Initial Candidates

• Application form. Please note that only current, not out-of-date, forms will be accepted.
• College/university transcripts (must remain in sealed envelope from college or university)
• $100 check payable to the Arizona State Board of Accountancy. DO NOT include fees payable to NASBA for each exam section. NASBA will send a payment coupon to you for the exam section fees after the issuance of the Authorization to Test (ATT) by the Board.

Re-exam Candidates

• Application form. Please note that only current, not out-of-date, forms will be accepted.
• $50 check payable to the Arizona State Board of Accountancy.

1. Submit application materials and pay application fee
   Helpful Hint – You should only apply for the sections you anticipate taking during the six-month timeframe of the Notice to Schedule (NTS). If you apply for sections and then you do not test for that section, your fees to sit are not refundable. NASBA will bill you for all sections that you indicate on your application and will only issue a Notice to Schedule (NTS) for those sections after full payment is received. Once you have your NTS, it is your responsibility to ensure that you allow yourself sufficient time to schedule a test date prior to expiration of your NTS.
   
   
2. Committee Review
   
   The Certification Committee meets monthly, with the exception of December. When your application is complete, the committee will review your application along with your transcripts to ensure that you meet the appropriate educational requirements. If all requirements are met, the Committee will make a recommendation to the Board to approve your application to sit for the Uniform CPA Exam.
   
   
3. Board Review
   
   The Arizona State Board of Accountancy meets monthly, with the exception of April. The Board will review the committee’s recommendation and make a final determination on whether to approve or deny your application to sit for the exam.
   
   
4. Authorization to Test
   
   After Board approval, Board staff will electronically submit the Authorization to Test (ATT) to NASBA.
   
   
5. Payment to NASBA
   
   Upon NASBA’s receipt of the Authorization to Test (ATT) from the Arizona State Board of Accountancy, NASBA will send you an invoice (commonly referred to as the “payment coupon”) for the amount of the testing fees which are payable directly to NASBA. The payment coupon is valid for 90 days. If you do not complete payment to NASBA within the 90 days, the payment coupon will expire and you will need to reapply with the Board. The NASBA testing fees are currently as follows:
   
   

   Exam Section	Fee Structure  Effective 1/1/13
   Auditing and Attestation (AUD)	$190.35
   Business Environment and Concepts (BEC)	$171.25
   Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR)	$190.35
   Regulation (REG)	$171.25
   TOTAL	$723.20

   
   
6. Notice to Schedule
   
   Upon NASBA’s receipt of your payment, they will issue a Notice to Schedule (NTS), which will expire in six months. If you fail to take all or any section of the exam listed on the NTS during the six months, those sections will expire with the NTS.
   
   
7. Schedule Testing
   
   You will be responsible to contact Prometric to schedule testing. The details on how to schedule are delineated on the Notice to Schedule provided by NASBA. Exams are offered the first two months of every quarter (January-February, April-May, July-August, October-November).
   
   
8. Testing
   
   You will take the exam as scheduled.
   
   
9. Scoring and Reporting
   
   After the examination, candidate responses are forwarded to the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) for scoring. Once scored, the AICPA forwards them to NASBA for processing. Finally, NASBA will email the scores to those candidates who choose email as their contact preference. For those candidates who choose a mailing address as their contact preference, they will receive their scores via the mail after the Board receives the scores from NASBA and subsequently mails them to the candidate. Please note that selecting mail as your contact preference will delay the time in which you receive your scores.
   Helpful Hint – Beginning with the last window of 2011, scores will be rolled out in one phase. Candidates are encouraged to visit the Psycometrics and Scoring page on NASBA's exam web site for reliable information about the score release and the scoring process.
   
   Arizona candidates now have immediate access to their scores by visiting the NASBA - Online Scores link. Please note, however, that scores will continue to be forwarded to the contact preference selected on the candidate’s application form.