Contents

Staff Directory | About the Board | Administrative Services | Agenda/Public Session Minutes | Communications | CPE Sponsor Register | Examinations | Executive Office | Fee Schedule | Forms || Licensing | Newsletter | Professional Standards | Related Links | Rules: NC Administrative Code | Statutes: NC General Statutes |


About the Board

Statement of Organization

Address

Hours of Operation

Staff Directory

Board Members

Board Committees

Board Meetings

Important Dates

 

Administrative Services 

General Information

Register of Active North Carolina CPAs

Mailing Labels and Lists

Tax ID Number (IRS Form W-9)

 

Agenda/Public Session Minutes

Agenda 

Public Session Minutes

 

Communications 

General Information

Press Releases

Activity Review Newsletter 

Awards and Recognition

 

Examinations

General Information

Computer-based Uniform CPA Exam

Eligibility and Requirements

Applications

Name Change

Results of the Exam

Request to Review the Exam

Request for Appeal of Candidate Answer Papers

 

Executive Office 

General Information

Request for Declaratory Rulings

Rule-Making Procedures

Public Hearings

 

Licensing 

150-Hour Education Requirement

Accountancy Law in North Carolina  

Address Changes

Annual Certificate Renewal

Approved Ethics Courses

Certificate Status

Continuing Professional Education (CPE)

Eligibility

Firm Registration

Foreign Accountants

General Information

Notification of Intent to Practice

Peer Review

Reciprocal Certificates and Temporary Permits to Practice

Requirements for Certification

Use of Title

 

Newsletter: Activity Review

Professional Standards

General Information

Conduct and Ethics

Unauthorized Use of CPA Title

Third-party Complaints

Consent Orders

Public Record Requests

 

Rules: North Carolina Administrative Code 

 

SUBCHAPTER 8A - Departmental Rules

Section .0100 - Organizational Rules
Section .0200 - Board of Certified Public Accountant Examiners
Section .0300 - Definitions

 

SUBCHAPTER 8B - Rule-making Procedures

Section .0100 - Petitions for Rule-making
Section .0200 - Notice
Section .0300 - Hearings
Section .0500 - Declaratory Rulings

 

SUBCHAPTER 8C - Contested Cases

Section .0100 - Procedure in Contested Cases

 

SUBCHAPTER 8F - Requirements for Certified Public Accountant Examination and Certificate Applicants

Section .0100 - General Provisions
Section .0300 - Educational Requirements for Examination
Section .0400 - Experience
Section .0500 - Applications for Certificates

 

SUBCHAPTER 8G - Continuing Professional Education (CPE)

Section .0400 - CPE Requirements

 

SUBCHAPTER 8H - Reciprocity

Section .0100 – Requirements

 

SUBCHAPTER 8I - Revocation of Certificates and Other Disciplinary Action

Section .0100 – General Provisions

 

SUBCHAPTER 8J - Renewals and Registrations

Section .0100 – Requirements

 

SUBCHAPTER 8K - Professional Corporations and Professional Limited Liability Companies

Section .0100 - General Provisions
Section .0200 - Practice Procedures of Professional Corporations and Limited Liability Companies
Section .0300 - Registered Limited Liability Partnerships

 

SUBCHAPTER 8M - Peer Review Program

Section .0100 - General Peer Review Requirements

 

SUBCHAPTER 8N - Professional Ethics and Conduct

Section .0100 - Scope and Applicability

Section .0200 - Rules Applicable to all CPAs
Section .0300 - Rules Applicable to All CPAs Who Use the CPA Title In Offering or Rendering Products or Services to Clients
Section .0400 - Rules Applicable to CPAs Performing Attest Services

 

Statutes: North Carolina General Statutes

 

CHAPTER 93 - Certified Public Accountants

Sec. 93-1. Definitions; Practice of Law

Sec. 93-2. Qualifications

Sec. 93-3. Unlawful Use of Title "Certified Public Accountant" by Individual

Sec. 93-4. Use of Title by Firm

Sec. 93-5. Use of Title by Corporation

Sec. 93-6. Practice as Accountants Permitted; Use of Misleading Titles Prohibited

Sec. 93-8. Public Practice of Accounting by Corporations Prohibited

Sec. 93-9. Assistants Need Not Be Certified

Sec. 93-10. Persons Certified in Other States

Sec. 93-11. Not Applicable to Officers of State, County or Municipality

Sec. 93-12. Board of Certified Public Accountant Examiners

Sec. 93-12.1 Effect of New Requirements

Sec. 93-12.2 Board Records are Confidential

Sec. 93-13. Violation of Chapter; Penalty

 

