AICPA (American Institute of CPAs - world's largest member association representing the accounting profession), NASBA (National Association of State Boards of Accountancy - An association for Boards of Accountancy and oversees the national candidate database) and Simandhar Education (Largest Training provider for US CPA course in India) came together for a webinar ( recording provided below) on 'Earning the US CPA License' held on 8th December 2020.

This webinar's main objective was to help Indian students by providing detailed insights about the US CPA and its importance.

"Education has no boundaries and the US CPA qualification will open up job opportunities in India for finance and accounting professionals, the cost of CPA exam goes down drastically due to savings in travel cost as exam earlier used to happen in US & Dubai", says Sripal Jain, Co-founder and lead instructor - Simandhar Education.

Speakers of the Webinar:

The speakers for this webinar are:

1.Ms. Colleen Conrad (Executive VP and COO - NASBA)

2.Mr. Kyle Barrier (Manager at NASBA International Evaluation Services)

3.Mr. Joe Maslott (Senior Technical Manager at AICPA)

Highlights of the Webinar:

Here are the highlights of the webinar hosted by Simandhar Education along with AICPA and NASBA.

Ms. Colleen Conrad, Mr. Kyle Barrier from NASBA and Mr. Joe Maslott from AICPA gave detailed insights on the US CPA exam administration, requirements, CPA exam content, licensing, evaluation, etc.

The key points of the webinar included the following.

♦ Each jurisdiction has different education requirements for eligibility for the CPA exam.

♦ Having an exam strategy is essential.

♦ Various policies have been made to ensure the health and safety of CPA candidates and Prometric employees.

♦ Having higher-order skills like critical thinking & problem solving is required to pass the CPA exam.

♦ The CPA exam in India is going to be provided continuously, and there isn't an end date.

♦ Focusing on the CPA exam Blueprints is necessary for the candidates.

♦ CPE is required for CPAs to maintain their professional competence and provide quality services.

It was indeed a very informative and exciting webinar that covered almost everything about the Uniform CPA exam.

Watch here:

The uniform CPA exam is now administered in Prometric test centers in India, Europe, Nepal, Canada apart from Dubai and the United States.

Indian candidates may schedule to take the "US CPA Exam" in the 8 Prometric locations: Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata and Trivandrum.

Simandhar Education is the official partner of Becker professional education and channel partner of AICPA – The largest  training provider for US CPA, US CMA, IFRS and EA courses in India. Learn how to clear your CPA exams with extremely satisfying results by getting proper guidance and knowledge through our online courses and video tutorials taught by industry experts. We're here to provide you with all the help you need to ace your CPA, CMA exams. We are just a call away for any assistance.

A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is the highest standard of competence in the field of Accountancy across the globe. The exam is administered by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), which is the world's largest accounting body.