Tag Archives: Licensing

State Board Report March 2012 What seems like a worthy idea could unintentionally muddle mobility. Bills have been introduced in a few states that would create additional administrative pathways for the licensure of military and/or military spouses. The Uniform Accountancy Act and the laws of almost every state require for initial licensure 150 hours of…

Edith Steele, Executive Director, Oklahoma Accountancy Board Edith Steele finds the Accountancy Licensee Database (ALD) very useful when dealing with enforcement issues. She uses the ALD to verify whether someone who is holding themselves out as a CPA is licensed in any other states. This is valuable information to know when trying to discipline someone…

Welcome Hello and welcome to the first edition of the ALD News. If you are looking for news regarding the ALD. . .then you have come to the right place. In this issue, and in future issues, you will find information ranging from the history and the current status of the ALD to how states…

State Board Report July 2007 NASBA’s CPA Licensing Examinations Committee (CLEC) is working to implement changes that enhance the Uniform CPA Examination, CLEC Chair Robert Pearson told the 2007 Regional Meetings. The Committee wrote to all states seeking suggested improvements for the examination, and only received responses from six boards. Some of those suggestions are being…

State Board Report April 2007 Colleen K. Conrad, the first AICPA Board of Examiners’ chair to have a state board background, reported to the Executive Directors Conference, “We are committed to transparency and openness; committed to communication; committed to doing the right thing.” She told the meeting that nine of the 16 current members of the…