Louisiana CPA Exam Requirements
Age Requirement: None
Citizenship Requirement: Yes
Residency Requirement: Yes
Social Security Number Requirement: Yes
Louisiana CPA Exam Education Requirements
Education Requirement for Licensure: 150 hours (including B.A.)
Participates in International Examination Program: Yes
Hours in accounting: 24 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours in accounting
Exam sitting requirements: 150 hours (must complete education requirement prior to sitting for exam)
Experience requirements: 1 year experience in government, industry, academia or public practice.
Ethics exam: No ethics exam
Notes:
The exam applicant must have maintained continuous residency in Louisiana for 120 days within one year preceding the application date to take the examination.
No residence requirement for licensure.
Pre-Evaluation Service
Louisiana offers pre-evaluation as an optional service. A pre-evaluation will identify any academic deficiencies in your education before you submit a first-time application for the Exam. To begin the pre-evaluation process, please visit CPA Central. You must create a CPA Central user account before you can submit your pre-evaluation application online.
Send any additional required information or documents to:
CPA Examination Services – LA
PO Box 198469
Nashville, TN 37219
Materials to be Submitted with Application
Official transcript(s). Submission by you or school to CPAES.
Affidavit for Course Substitution, if applicable. Submission by you to CPAES.
Course descriptions, if applicable. Submission by you to CPAES.
Signed References Form. Submission by you to CPAES.
International Evaluation, if applicable. Submission by you or evaluation agency to CPAES.
ADA Accommodation Form, if applicable. Submission by you to CPAES.
Please allow two to four weeks from your file completion date (when application, fees and all additional required materials have been received) for your application to be processed. Acknowledgment of receipt of application will be sent to you via email, unless otherwise indicated. This notice is sent only as acknowledgment of receipt of application.
Louisiana CPA Exam Fees
All first-time applicants are required to pay both an application fee and an examination fee upon submission of the first-time application. All re-examination candidates are required to pay both a registration fee and an examination fee at the time of registration.
You are able to apply for one or more sections of the examination at a time; however, you are advised to only apply for a section of the examination if you are ready to take it within the next nine months.
Application Fee $150.00
Examination Fees
Auditing and Attestation (AUD) $192.03
Business Environment and Concepts (BEC) $172.51
Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR) $192.03
Regulation (REG) $172.51
Registration fees
4 examination sections $75.00
3 examination sections $75.00
2 examination sections $75.00
1 examination section $75.00
Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants
Ann Lupo
Phone Number: 504-464-1040
In State Toll Free: 800-288-5272
Address: 2400 Veterans Blvd., Suite 500, Kenner, LA 70062-4739
Email: alupo@lcpa.org
State Board of CPAs of Louisiana
Phone Number: 504-566-1244
Fax Number: 504-566-1252
Pan American Life Center
Address: 601 Poydras Street, Suite 1770, New Orleans, LA 70130
Email: sitemaster@cpaboard.state.la.us
