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Foreign Credentials Service of America (FCSA): Pros and Cons

The Foreign Credentials Service of America (FCSA) is a private company established in 1987 for the purpose of assisting individuals, corporations, and educational entities in the interpretation and comparative evaluation of international academic credentials. FCSA is NOT a member of NACES. Note: FCSA is not affiliated with the FACS (Foreign Academic Credentials Service). Pros and […]

Education Records Evaluation Service (ERES): Pros and Cons

By Stephanie Ng
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Education Records Evaluation Service (ERES) was founded in 1985. The company’s evaluations are accepted throughout the United States by the hundreds of agencies, licensing boards, employers, and educational institutions. ERES is a member of NACES. Pros and Cons of ERES Foreign Credential Evaluations Pros of ERES Relatively affordable at $100 Candidates can email a color-scanned […]

Educational Perspectives: Pros and Cons of this Credential Evaluation

Educational Perspectives has been a member of NACES since 2003. The agency prepares credential evaluation reports that help foreign-educated individuals have their non-US education recognized in the United States. Pros and Cons Pros Photocopies of documents may be submitted depending on your country of origin. Fast turnaround. Cons Online application tracking is not available, but […]

ACREVS: Pros and Cons of this Credential Evaluation Service

Academic Credential Records Evaluation & Verification Service (ACREVS) is the first and only academic / education records evaluation company to be ISO 9001:2000 certified. The team provides training to other evaluator services and has trained scores of university personnel in international academic records evaluation and verification. ACREVS is NOT a member of NACES. ACREVS Pros […]

International Education Research Foundation (IERF): Foreign Credentials Evaluation Service

International Education Research Foundation (IERF) was established in 1969 as a non-profit organization and is the first private foreign credentials evaluation agency in the United States. The organization has processed more than 580,000 evaluations. IERF is one of the founding members of NACES. Pros and Cons of IERF Foreign Credentials Evaluation Service Pros One of […]

Josef Silny & Associates (JS&A): Pros and Cons

Josef Silny & Associates (JS&A) was founded in 1987 by Josef Silny to serve foreign nationals who come to study, work or live in the United States. JS&A has almost 40 years of experience with foreign credential translation and evaluation services. Plus, JS&A has been a member of the NACES since 1991. Josef Silny Pros and […]

Is a CPA Review Course Expense Tax Deductible?

Neha is from New Jersey and is one of our CPA exam bloggers. She writes for us every Friday. It’s tax refund season, and I am sure each one of us has at least once thought of claiming a tax deduction for the CPA review course expenses. So, let’s see who is eligible to claim […]

Pre-2024 CPA Exam Syllabus: Overview by Sumit

By Sumit G
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Sumit is our CPA exam blogger from India. He writes for us every Monday. Folks – Thank you for visiting my blog page. This blog is in response to the CPA questions raised by the readers, which will provide them guidance about the content of the CPA Exam. (Note: The CPA Exam changed in 2024 […]

US CPA vs Indian CA Exam: The 7 Differences

By Neha R
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Neha is our blogger from Jersey City, New Jersey. She writes for us every Friday. Hello Readers! If you are a Chartered Accountant from India contemplating to pursue CPA and trying to figure out how different the CPA Exam is from the CA exam, then READ ON!! US CPA vs Indian CA Exam Indians seeking […]

CPA Exam Score Review and Score Appeal

By Stephanie Ng
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Have you ever thought, “Should I appeal my CPA grade?” If you ever get a 74 or face losing a section credit as your 30-month window comes to a close, you might be very tempted to take this step. But the truth is that requesting a CPA Exam score appeal or score review is rarely […]