Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024
Section 13:29-1A.4 - Granting of examination credit; reexamination; conditional credit(a) An applicant may take the required test sections of the Certified Public Accountant Examination individually and in any order. Credit for any test section(s) passed shall be valid for 18 months from the actual date the applicant took that test section, without having to attain a minimum score on any failed test section(s) and without regard to whether the applicant has taken other test sections.(b) The applicant shall take and pass all four test sections of the Certified Public Accountant Examination within a rolling 18-month period, which begins on the date that the first test section(s) passed within such rolling 18-month period is taken.(c) In the event that the applicant does not take and pass all four test sections of the Certified Public Accountant Examination within the rolling 18-month period, credit for any test section(s) passed outside the new 18-month period, which shall commence pursuant to (b) above, shall expire and that test section(s) shall be retaken.(d) Applicants shall retake a failed test section(s), as permitted by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) in partnership with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA).(e) An applicant shall retain credit for any and all test sections of an examination passed in another state if such credit would have been given, under then applicable requirements, if the applicant had taken the examination in this State.(f) The Board may, in particular cases, extend the term of conditional credit validity notwithstanding the requirements of provisions in (a) through (d) above, upon a showing that the credit was lost by reason of circumstances beyond the applicant's control or in cases of substantial hardship presented by the applicant to the Board.(g) An applicant shall be deemed to have passed the Certified Public Accountant Examination once the applicant holds at the same time valid credit for passing each of the four test sections of the examination. For purposes of this section, credit for passing a test section of the examination shall be valid from the actual date of the testing event for that test section, regardless of the date the applicant actually receives notice of the passing grade.N.J. Admin. Code § 13:29-1A.4
Amended by 51 N.J.R. 1424(a), effective 9/3/2019