Where to look to find out if someone is a Certified Public Accountant?

Question

Besides asking a job applicant if they are a CPA how can we check if they are?

Answer 1

This is a great resource for hiring a CPA and verifying that they are a CPA.

http://www.cpadirectory.com/professional...

Here is a license verification service:

https://www.cpadirectory.com/verificatio...

Each state is different, but you should have a Board of Accountancy or Board of Business and Finance that you can verify the CPA.

Here is an example from Virginia:

https://secure.boa.virginia.gov/input.as...

Google: Your state CPA verification

You should get the appropriate page