Florida Exam Requirements
Contact Information:
Florida Board of Accountancy
240 NW 76 Drive, Ste A
Gainesville, FL 32607
Phone: 850-487-1395
Fax: 352-333-2508
Web: www.myflorida.com
Florida State Board of Public Accountancy requires First time candidates to begin the application process by submitting an initial application to the Board directly: http://www.myflorida.com/dbpr/cpa/forms.html
Upon obtaining approval from the Board, the rest of the application process is handled by CPA Examination Services (CPAES).
Physical Address:
CPA Examination Services
Florida Coordinator
150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700
Nashville, TN 37219-8469
Phone: 615-880-4250
1-800-CPA-EXAM
Fax: 615-880-4290
Email: cpaes-fl@nasba.org
Web: www.nasba.org
Mailing Address:
CPA Examination Services
Florida Coordinator
PO Box 198469
Nashville, TN 37219-8469
Education Requirements:
A baccalaureate degree PLUS 30 semester hours with a concentration in accounting and business, defined as:
36 semester hours of upper division accounting courses including coverage of tax, auditing, financial, and cost accounting (not more than three semester hours of an accounting Internship)
- AND -
39 semester hours of upper division general business courses, to include six semester hours of business law with coverage of contracts, torts, and the uniform commercial code.
Exception: 3 hours of the 6 required in business law, 3 hours each of micro-economics, macro-economics, intro. to statistics, and intro. to computers course may be lower division.
Exam Fees
Application Fees: First Time Application: $50.00
Examination Fees:
Auditing and Attestation
Business Environment and Concepts
Financial Accounting and Reporting
Regulation
$230.55
180.95
218.25
193.35
Re-examination Application:
4 examination sections
3 examination sections
2 examination sections
1 examination section
$105.00
90.00
75.00
60.00
Test Centers
- Coral Springs – 3111 North University Dr., Ste 425
Phone: 954-340-2750 - Boca Raton – Florida Atlantic University. Bldg. SU80, Room 211
Phone: 561-297-0901 - Davie – 8960 SR 84, Pine Isl. Plaza
Phone: 954-423-0782 - Fort Myers – 4315 Metro Parkway, Ste 120
Phone: 239-274-3184 - Gainesville – 4961 NW 8th Ave
Phone: 352-371-6891 - Jacksonville – 9421 Waypoint Place
Phone: 904-739-3000
- Maitland – 2301 Lucien Way
Phone: 407-875-8118 - Miami – 8240 NW 52nd Terrace, Ste 400
Phone: 305-593-0811 - Sarasota – 8590 Potter Park Drive, Ste A
Phone: 941-923-9399 - Tallahassee – 1410 Market St, Ste B1
Phone: 850-386-8707 - Tampa – 204 S. Hoover Blvd. Mariner Square, 2nd Floor SE
Phone: 813-289-1246 - Temple Terrace – 11201 N. 56th St. Ste B
Phone: (813)989-9988
Note: Requirements listed above are those to sit for the CPA Exam. Check with your State Board to find out the additional requirements for licensure and certification.
Disclaimer: ELS, Inc. has made every effort to assure the accuracy of the information presented here. However, this information is meant to serve as ‘introductory’ only. We strongly encourage candidates to check with your jurisdiction directly for details on, or updates to what is provided here.
