PDF《WHAT IS A CPA?》

s financial history to achieve a better understanding of the current business and build strategic plans and compliance structure to lead a business towards its future goals. CPAs generally work in either Public Accounting or inside companies. Typically, CPAs focus on compliance, usually in the areas of attestations (audit, reviews, compilations, or corporate reporting/filings) and taxes (planning/consulting and filing returns). WHAT ARE FOREIGN CREDENTIAL EVALUATION SERVICES AND WHY DO I NEED TO ENGAGE WITH ONE? Foreign credential evaluation services provide international education intelligence by evaluating and translating international credentials and issuing a report of equivalency in terms of the educational system in the United States. Evaluations are accepted by thousands of academic institutions, employers, licensing and certification boards, and government agencies. An individual seeking the CPA designation that has foreign education credentials, including the ACCA qualification, must have that education evaluated by a foreign credential evaluation service in order to determine how many credits will count towards sitting the Uniformed CPA Examination. WHAT FOREIGN CREDENTIAL EVALUATION SERVICES ARE ACCEPTED BY STATE BOARDS OF ACCOUNTANCY? There is no one evaluation service that is accepted by all state boards. Some evaluation services are recognized by more states than others. When choosing a service it is best to ask if they are accepted in the state that you will be applying to. There are

26 foreign credential services. The top five evaluators are: ? Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE), ? Foreign Academic Credential Services (FACS), ? International Education Research Foundation (IERF), ? Josef Silny &

Associates, and ? World Education Services (WES). WHERE CAN I FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE STATE-BY-STATE CPA REQUIREMENTS? For more information on state requirements, please contact the State Board of Accountancy for which you would like more informa........