无论你是想获取自己最初的CPA证书，还是想拿着已有的CPA证书换一个地方进行工作，以下的三个步骤是你需要了解经历的。

Whether you need to obtain your initial CPAlicense, or are a licensed CPA needing to practice in a new location, we’ve outlined the steps you need to take:

Step 1: Determine where you plan to takethe exam and complete the requirements for that state.

确定你要在哪个州参加考试，并满足这个州对教育背景的要求。（每个州都有自己的学术背景要求）

First, determine where you plan to sit forthe CPA exam, and then make sure you obtain the appropriate education and otherrequirements needed to qualify in that state. While this may sound prettysimple, the tricky part is that the education requirements to sit for the CPAexam are different for every state. For example, some states require 120 totalsemester hours to qualify; while others require 150 total hours. There are alsomore narrow educational requirements specific to each state such as 33 semesterhours in accounting and 36 semester hours in business. A different state mightrequire 33 semester hours in accounting and have no minimum semester hours forbusiness. There are also other requirements that states enforce regarding age,residency, etc. You should be sure to review requirements and criteria forstates you are considering for application.

Step 2: Now you are ready to sit for theCPA Exam.

当满足这个州的教育背景要求后，就可以开始准备CPA的考试了，这个时候CPA考试的候选指导手册就很有帮助了。

Once you have completed the education requirements for the state where you plan to sit for the CPA exam, you should review the Uniform CPA Examination Candidate Bulletin. This document is a great resource that provides information about the exam process (how to apply,scheduling your exam, taking the exam, receiving your scores, etc.), and examcontent (preparing for the exam, length and formats, specifications and samplequestion types, etc.).

After reviewing the Candidate Bulletin, you should view a tutorial and take the sample tests available on the AICPAwebsite.

Once you’re ready to apply to take the CPA exam, come back to the CPA exam sectionof our website to get all of the specific information you need.

Step 3: Determine where you plan to obtainyour CPA license. 

决定你想在哪个州拿到你的CPA执照（在参加完CPA考试后，还不能直接拿到执照，需要完成每个州的其他要求，比如工作经验等。）。

After successfully passing all foursections of the CPA exam, the next step is to complete the other requirementsfor obtaining a CPA license in the state in which you plan to ultimately practice as a CPA. Just like requirements for the CPA exam, requirements (like education and work experience) for a CPA license vary from state to state.

For example, many states require at leastone year of public accounting work experience to qualify for a CPA license;while others accept different types of work experience in place of publicaccounting experience (such as teaching, self-employment and part-timeemployment). To add to the complexity, some states have more specificrequirements, such as a specified amount of auditing work experience.

文献参考：https://nasba.org/licensure/gettingacpalicense/howtogetlicensed/

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