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Rhode Island CPA Requirements for Exam and Licensing
Rhode Island CPA Requirements
1. Education Requirements to Sit for the CPA Exam
Bachelor’s degree or above; fulfilled at least 120 credit hours and meet one of the following:
(a) Graduate degree with concentration in Accounting
- Not less than 21 semester hours in accounting and not less than:
- 6 hours in both fundamental accounting
- 6 hours in intermediate financial accounting and reporting
- 3 hours of advanced financial accounting and reporting
- 3 hours of tax accounting
- 3 hours of auditing
(b) Graduate degree with concentration in business
- Not less than 24 semester hours in accounting and not less than:
- 6 hours in both fundamental accounting
- 6 hours in intermediate financial accounting and reporting
- 3 hours of advanced financial accounting and reporting
- 3 hours of tax accounting
- 3 hours of auditing
(c) Undergraduate degree
- 24 semester hours of accounting and no less than:
- 6 hours in fundamental accounting
- 6 hours in intermediate financial accounting and reporting
- 3 hours in advanced financial accounting and reporting
- 3 hours in tax accounting and auditing
- 24 semester hours of business and no less than:
- 3 hours in business law
- 3 hours in economics
2. Additional Rhode Island CPA Requirements for License
Education
- Must fulfill 150 semester hours.
Experience
- To be updated.
Ethics Qualifications
- Pass the CPA ethics exam by AICPA within 2 years of certification application.
3. Rhode Island CPA Requirements on Residency & Age
- US citizenship not required.
- Rhode Island residency IS required.
- Minimum age: none.
4. CPA Exam Fees in RI
- Education Evaluation Application Fee: $90.00
- Exam Section Application Fee: $344.80
5. Continuing Education
CPE is required for license holders. Please click here for Rhode Island CPA CPE requirements.
6. Other Useful Information
7. Contact
Rhode Island Board of Accountancy
233 Richmond Street, Suite 236
Providence, RI 02903-4236
- Email: rsnyder@dbr.state.ri.us
- Phone: 401-222-3185
- Fax: 401-222-6654
What if the RI CPA Requirements Don’t Work for Me?
You may want to check out these pages to learn about the educational and experience requirements, with my recommendation at the end of the posts:
- CPA educational requirements: Rules, Obstacles and Solutions
- States with more flexible CPA experience requirements
- How to get extra credit hours for the 150-hour rule
If you have questions, feel free to drop a note in the comment section, or visit my Facebook page.
About the Author Stephanie Ng
I am the author of How to Pass The CPA Exam (published by Wiley), and I also passed all 4 sections of the CPA Exam on my first try. Additionally, I have led webinars, such as for the Institute of Management Accountants, authored featured articles on websites like Going Concern and AccountingWeb, and I'm also the CFO for the charity New Sight. Finally, I have created other accounting certification websites to help mentor non-CPA candidates. I have already mentored thousands of CPA, CMA, CIA, EA, and CFA candidates, and I can help you too!
