Kansas Board of Accountancy

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We are a service company that can help you file with the Kansas Board of Accountancy. We are not associated with this nor any other government agency. We offer paid services and software to help you file. You are not required to purchase our service to file - you may file directly with this agency without using our service.

Contact Information

Physical address:
Landon State Office Building
900 SW Jackson, Suite 556
Topeka, KS 66612-1239

Phone: (785) 296-2162
Fax: (785) 291-3501

Web: Home Company search Individual search Forms
Email: ksboa@ks.gov

Licenses

We track the following licenses with the Kansas Board of Accountancy in order to provide compliance services to our clients. As a client, you see this and other Compliance Core™ data in License Manager in-line with your licenses.

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Kansas Certified Public Accountant Certificate

Agency:Kansas Board of Accountancy
Foreign Qualification is Prerequisite:No
Exam Required?Yes
Registered Agent (Special Agency) Required?No

Exam Application

Filing Method:

Online

Agency Fee:

Fees vary based on exam selections

Initial Registration

Form:

Application for Certificate by Passing Examination in Kansas

Filing Method:

Mail

Agency Fee:

$50

Original Ink:Required

Reciprocal Registration

Form:
Filing Method:

Mail

Agency Fee:

$250

Original Ink:Required

Renewal Not Required

Not required



A certificate does not need to be renewed, but to practice accounting in Kansas, you must apply for and maintain a Permit to Practice. 

Kansas Certified Public Accountant Permit to Practice

Agency:Kansas Board of Accountancy
Foreign Qualification is Prerequisite:No
Registered Agent (Special Agency) Required?No

Initial Registration

Form:
Filing Method:

Mail

Agency Fee:
  • $165 for more than one year of the biennial period
  • $82.50 for less than one year of the biennial period
Original Ink:Required

Registration Renewal

Filing Method:

Online

Agency Fee:

$165

Due:

Biennially by July 1. Certificate holders whose certificates were issued in an odd-numbered year renew their Permit to Practice in odd-numbered years. Certificate holders whose certificates were issued in an even-numbered year renew their Permit to Practice in even-numbered years. 

Kansas In-State CPA Firm Registration

Agency:Kansas Board of Accountancy
Foreign Qualification is Prerequisite:No
Registered Agent (Special Agency) Required?No
Qualifying Individual Requirements:

Each firm located in this state shall have one resident manager in charge who is the holder of a current permit to practice as a certified public accountant issued by this state, who oversees the planning, administration, direction, and review of the services being performed, and who devotes more than half of the resident manager’s working time to the affairs of that office. One resident manager can supervise multiple offices.

Initial Registration

Form:

In-State Firm Registration Form

Filing Method:

Mail

Agency Fee:

$100

Original Ink:Required

Registration Renewal

Filing Method:

Online

Agency Fee:

$100

Due:

Annually by December 31

Kansas Out of State CPA Firm Registration

Agency:Kansas Board of Accountancy
Foreign Qualification is Prerequisite:No
Registered Agent (Special Agency) Required?No

Initial Registration

Form:

Out of State Firm Registration Form

Filing Method:

Mail

Agency Fee:

$100

Original Ink:Required

Registration Renewal

Filing Method:

Online

Agency Fee:

$100

Due:

Annually by December 31

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