Hey yukagin,

Can you please confirm what #1 means? To mean #1 and #3 are almost contradictory... you should have earned 1,800 hours in not less than 1 but no more than 3 years, but then you can have earned your experience up to 5 years prior to date of application?

I contact COlicense@nasba.org, but no response from them - is there another contact I can try to confirm this?

Thanks in advance

yukagin wrote: info here for CO http://www.dora.state.co.us/accountants/Rules103010.pdf Yes, I look online about this. I think you would need 1 year experience and the AICPA ethics exam completed more here FROM: http://www.nasba.org/862571B900737CED/ENL/COFTInfoSheet/$fil e/COFTInfoSheetOnly0311.pdf "REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE AS CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Applicants are advised that all education must be completed at the time of licensure. Applicants are required to pass an open-book examination on professional ethics. The examination is a home-study course prepared by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). It is available from the AICPA by calling (888) 777-7077, or by visiting their website at www.aicpa.org." From http://www.dora.state.co.us/accountants/Rules103010.pdf: " GENERAL EXPERIENCE AND VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS A. An Applicant may be issued a CPA certificate when the Applicant has obtained one year of work experience except as described in Rule 2.7. This work experience shall include a minimum of 1,800 verified qualifying work hours which shall be:   1. any combination of full-time or part-time work, including academic internships, for one or more employers that extends over a period of not less than one year and not more than three years; 2. acquired prior to the date the Applicant applies for certification; and 3. obtained no more than five years immediately preceding the date the application is received by the Board or its designee.    B. The work experience must involve the application of appropriate technical and behavioral standards, such as the standards contained in the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, U.S. GAAP, U.S. GAAS, Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE), Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS), Statements on Standards for Tax Services (SSTS), Statements on Standards for Management Consulting Services, or other such standards as determined by the Board. "