In order to obtain an original certificate and license, as they are one in
the same, you need:
To have passed the Uniform CPA exam in accordance with New RSA 309-B: 5 and
the administrative rules; and
Have obtained public accounting experience or governmental experience
accordance with RSA 309: B:5, IX and or X and the Administrative Rules of
the Board.
RSA 309-B: 5 IX. The experience requirement shall consist of public
accounting experience in providing one or more kinds of services involving
the use of accounting or auditing skills, including the issuance of reports
on financial statements, or one or more kinds of management advisory,
financial advisory, or consulting services, or the preparation of tax
returns or the furnishing of advice on tax matters, or the equivalent, all
of which was under the direction of a licensee in any state in practice as a
certified public accountant or as a public accountant, or in any state in
employment as a staff accountant by a certified public accountant or anyone
practicing public accounting, or a combination of either of such types of
experience and for the following periods of time:
(a) Until June 30, 2014, 2 years for a candidate with a 4-year college
degree, or the equivalent, and one year for a candidate holding a master's
degree in accounting, taxation, finance, or business administration.
(b) On or after July 1, 2014, one year.
