Texas
State & Territory Requirements
Requirements
Age Requirement | No |
Citizenship Requirement | No |
Residency Requirement | No |
Social Security # Requirement | Yes |
Education Requirement for Licensure | 150 hours (including B.A.) |
Participates in International Examination Program | Yes |
Hours in Accounting: | 30 semester hours of accounting courses (2 credit hours must be in accounting or taxation research and analysis). Also required for licensure: 24 semester hours in upper-level related business courses (2 hours must be in accounting or business communications) and a 3-semester-hour board-approved ethics course. |
Exam sitting requirements: | 150 hours (including B.A) |
Experience Requirements: | 1 year of full-time non-routine accounting work experience under the direct supervision of a licensed CPA. Non-routine accounting involves attest services, professional accounting services or professional accounting work and the use of independent judgment, applying entry level or higher professional accounting knowledge and skills to select, correct, organize, interpret, and present real-world data as accounting entries, reports, statements, and analyses extending over a diverse range of tax, accounting, assurance, and control situations. |
Ethics Exam: | Must pass exam on Texas Rules of Professional Conduct. |
Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
Melinda Bentley
972-687-8579
14651 Dallas Parkway
Suite 700
Dallas, TX
75254
Email:
mbentley@tx.cpa

Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
512-305-7800
505 E. Huntland Drive
Suite 380
Austin, TX
78752
Notes
*Quarter credit hours are also accepted and are equivalent to 2/3 of a semester hour (divide quarter credits by 1.5 or multiply semester credits by 1.5).
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