Originally Posted by migrationexperts (Post 4575702)

Hi Everyone,

I am Chartered accountant from India and australian Resident. I want to get job in Accounting. I having accounting experience in India for more than 6 years.

Now I want to do CPA Australia or CPA USA.

Plz let me know which will be more suitable for any job worldwide.

I have heard that CPA USA can get good job in USA, UK, Australia, Canda,
But CPA Australia is limited to Australia only

In the long ruN i have idea to move to USA or Canda

plz advise what I should CPA USA or CPA Australia or any other thing being not in my knowledge.

Thanks and best regards,
jas sandhu

Originally Posted by JAJ (Post 4575715)

U.S. CPA is comparable to the Australian Chartered Accountant qualification and is a better choice than Australian CPA.

However, in order to sit for the U.S. Uniform CPA Exam you need to be accepted as a candidate by a U.S. state board of accountancy, and subsequently meet their requirements for a CPA certificate or licence. Also, the Uniform CPA Exam must be sat for in the U.S. - if you are an Indian citizen you will need a U.S. visa to do so. You may want to visit http://www.cpanet.com

Have you considered the Australian Chartered Accountant qualification? It is almost always a better choice than Australian CPA.

Originally Posted by migrationexperts (Post 4577425)

HI,
Since I am indian chartered accountant, in the acse of CPA Australia or CPA USA , I am accepted candiate.

Originally Posted by JAJ (Post 4580005)

Just because you are an "accepted candidate" to sit for the US CPA exam does not mean you will automatically get a CPA certificate/license from the state board after you pass.

And you don't say if you have a U.S. tourist visa - if not, forget about doing the CPA exam (assuming you are still an Indian citizen)



Probably US CPA, provided that:

- you have a US visa; and
- you can afford to travel to the US to sit the exam (and maybe more than once); and
- you are confident of meeting the requirements to get a certificate/license from a US state board after the exam.

Bear in mind that mutual recognition of your US CPA to get Australian CA requires that you have a practising licence in a US state (plus other requirements). A CPA certificate without a license from a two tier state won't do. They may also insist that you have US work experience.

So you might have to do the regular Australian CA or CPA exam even if you become a US CPA.

If US CPA and Australian CA are not options for the time being, then Australian CPA is the obvious choice. However, you should be prepared to do further exams later on, especially if you have long term plans to live/work overseas.