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Navigating the Uniform CPA Examination in 2024 Webinar

SHARE: Author: Dina Barabash, Content Development & Web SpecialistPosted: March 7, 2024 NASBA’s recent “Navigating the Uniform CPA Examination” webinar covered many important issues facing candidates today. Some of these topics included the Exam process, administration, scoring, upcoming changes for CPA Evolution, Exam blueprints and international candidate administration. If you happen to have missed the…

NASBA Updates Okta Sign-In Workflows to Make Self-Service Easier for Users

SHARE: Author: Amy Tongate, Associate Director, CPE Services and ALDPosted: Feb. 23, 2024 Last month, NASBA’s Okta authenticator, a service used to sign into several multiple applications, was upgraded.  Users can now sign in with multifactor authentication via phone by receiving a verification code via text or a voice call. Previously, the phone option was…

Applying for the CPA Exam After Obtaining an International Evaluation Report

SHARE: Author: Kyle Barrier, Associate Director, NASBA International Evaluation ServicesPosted: Jan. 26, 2024 CPA candidates for the 36 U.S. jurisdictions (in bold) serviced by NASBA’s CPA Examination Services (CPAES) that have received their International Evaluation Report, must now apply to The CPA Portal for an eligibility determination. There is an additional fee for the Education…

CPA Evolution – How to Prepare for The New Disciplines  

SHARE: Author: Gia Tims, Communications & Digital Media SpecialistPosted: Jan. 16, 2024 As skills and competencies change in the accounting profession, the CPA Evolution initiative — a joint effort between NASBA and the AICPA — aims to transform the CPA licensure model alongside these changes.   After reviewing feedback from stakeholders, NASBA and the AICPA decided…

NASBA Tests CPA Evolution Ecosystem with the Help of Tennessee School of the Blind Students

SHARE: Author: Cheryl Farrar, Chief Information OfficerPosted: Nov. 16, 2023 As part of completing the CPA Evolution user acceptance testing, NASBA recently partnered with the Tennessee School for the Blind in an effort to confirm that the new system was web accessible. Tennessee School of the Blind volunteered high school students to participate in this…

What is CPAVerify? 

SHARE: Author: Amy Tongate, Associate Director, CPE Services and ALDPosted: Nov. 13, 2023 At CPAVerify.org, individuals and organizations can conveniently search for the current license information of a CPA or accounting firm whose services they are using or considering using. Official, publicly available licensing data sent by 53 Boards of Accountancy to the NASBA Accountancy…

The Registry’s Role in CPE Acceptance by Boards

SHARE: Author: Jessica Luttrull, Associate Director-National Registry and Technical ResearchPosted: Nov. 6, 2023 The NASBA National Registry of CPE Sponsors plays a significant role in the acceptance of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) courses by state boards of accountancy in the United States. The primary role of the National Registry is to maintain a centralized list…

NASBA Uses Okta to Manage Credentials for Multiple Applications 

SHARE: Author: Amy Tongate, Associate Director, CPE Services and ALDPosted: Oct. 3, 2023 Over the past 12 months, NASBA gradually migrated several of its applications to use Okta to establish usernames and passwords to login to its platforms.    Although NASBA uses a a common site to begin the login process (https://okta.nasba.org), different departments manage different…

Licensure Deadlines vs. CPE Deadlines: What’s the Difference?

SHARE: Author: Caleb Raymer, Manager, Rules Engine ServicePosted: Sept. 21, 2023 When a person becomes a licensed CPA, they must renew their license based on their jurisdiction’s renewal schedule. This could be annually, biennially or triennially. As a condition for license renewal, each jurisdiction requires that CPAs take a certain amount of continuing professional education…

Understanding NASBA’s Experience Verification

SHARE: Author: Dina Barabash, Content Development & Web SpecialistPosted: Sept. 14, 2023 Are you familiar with NASBA’s Experience Verification service? If not, this is the blog for you. We recognize that many applicants for licensure have difficulty finding an actively licensed CPA to sign off on their experience requirement. Therefore, the Experience Verification service is…

