Practice-privilege check

Can this CPA provide this service in this state — and what has to happen first? Every answer is tied to the rule it came from.

Informational, not legal advice. Practice-privilege rules change, and they depend on facts we can't see. We show you the rule and where it came from so you can check it yourself — and where we haven't verified something against a primary source, we say so instead of guessing. Confirm with the state board before you rely on any answer here.

Home state (where the license is held)

Target state (where the work happens)

Verified in 55 of 55 jurisdictions so far. We add states only once a primary source has been read and independently checked, so the list grows slowly on purpose.

Service type

Attest work frequently triggers a firm-registration requirement where tax work doesn't — that gap is the most common real-world mobility mistake.

For which staff member? (optional)

Pick someone from your roster if you want to mark an "Action required" result complete once you've handled it — that also updates the Map.

The license is active and in good standing in the home state The CPA meets substantial equivalence (150 semester hours, one year of experience, Uniform CPA Exam)

We can't verify either of these — they're your inputs to the check, and the answer is only as good as they are.

Check every roster member's own home state against one target state at once, instead of picking each person one at a time above.

Target state (where the work happens)

Verified in 55 of 55 jurisdictions so far. We add states only once a primary source has been read and independently checked, so the list grows slowly on purpose.

Service type

Attest work frequently triggers a firm-registration requirement where tax work doesn't — that gap is the most common real-world mobility mistake.

Assumes every staff member's own license is active and in good standing, and meets substantial equivalence. Switch to “Check one person” above to verify an individual's actual attestation, or use a result row's own “Details” link below.

Does your firm need to register here?

A different question from the check above: does your FIRM itself need to register in a state where it has no office, for attest work you're doing there? Firms sometimes assume that if the individual CPA has practice privilege, the firm is covered too — the firm often still has its own separate registration requirement, and that gap is one of the most common real-world mobility mistakes.

Informational, not legal advice. Same posture as the check above — every answer is tied to the rule it came from, and where we haven't verified something against a primary source, we say so instead of guessing. Confirm with the state board before you rely on any answer here.

Your firm's home state

Target state (where the attest work happens)

Verified in 55 of 55 jurisdictions so far. Separate dataset from the individual check above -- a state can be verified for one and not yet the other.

Your firm has a physical office in the target state

A physical office is its own, separate trigger for registration in most states, regardless of service type -- this changes which rule applies.

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