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Rhode Island CPA Requirements for Exam and Licensing

Rhode Island CPA requirements

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

  • At least 1 year (1,820 hours) of professional experience including accounting, attestation, consulting, financial advisory, managerial advisory, or taxation.

Ethics Qualifications

3. Rhode Island CPA Requirements on Residency & Age

  • Rhode Island does not have any residency requirements to become a CPA.
  • Minimum age: none.

4. CPA Exam Fees in RI

  • Education Evaluation Application Fee: $96.00
  • Exam Section Fee: $262.64 (per section)
  • Exam Application Fee: $96.00 (per section)

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

560 Jefferson Blvd, Suite 100
Warwick, RI 02886

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:

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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!

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