Past Blogs/Features

Navigating the Uniform CPA Examination in 2024 Webinar

SHARE: Author: Dina Barabash, Content Development & Web SpecialistPosted: March 7, 2024 NASBA’s recent “Navigating the Uniform CPA Examination” webinar covered many important issues facing candidates today. Some of these topics included the Exam process, administration, scoring, upcoming changes for CPA Evolution, Exam blueprints and international candidate administration. If you happen to have missed the…

NASBA Updates Okta Sign-In Workflows to Make Self-Service Easier for Users

SHARE: Author: Amy Tongate, Associate Director, CPE Services and ALDPosted: Feb. 23, 2024 Last month, NASBA’s Okta authenticator, a service used to sign into several multiple applications, was upgraded.  Users can now sign in with multifactor authentication via phone by receiving a verification code via text or a voice call. Previously, the phone option was…

Applying for the CPA Exam After Obtaining an International Evaluation Report

SHARE: Author: Kyle Barrier, Associate Director, NASBA International Evaluation ServicesPosted: Jan. 26, 2024 CPA candidates for the 36 U.S. jurisdictions (in bold) serviced by NASBA’s CPA Examination Services (CPAES) that have received their International Evaluation Report, must now apply to The CPA Portal for an eligibility determination. There is an additional fee for the Education…

CPA Evolution – How to Prepare for The New Disciplines  

SHARE: Author: Gia Tims, Communications & Digital Media SpecialistPosted: Jan. 16, 2024 As skills and competencies change in the accounting profession, the CPA Evolution initiative — a joint effort between NASBA and the AICPA — aims to transform the CPA licensure model alongside these changes.   After reviewing feedback from stakeholders, NASBA and the AICPA decided…

NASBA Tests CPA Evolution Ecosystem with the Help of Tennessee School of the Blind Students

SHARE: Author: Cheryl Farrar, Chief Information OfficerPosted: Nov. 16, 2023 As part of completing the CPA Evolution user acceptance testing, NASBA recently partnered with the Tennessee School for the Blind in an effort to confirm that the new system was web accessible. Tennessee School of the Blind volunteered high school students to participate in this…

What is CPAVerify? 

SHARE: Author: Amy Tongate, Associate Director, CPE Services and ALDPosted: Nov. 13, 2023 At CPAVerify.org, individuals and organizations can conveniently search for the current license information of a CPA or accounting firm whose services they are using or considering using. Official, publicly available licensing data sent by 53 Boards of Accountancy to the NASBA Accountancy…

The Registry’s Role in CPE Acceptance by Boards

SHARE: Author: Jessica Luttrull, Associate Director-National Registry and Technical ResearchPosted: Nov. 6, 2023 The NASBA National Registry of CPE Sponsors plays a significant role in the acceptance of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) courses by state boards of accountancy in the United States. The primary role of the National Registry is to maintain a centralized list…

NASBA Uses Okta to Manage Credentials for Multiple Applications 

SHARE: Author: Amy Tongate, Associate Director, CPE Services and ALDPosted: Oct. 3, 2023 Over the past 12 months, NASBA gradually migrated several of its applications to use Okta to establish usernames and passwords to login to its platforms.    Although NASBA uses a a common site to begin the login process (https://okta.nasba.org), different departments manage different…

Licensure Deadlines vs. CPE Deadlines: What’s the Difference?

SHARE: Author: Caleb Raymer, Manager, Rules Engine ServicePosted: Sept. 21, 2023 When a person becomes a licensed CPA, they must renew their license based on their jurisdiction’s renewal schedule. This could be annually, biennially or triennially. As a condition for license renewal, each jurisdiction requires that CPAs take a certain amount of continuing professional education…

Understanding NASBA’s Experience Verification

SHARE: Author: Dina Barabash, Content Development & Web SpecialistPosted: Sept. 14, 2023 Are you familiar with NASBA’s Experience Verification service? If not, this is the blog for you. We recognize that many applicants for licensure have difficulty finding an actively licensed CPA to sign off on their experience requirement. Therefore, the Experience Verification service is…

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