Washington CPAs on the record in California

764 people hold a current Washington CPA licence with an address in California — 2.9% of everyone the state licenses.

Why a Washington licence sits in California

A CPA licence belongs to the state that issued it, not to the place its holder lives. People move, keep the licence current, and go on renewing it from wherever they are; others hold licences in more than one state because their clients are in more than one state.

What this means in practice: a California address on a Washington licence is not an error, and it does not weaken the licence. It also does not tell you whether that person is licensed in California — this register knows only about Washington credentials, and cannot answer for any other board.

Where in California

When they renew

3 of the 764 licences on the record in California has a Board order published against it — 0.4%.

This site publishes that count and no more: never who. The Board publishes each order as a signed document, and the document is the only thing that can say what happened — so we link to it from the individual record and nowhere else. Orders have been published as documents only since 1 January 2020; for anything earlier the Board asks that you call its enforcement line on (360) 664-9266.

The date that catches people out

764 licences are held by people on the record in California. Tell us your cohort and we will warn you before the December that counts — not just before the April everyone remembers — and pass your request for hours to providers who teach for Washington.

We take no commission and we recommend no course provider. We have no arrangement with any provider today — we are collecting these requests in order to go and find them. What we do with this.

Who they are

Other states

• Texas 374
• Oregon 353
• New York 217
• Idaho 187
• New Jersey 175
• Florida 143
• Arizona 131
• Illinois 109
• Colorado 100
• Georgia 99
• Utah 88