International Qualification Examination

NASBA offers the International Qualification Examination (IQEX) to qualifying candidates each year. Internationally trained accountants seeking a reciprocal CPA designation in the United States may be interested in writing the IQEX.

IQEX is used to examine the professional competence, from a United States perspective, of accountants from foreign bodies, determined by the U.S. International Qualifications Appraisal Board to have education, examination and experience requirements substantially equivalent to United States CPAs. The IQEX tests reciprocity applicants on their knowledge of U.S. professional standards, U.S. taxation and business law.

Score Release Announcement

Scores for the 2011 examination will be released January 13, 2012.

> Australia – CA
> Canada
> Hong Kong
> Ireland
> Mexico
> New Zealand

If your professional credential institute is not listed and you want to be licensed as a CPA in the U.S., you will need to take the Uniform CPA Examination as a candidate of one of the 55 jurisdictions.

> Learn more about taking the Uniform CPA Exam
> Read about becoming a CPA

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International Qualification Examination (IQEX)
International Administration of the CPA Exam (I-Exam)

RESOURCES

IQEX Candidate Bulletin
Score Forward Request Form

Mutual Recognition Agreements

Through MRAs, qualified professional accountants from another country can practice in the United States without having to completely re-credential. Similar recognition is given to U.S. CPAs who wish to practice in that same country.

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I-Exam - U.S. CPA Exam offered internationally

The U.S. CPA exam is being offered internationally for the first time as a service to foreign nationals in response to rapidly escalating international demand for U.S. CPA licensure.

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