What are Arizona’s education requirements?
When can I apply for the Uniform CPA Examination?
What forms are required as part of the application package?
What if I have applied and taken the Uniform CPA Exam through another jurisdiction?
When can I reapply for a section?
What can I do if I apply for the wrong sections and want to change?
How do I request a copy of my grades be sent to another jurisdiction?
How long do I have to pass all four sections of the exam and do my grades expire?
Can I reprint my Notice to Schedule (NTS)?
Can I get my Exam score on line?
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 32-723(A), you must present satisfactory evidence that you have successfully obtained a baccalaureate or a higher degree from an accredited institution or a college or university that maintains standards comparable to those of an accredited institution. The evidence must show at least twenty-four semester hours of non duplicative accounting courses of which twelve semester hours are upper level courses, and shall also include at least eighteen semester hours in related courses.
Helpful Hints – The accounting and related course credit must be listed on the transcript from the school where you originally took the courses. Also, if you have transcripts that show a combination of quarter hours and semester hours, you can convert the quarter hours to semester hours by dividing the quarter hours by three and multiplying by two (e.g., a six quarter-hour course divided by three equals two which is then multiplied by two which equals four semester hours).
Application form. Please note that only current, not out-of-date, forms will be accepted.
$100 check payable to the Arizona State Board of Accountancy. DO NOT include fees payable to NASBA for each exam section. NASBA will send a payment coupon to you for the exam section fees after the issuance of the Authorization to Test (ATT) by the Board.
$50 check payable to the Arizona State Board of Accountancy.
If you need to make a change before the Authorization to Test (ATT) has been submitted (also referred to as your application being uplinked) to the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA), you can change the section(s) you want to take by submitting the requested change in writing.
Helpful Hint – You should only apply for the sections you anticipate taking during the six-month timeframe of the Notice to Schedule (NTS). If you apply for sections and then you do not test for that section, your fees to sit are not refundable. NASBA will bill you for all sections that you indicate on your application and will only issue a Notice to Schedule (NTS) for those sections after full payment is received. Once you have your NTS, it is your responsibility to ensure that you allow yourself sufficient time to schedule a test date prior to expiration of your NTS.
The Board’s Advisory Certification Committee generally meets monthly. When your application is complete, the committee will review your application along with your transcripts to ensure that you meet the appropriate educational requirements. If all requirements are met, the Committee will make a recommendation to the Executive Director to approve your application to sit for the Uniform CPA Exam.
After the Board's Executive Director's approval, Board staff will electronically submit the Authorization to Test (ATT) to NASBA.
Upon NASBA’s receipt of your payment, they will issue a Notice to Schedule (NTS), which will expire in six months. If you fail to take all or any section of the exam listed on the NTS during the six months, those sections will expire with the NTS.
You will be responsible to contact Prometric to schedule testing. The details on how to schedule are delineated on the Notice to Schedule provided by NASBA. Exams are offered the first two months of every quarter (January-February, April-May, July-August, October-November).
You will take the exam as scheduled.
After the examination, candidate responses are forwarded to the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) for scoring. Once scored, the AICPA forwards them to NASBA for processing. Finally, NASBA will email the scores to those candidates who choose email as their contact preference. For those candidates who choose a mailing address as their contact preference, they will receive their scores via the mail from NASBA. Please note that selecting mail as your contact preference will delay the time in which you receive your scores.
After passing a section of the exam, candidates have 18 months to pass the remaining sections before the first section taken expires. Credit awarded for passage of a section of the Exam is valid for an 18-month period beginning on the date the exam section is taken/passed. For example, if a candidate sits for his or her first section of the Exam on January 1 and passes, the 18-month period starts that day, not the day the candidate receives his or her score. Assuming that the candidate passes the first section of the Exam on the first try, he or she must sit for and pass the remaining three sections of the Exam within 18-months of January 1.
Once you have passed the Exam, your grades do not expire.
The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy offers candidates the ability to reprint open Notices to Schedule using their link. Please note that previously attended or expired NTSs are not available for reprint.
The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy offers candidates the ability to get exam scores on-line. To use the NASBA Gateway for score retrieval, a candidate must enter his or her section ID and date of birth. The section ID is on the Notice to Schedule (NTS). If you need to reprint the NTS, please read the FAQ – Can I reprint my Notice to Schedule (NTS)?