Hello,
I'm working as a senior in Europe and considering doing a secondment for 2 years in the US.
Do you think it's worth it to do the CPA if I might decide to remain in the US?

I'm currently doing the ACCA, but not sure how easy/hard does it stack up agains the CPA.
Also can you tell me when are the exam windows and how the retakes work?
Thanks!

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Not familiar with ACCA but you can read up on the CPA exam here: https://www.aicpa.org/becomeacpa/cpaexam.html/cpa/iqex/int_appl.html

They’ve done away with testing windows.

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