Basic Requirements to Become an FCPA

An individual MUST be a licensed CPA (Certified Public Accountant), CA (Chartered Accountant) or another country's CPA equivalent to be eligible to take our 5-part certification test and receive the FCPA (Forensic Certified Public Accountant) designation.

If an individual is a licensed CPA and one or more of the following, he or she is exempt from taking the certification exam and can automatically receive their FCPA.  Simply print and fill out our application form and mail it in along with your first year’s dues.

Exemptions include the following:

CFE, Cr.FA, CFF

A CPA or CA wishing to take our 5-part   FCPA certification testing course test must pass each section with a score of 70% or above.  Each section can be taken individually.

Once an individual has earned their FCPA, he or she must take 20 hours of continuing professional education (CPE) each year to keep their membership current. These hours must be forensic accounting or fraud related.  We offer many interesting CPE courses that will satisfy our CPE requirements as well as those of most state Boards of Accountancy.