Maybe we shouldn’t publish this, lest TPTB catch on and close this loophole but as it’s soon to be CPA exam score release season, we figured it might be helpful to share this little trick to get your score early.
Note, word is it only works if you are on your last section and testing in a NASBA state. It doesn’t work all the time and will really only give you your score a day or so earlier than you would have actually received it from your state.
So if you’re waiting for a score now, don’t bother, it doesn’t work until the AICPA releases scores to NASBA, which is supposed to be within a 7-10 day period beginning the third week of September for this quarter.
To try it, follow these simple steps:
1. Go to the CPA exam section of NASBA’s website and select Ohio regardless of which state you are testing in.
2. Choose Apply Now under the “Re-applying for the Uniform CPA Examination” tab.
3. You will be asked if you have an Ohio jurisdiction ID. Choose no and it will ask you if you have a Social Security number. Choose yes.
4. Follow the rest of the prompts, plug in the information it asks you for and if you get the following message, congratulations, the loophole worked and you passed:
We are sorry. Our system shows that you have already passed all parts of the Uniform CPA Examination. If you have questions, please call your Coordinator at the number given below. Please call the number below.
800-CPA-EXAM
615-880-4250
Some have stated that the loophole also works if you’ve failed. If you get in and see the exam section you are checking on not grayed out, that means it’s allowing you to get a new NTS which obviously means you did not pass.
Bottom line: maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t. If you’re driving yourself insane refreshing your score page waiting for an answer, maybe it wouldn’t hurt to try at the end of the month but you’re really only getting the news a few hours earlier than you would have if you just waited.
Interesting there must be a shortage of people they can promote from manager to senior manager because so many don’t have their CPAs (or at least the people they would prefer to promote).
I remember being told by multiple people that I should focus on working instead of getting my CPA within my first 2 years of employment at the firm BECAUSE it didn’t matter.
Thankfully I disregarded that advice and got my CPA in 1.5 years…that was absolutely brutal and looking back it only made sense to help land my next opportunity. The personal/professional sacrifices to pass all 4 sections of the CPA didn’t seem worth it at the time.
Nearly 10 years into my career, I am in a comfortable place in my career, thanks to that sacrifice, and those that told me to not get my CPA are stuck as managers…hopefully they can pass soon otherwise I’m sure these firms will have no issue “trimming the fat”.
You need your CPA to be promoted to Manager at any top 100 firm.
For tax, you just need to be an EA. Maybe it’s different for other groups, but I know for a fact you can be promoted to tax manager with just at EA and no CPA. Promotion to Senior Manager requires a CPA.
not always. They are desperate for experienced professionals who can supervise.
“…our evolving talent strategy that prioritizes investing in the next generation of CPAs from day one,” said the firm on its 360 Careers page.”
Wow, this is some real bullshit. The firms aren’t investing in the next generation of CPAs. They’re investing in AI so that they can fire all their CPAs, so that the current partners can pocket even more cash. This $10k bonus is just the latest example of the firms throwing a (very small) bone to the help in order to distract from what they’re actively doing to destroy the accounting professional in the name of short-term profits.