The COVID Project
Context, not an orderThis record is guidance or an announcement kept for context. It is not counted among the orders in force.
The record
- Jurisdiction
- All States; National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (with the AICPA and Prometric, on behalf of the 55 boards of accountancy)
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Member boards' adoption of the Uniform CPA Examination
- Issued
- 2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-17
- End
- 2020-04-30 (closure); 2020-09-30 (NTS extension) (read as 2020-04-30)
- In force
- Mar. 17, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCapacity limitOther
- Addressees
- CPA examination candidates
- boards of accountancy
- accounting firms
- Functions reached
- HR CPA licensure pipeline halted (no U.S. CPA exam sittings Mar. 17-Apr. 30, 2020; reduced seats thereafter)
- OF firm staffing of exam-track associates
- Character
- context
- Collection
- State trade licensing boards AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS
Operative words
Prometric has concluded that test centers in the United States and Canada will remain closed through April 30. Prometric will automatically cancel scheduled appointments from April 16 to April 30 and clear Notices to Schedule (NTS).... This will require that fewer testing appointments be available to schedule in order to allow appropriate distance between test takers in the centers.... All NTS with expirations between April 1 - June 30, 2020, have been extended until September 30, 2020.
Enforcement
Board-adopted examination administration; NTS validity is a board rule
Notes
Every board of accountancy relies on Prometric; the closure reached all 55 jurisdictions at once.
Retrieval notePrimary as to NASBA's text; NASBA is not a governmental authority.