Certified Accounting Paraprofessional
Certify your accounting knowledge.
Communicate Bookkeeping Knowledge, Skill, Experience, and Ethics
Communicate Bookkeeping Knowledge, Skill, Experience, and Ethics
Communicate Bookkeeping Knowledge, Skill, Experience, and Ethics
Communicate Bookkeeping Knowledge, Skill, Experience, and Ethics
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Become a Certified Accounting Paraprofessional
The Certified Accounting Paraprofessional (CAP) license enables you to place "CAP" behind your name and communicate your accounting knowledge, skill, experience, and ethics to employers or clients. The license distinguishes you from your competition, builds credibility, validates knowledge, demonstrates skill, verifies experience, and confirms professional ethics. The license is included in our Accounting Paraprofessional Career Program and required for the Accounting Network.
Each course may be substituted by an approved equivalent accredited course. Upon approval, the course is waived but you must pass the exam.
Accreditation
The Certified Accounting Paraprofessional license is accredited by Accounting Analytics Business School. The school is a registered online Postsecondary Proprietary School providing postsecondary education.
Requirements
Accounting paraprofessionals obtain the license by completing the required Certified Accounting Paraprofessional license courses, certifications, and experience, and agreeing to abide by the CAP Professional Code of Conduct.
Certified Accounting Professional (CAP) Steps
- Complete the Accounting Fundamentals, Payroll Fundamentals, QuickBooks Online Fundamentals, Accounting Principles, and Individual Tax Fundamentals courses or equivalent
- Pass the Bookkeeping, Payroll, QuickBooks Online, Accounting, and Individual Tax Certification Exams
- Verify one-year of accounting paraprofessional experience
- Agree to abide by the CAP Professional Code of Conduct
- Complete the Certified Accounting Paraprofessional Application for Licensure
Continuing Professional Education
Obtain 24 hours of CPE each year beginning the year after you obtain your license.
Annual Renewal
- Complete Annual Application for License Renewal
- Complete Annual CPE Reporting Certification Form (included in the Application for License Renewal)
- Bookkeeping
- Computer bookkeeping
- Payroll
- Computer payroll
- Accounting
- Computer accounting
- Certified Accounting Paraprofessional Professional Code of Conduct
- Certified Accounting Paraprofessional application for licensure
- Annual application for license renewal
- Annual CPE reporting certification
- Agree and abide by the Professional Code of Conduct
- Complete application for licensure
- Obtain 32 CPE credits
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