Activity Review
North Carolina State
Board of Certified Public
Accountant Examiners
1101 Oberlin Rd., Ste. 104 • PO Box 12827 • Raleigh, NC 27605 • 919-733-4222 • www.nccpalxiard.gov • No. 03-2011
2011-2012 Individual Certificate Renewal
Online individual license renewal for
the 2011-2012 license year is now
available on the Board's website,
www.nccpaboard.gov.
An improvement in the online
renewal system is that additional
browsers are accommodated; a licensee
may renew using Internet Explorer,
Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or
Apple Safari.
To renew online, a CPA must have
his or her NC CPA certificate number,
his or her Social Security number, the
number of CPEhourscompleted to meet
the 2010 CPE requirement, and a valid
MasterCard or VISA account number
(including the security code) with the
card exp iration date and complete billing
address.
Please note that each licensee's
renewal must be a separate and distinct
online transaction.
If a CPA firm has multiple licensees
and prefers to submit a lump sum
payment by mail and needs renewal
forms e-mailed to the firm, pleasesubmit
a list of the licensees and their certificate
numbers to alices@nccpaboard.gov.
To access the online renewal, the
licensee must navigate to the Board's
website, www.nccpaboard.gov, and
dick on the "online renewal" link located
at the bottom of the menu on the left-
hand side of the page.
When the renewal page displays,
the licensee will click on the "individual"
link to launch the renewal process.
On the "Licensee Log-In" page, the
licensee will enter his or her Social
Security number and North Carolina
CPA certificate number and click
"submit."
NOTE: If a licensee wishes to keep
a copy of the information submitted
during the renewal process, he or she
must print each page of the online
renewal after he or she provides the
required information, butbef ore clicking
the "submit" button.
If the Social Security number and
certificate number entered match the
information in the Board's records, the
firstpageoftheonline renewal, "Pertinent
Data on File," will display.
This p age of the renewa 1 p er tains to
the licensee's contact information,
concentration area, occupation area, job
title, and AICPA and NCACPA
membership information.
Eachlicensee mustprovide theBoard
with a complete address, including
business name, mailing address, e-mail
address, and telephone number so that
the Board will have complete and
accurate contact information.
To update an address, the licensee
must click on the blue highlighted link
(such as Mailing Address or Home
Address) tochangeeach type of address
(mailing address, home address, or
business /practice address).
If a complete mailing address and e-
mail address is notprovided, the licensee
will not be allowed to continue with the
renewal process.
If a licensee is using his or her home
address or business/ practice address
as the mailing address, the licensee does
not need to list the same address in two
categories (such as mailing address and
home address or mailing address and
business/practice address).
Please note that the address selected
as the licensee's mailing address is the
address that will be displayed in the
searchable database on the Board's
website. If a licensee does not want his or
her home address to display on the
Board's website, he or she must selectthe
business/ practice addressas the mailing
address.
In the "Certificate and Licensee
Information" section, the licensee must
select the proper occupation and
concentration category from the pop-up
lists, type in his or her job title, indicate
if he or she is a member of the AICPA
and/or NCACPA, and click the
"continue" button.
CPE compliance information is
entered on Page 2 of the renewal. The
licensee must read each item carefully,
select the appropriate answer, and click
"submit."
NOTE: If the licensee selects answer
"B" becausehe or she was licensed after
January 1, 2011, the licensee will not be
able to view Page 3 where licensees who
report CPE will enter the CPE hours
Renewal
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