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Nevada CPA Requirements (Rules on Exam and Licensing)
The Nevada State Board requires candidates to have the standard 150 credit hours of education in order to sit for the CPA Exam.
Nevada CPA Requirements
1. Education Requirements to Sit for the Exam
- Bachelor’s degree or above.
- If your degree is not in accounting, you need the following courses (and they must be above the intro level):
- 6 hours in financial accounting
- 3 hours in cost accounting
- 3 hours in auditing
- 3 hours in federal income taxation
- 3 hours in business law
2. Additional Nevada CPA Requirements to Get the License
Education
- 150 hours of higher education, including the following:
- 9 hours in accounting electives
- 24 hours in non-accounting business courses
Work Experience
- 2,000 hours of experience
- Work experience must be over at least one year and must be uder the direct supervision of a licensed CPA
- Experience should involve at least one of the following:
- Accounting
- Attestation
- Compilation
- Management advisory services
- Financial advisory services
- Tax consulting
Ethics Qualification
- Rules of Professional Conduct (Ethics) exam taken within the last 3 years is fine.
- The easiest way is to pass the CPA Ethics Exam administered by the AICPA.
3. Nevada CPA Requirements on Residency & Age
- US citizenship not required
- Nevada residency not required
- Social security number requirement: SSN is not required. Contact the Board to be assigned a number to use in place of the SSN on the application.
- Minimum age: none
4. Nevada CPA Exam Fees
- Initial CPA Exam Application Fee: $100
- Re-Exam Application Fee: $50
- CPA Exam Fee (per section): $265.57
5. Continuing Education
CPE is needed for license holders. Click here for Nevada CPA CPE requirements.
6. Other Useful Information
7. Contact
Nevada State Board of Accountancy
1325 Airmotive Way, Suite 220
Reno, NV 89502
- Email: cpa@nvaccountancy.com
- Phone: (775) 786-0231
- Fax: (775) 786-0234
What if the Nevada CPA Requirements Don’t Work for Me?
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!
