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AICPA MOVES TOWARD CITP EXAM

AICPA logoMany readers have received the credential from the American Institute of CPAs called the Certified Information Professional, an IT designation available only to CPAs. However, all of them, to my knowledge, qualified based on experience and none took the exam that was once offered. That's going to change in about a year when a new test hits the market, according to Jim Bourke, the CPA who heads the CITP committee.
I suppose all the 1,600 existing CITPs will be grandfathered, but there will be a test that covers all the areas of knowledge that are regarded as the province of CPA.CITPs. This change, along with a redefinition of the body of knowledge the credential represent, answer major objections I have had to this program most of the time it's been available. The first was that nobody had to take the test and the second was anyone with the right IT experience could qualify, even if they didn't hold the CPA designation (although they wouldn't have been allowed to join.) The body of knowledge, which will form the basis for test questions, now extends to subjects such as IT as it pertains to audit and forensic accounting.
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