Tag Archives: ALD

Populating the NCID in the Accountancy Licensee Database (ALD) 

Currently, NASBA does not have a unique identifier that links CPA Exam candidates and their Exam scores to licensed CPAs in the Accountancy Licensee Database (ALD). A value that could link the data between the systems would greatly enhance the data included in the ALD and provide added efficiencies. The National Candidate Identification Number (NCID) can…

ALD Focusing on Awareness, Feed Enhancements and Reimplementation

Since 2005, NASBA’s Accountancy Licensee Database (ALD) has served the Boards of Accountancy by providing an invaluable enforcement resource. This central database houses CPA and firm license information for the 54 participating Boards of Accountancy along with disciplinary and other licensee information. Licenses are linked across state lines, allowing board staff to view all  licenses…

ALD Poised to Support Boards with Enforcement and Verification Purposes

Executive Directors Boyd Busy (Alabama) and Viki Windfeldt (Nevada) share how they use the ALD NASBA’s Accountancy Licensee Database (ALD) has served the Boards of Accountancy as an invaluable enforcement resource since its launch in 2005. This central repository of CPA license and firm information was conceptualized to assist the 55 Boards of Accountancy with…

ALD Corner

Over the past year, NASBA’s Accountancy Licensee Database (ALD) and public facing CPAverify.org have reached numerous significant milestones. Perhaps the most notable is that the database now stores licensing information from 54 out of the 55 Boards of Accountancy. This milestone came in 2020, after Utah and Delaware both finished implementation of their licensing data…

54 Jurisdictions in ALD

SHARE: In December, the Utah Board of Accountancy, part of the Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing, became the 54th Board of Accountancy to participate in NASBA’s Accountancy Licensee Database (ALD) and CPAverify.org. ALD is only lacking information from the Hawaii Board of Public Accountancy to have complete participation by all of the NASBA’s…

ALD Corner

The Accountancy Licensee Database (ALD) and CPAverify are currently housing data from 51 Boards of Accountancy. Three re-implementations are underway now (MA, AL, and NH). Of the remaining four boards not yet participating, all are underway except for Utah. The ALD/CPAverify Committee is developing official Data Use Policies, which will provide guidance to ALD users,…