in Pakistan.
I hope it helps.
Regards
Hi Toronto Boy & AD,
When someone says that a qualified (May be CMA, CA etc) was assessed 105 to 109 credit hours, I presumed that he at least has an associate degree. If someome is qualified ACCA, he doesn't even need evaluation for CPA exam. Anyways, thanks for clarification.
Regards,
Hi Maqszaman,
plz answer following question.
1) someone above said that Bcom 2 years fetch 60 to 65 credit hours.Is it true?
2) how many would Bcom(punjab) plus ACCA fetch?Wikipedia web states that ACCA fetch 126 credit hours from WES evaluator.Is it true?
3) will MA english from Pakistan fetch any credits.If yes that give a conjectural idea about them.
4) How u urself met this credit hour threshold.What degrees u had?
5)u live in Canada I guess. Aap kitny bodies k member ho.
Plz reply.Regards.
ASA Shani,
I think I wrote that B.Com fetches 60 to 65 credit hours and same number of credit hours are for MA English. Please note that CPA require credit hours in Accounting, Business and general subjects.
If I am not wrong ACCA can write the CPA exam without any problem. You just need to send your membership certificate copy to respective board and you are eligible. Since I am member of two professional bodies in Pakistan on top of my Masters in Economics, and I also got some courses here in Canada, so credit hours issue, was not a problem for me. I am also member of AICPA.
Regards,