• Kansas requires that CPAs meet education and examination requirements before receiving certification.stationary image by pix29 from Fotolia.com
  
  Certified public accountants in Kansas have met the state requirements and passed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination. Licensing of CPAs ensures that individuals meet the educational requirements to perform tasks such as tax preparation and financial report preparation. Kansas is one state that does allow accountants to perform auditing duties without a CPA license, but the title of "certified public accountant" is restricted to only those who meet the requirements.
  
  

Education

• Kansas requires that applicants who take the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination meet educational requirements. To sit for the examination, applicants must have a bachelor's degree or higher with 150 credit hours and a focus in accounting. The Kansas Board of Accountancy requires examination applicants to have 42 hours of general education and business courses such as statistics, marketing, computer systems, management and an algebra or higher mathematics course. Requirements also include at least 30 semester hours of accounting theory courses such as financial accounting, auditing and income tax.
  
  

Examination

• An independent organization administers the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination. The exam is made up of four sections including business environment and concepts, auditing and attestation, financial accounting and reporting and regulation. CPA Examination Services processes CPA applications for the state of Kansas. An applicant that successfully passes one section of the CPA exam has 18 months to complete the remaining sections. Applicants must score a 75 percent on all four sections to pass the examination.
  
  

Certificate

• Applicants must pass an ethics course given by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants after successfully passing the examination to receive a certificate in Kansas. A certificate allows accountants to use the CPA designation as a credential, but cannot advertise services to the public as a certified public accountant.
  
  To work as a CPA and use the designation in a business capacity, accountants must apply for and receive a permit in the state of Kansas.
  
  

Permit to Practice

• To receive a permit to practice in the state of Kansas as a CPA, accountants must have one year of accounting experience supervised by a CPA with a permit issued by Kansas. The permit to practice is valid for two years.
  
  

Renewal

• Certified public accountants in the state of Kansas must meet continuing education requirements to renew the permit to practice. The Kansas Board of Accountancy requires 80 hours of education in accounting, auditing and related coursework to renew the permit to practice.