How to Become a CPA in New Hampshire 2026

Applicants who wish to be eligible to take the CPA must first pass the New Hampshire CPA education requirements.

To sit for the CPA Exam in New Hampshire, applicants currently need a baccalaureate degree or higher with 120 semester hours, including at least 30 semester hours in accounting subjects and 24 semester hours in business subjects other than accounting. The 150-hour requirement applies to licensure.

When you’ve met the education requirements, sign up for an Okta account through NASBA’s dashboard, then access the CPA Portal to submit your New Hampshire CPA Exam application, payments, and exam-section applications.Have all your official transcripts sent directly from your college or university to CPA Examination Services (CPAES) at:

New Hampshire Coordinator
CPA Examination Services
PO Box 198469
Nashville, Tennessee 37219-8469

If your school offers official electronic transcripts, they may be emailed to etranscript@nasba.org.

Pay all fees at the time of application to NASBA. New Hampshire’s exam fees include a $96.00 education evaluation application fee, a $171.00 exam application fee, and a $262.64 exam section fee.

Click here to see a breakdown of the New Hampshire CPA exam costs.

Wait for your application to be approved and once accepted, NASBA will email or mail you the Notice to Schedule (NTS). Upon receiving the NTS, schedule your exam online through Prometric. You are able to apply for one or more sections of the examination at a time. The NTS is valid for one testing event or six months and must be presented for entry at the testing center.

The CPA exam consists of the three core sections and candidates would need to select one of the three discipline to demonstrate deeper skills and knowledge, allowing candidates to choose a specialization. There is no set order in which the exam portions must be completed.

You must pass all four CPA Exam sections within a rolling 30-month period. In New Hampshire, credit for a passed section is currently valid for 30 months from the date that section was taken.

Applicants who have successfully passed their CPA exam will need to pursue gaining the necessary New Hampshire CPA experience requirements. A minimum requirement of one year of experience attained in the areas of public accounting, industry and/or government is considered acceptable. Accounting or auditing skills for the full-time experience each year must be at least 1,500 hours. For non-full-time experience, each year must be 2,080 hours with 1,500 hours in accounting and or audit skills.

New Hampshire applicants will need to apply for their license online to receive their certificate and become a Certified Public Accountant. To apply for an individual license, visit NASBA.

While most states require ethics before licensing, New Hampshire candidates can become a CPA without it as there are no New Hampshire CPA ethics exam requirements, but licensed CPAs must meet ethics continuing education requirements as part of license renewal.

New Hampshire CPA licenses issued or renewed after February 22, 2023 follow a two-year renewal/CPE cycle; older three-year licenses may be subject to transition rules.

The CPA application/renewal/reinstatement fee is at $201.

New Hampshire’s current active-license CPE requirement is 80 hours of continuing education for active status, including at least 4 hours in ethics.