CHAPTER 93B - Occupational Licensing Boards

Sec. 93B-1. Definitions
Sec. 93B-2. Annual Reports Required; Contents; Open to Inspection
Sec. 93B-3. Register of Persons Licensed; Information as to Licensed Status of Individuals
Sec. 93B-4. Audit of Occupational Licensing Boards; Payment of Costs
Sec. 93B-5. Compensation and Employment of Board Members
Sec. 93B-6. Use of Funds for Lobbying Prohibited
Sec. 93B-7. Rental of State-owned Office Space
Sec. 93B-8. Examination Procedures
Sec. 93B-9. Age Requirements
Sec. 93B-10. Expiration of Term of Appointment
Sec. 93B-11. Interest from State Treasurer's Interest Program
Sec. 93B-13. Revocation when licensing privilege forfeited for nonpayment of child support or for failure to comply with subpoena
Sec. 93B-14. Information on applicants for licensure.
Sec. 93B-15. Payment of License Fees by Members of the Armed Forces
Sec. 93B-16. Occupational board liability for negligent acts

 

CHAPTER 55B - Professional Corporation Act

Sec. 55B-1. Title
Sec. 55B-2. Definitions
Sec. 55B-3. Business Corporation Act Applicable
Sec. 55B-4. Formation of Corporation
Sec. 55B-5. Corporate Name

Sec. 55B-6. Capital Stock
Sec. 55B-7. Death or Disqualification of a Stockholder or Employee
Sec. 55B-8. Rendition of Professional Services
Sec. 55B-9. Professional Relationship and Liability
Sec. 55B-10. Registration with Licensing Board
Sec. 55B-11. Renewal of Certificate of Registration
Sec. 55B-12. Application of Regulations of Licensing Boards
Sec. 55B-13. Suspension or Revocation of Certificate of Registration
Sec. 55B-14. Types of Professional Services
Sec. 55B-15. Applicability of Chapter
Sec. 55B-16. Foreign Professional Corporations

 

CHAPTER 57C - North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act

Sec. 57C-1-01. Short Title.

Sec. 57C-2-01. Purposes
Sec. 57C-2-02. Powers of the Limited Liability Company

 

CHAPTER 59 - Partnership

Sec. 59-32. Definition of Terms
Sec. 59-45. Nature of Partner's Liability in Ordinary Partnerships and in Registered Limited Liability Partnerships
Sec. 59-84.2. Registered Limited Liability Partnerships
Sec. 59-84.3. Name of Registered Limited Liability Partnerships
Sec. 59-84.4. Annual Report for Secretary of State

 

CHAPTER 105 - Taxation

Sec. 105-41. Attorneys-at-Law and Other Professionals

 

CHAPTER 150B - Administrative Procedures Act

Sec. 150B-1. Policy and Scope
Sec. 150B-2. Definitions
Sec. 150B-3. Special Provisions on Licensing
Sec. 150B-4. Declaratory Rulings
Sec. 150B-18. Scope and Effect
Sec. 150B –19. Restrictions on What Can Be Adopted as a Rule
Sec. 150B-20. Petitioning an Agency to Adopt a Rule
Sec. 150B-21. Agency must designate rule-making coordinator; duties of coordinator
Sec. 150B-38. Scope; Hearing Required; Notice; Venue
Sec. 150B-39. Depositions; Discovery; Subpoenas
Sec. 150B-40. Conduct of Hearing; Presiding Officer; Ex Parte Communication

Sec. 150B-41. Evidence; Stipulations; Official Notice
Sec. 150B-42. Final Agency Decision; Official Record

Sec. 150B-43. Right to Judicial Review
Sec. 150B-44. Right to Judicial Intervention When Decision Unreasonably Delayed
Sec. 150B-45. Procedure for Seeking Review; Waiver

Sec. 150B-46. Contents of Petition; Copies Served on All Parties; Intervention
Sec. 150B-47. Records Filed with Clerk of Superior Court; Contents of Records; Costs

Sec. 150B-48. Stay of Decision
Sec. 150B-49. New Evidence

Sec. 150B-50. Review by Superior Court Without Jury
Sec. 150B-51. Scope of Review
Sec. 150B-52. Appeal; Stay of Court's Decision