N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 8 § 70.3

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 16, April 17, 2024

Section 70.3 - Experience requirements

(a) An applicant who has satisfied the requirements as to education shall meet the experience requirement for licensure as a certified public accountant by submitting documentation, satisfactory to the Board of Regents, of completion of the following experience requirements

(1) One year of acceptable full-time experience, or the equivalent thereof, shall be required for an applicant who has met the professional education requirements for licensure in section 70.2 of this Part through completion of a curriculum of at least 150 semester hours in a baccalaureate or higher degree program in accountancy, or its foreign equivalent, in accountancy that is registered by the Department pursuant to section 52.13 of this Title, accredited by an acceptable accrediting agency, or determined by the Department to be the substantial equivalent of a registered or accredited program.

(2) Two years of acceptable experience, or the equivalent thereof, shall be required for an applicant who has met the professional education requirements for licensure in section 70.2 of this Part through completion of a curriculum of at 120 semester hours in a baccalaureate or higher degree program in accountancy, or its foreign equivalent, that is registered by the Department pursuant to section 52.13 of this Title, accredited an acceptable accrediting agency, or determined by the Department to be the substantial equivalent of a registered or accredited program.

(3) For purposes of this subdivision, one year of full-time experience shall mean an aggregate total of 12 calendar months of full-time employment. Full-time shall be defined as a five-day work week, with at least 35 hours of experience per week, excluding overtime. The State Board for Public Accountancy may also credit an applicant for part-time experience in the amount of one week of experience for every two weeks of acceptable part-time experience earned. Part-time shall be defined as at least 20 hours of experience per week.

(4) Such experience shall be attested to by a certified public accountant licensed in New York or in another political subdivision of the United States, provided that such certified public accountant acted in a supervisory capacity to the applicant in the employing organization.

(b) Acceptable experience in the practice of public accountancy shall be limited to experience in providing accounting services or advice involving the use of accounting, attest, compilation, management advisory, financial advisory, tax or consulting skills under the supervision of a certified public accountant licensed in the United States or a public accountant licensed in New York.

(c) Acceptable experience in the practice of public accountancy shall be earned through employment as an employee in public practice in a public accounting firm, government, private industry or an educational institution.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 8 § 70.3

Amended New York State Register September 28, 2022/Volume XLIV, Issue 39, eff. 9/28/2022