CPA question: My state requires 150 credit hours to be a CPA (ohio). Can i start taking the exams prior to receiving all 150 credits? Or do they all have to be completed before taking the first exam?

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Depends. Some states allow you to sit at 120/bachelors, and require the 150 to be licensed after passing. Other states require 150 to sit, even for these states I believe you can sit in another state and transfer the scores (definitely double check this).

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https://nasba.org/exams/cpaexam/ohio/

Appears to be 150 complete or a 620 on the GMAT. Then the additional rules about business/accounting specific hours.

You can also test in a different state and transfer your test scores. That’s what I did. I wanted to start taking them in grad school so I found a state that allowed that and then transferred my scores after I graduated to my practice state. I just had to meet my new states education requirements to transfer them

No, you can’t in OH

Just apply in another state you only need 120 for and transfer it after taking them

I had a classmate in grad school who took the tests in a different state and transferred them to Ohio, but then they required 2 years of working instead of 1 year before he could get licensed in Ohio. Not sure if that’s still a rule they have.

I took them in MI and you only needed to have 120 credits to start, could always do that if you want to start sooner.

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