Minnesota
State & Territory Requirements
Requirements
Age Requirement | No |
Citizenship Requirement | No |
Residency Requirement | Yes |
Social Security # Requirement | Yes |
Education Requirement for Licensure | 150 hours (including B.A.) |
Participates in International Examination Program | Yes |
Hours in Accounting: | Graduate degree from a business school with 24 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours in undergraduate or 15 hours in graduate level accounting or B.A. or higher degree with 24 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours in accounting at the upper or graduate level |
Exam sitting requirements: | B.A. or completion of B.A. within 120 days |
Experience Requirements: | 1 year experience in public practice, government, industry or academia. |
Ethics Exam: | Must pass AICPA Professional Ethics Exam for initial licensure |
Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants
Membership Department
952-831-2707
1650 West 82nd Street
Suite 600
Bloomington, MN
55431
Email:
membership@mncpa.org

Minnesota State Board of Accountancy
651-296-7938
85 7th Place E
Suite 125
St. Paul, MN
55101
Information for first-time applicants - CPA Examination Services
Notes
In the case of a nonresident, the application must be supported by a statement that the applicant is currently, or will have been within the 90 days preceding or following the date of the CPA examination applied for, a resident of Minnesota, attending a school in Minnesota in which the applicant is seeking education designed to qualify the applicant to sit for the CPA examination, or working in Minnesota for the purpose of obtaining qualifying experience
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