Why Join NCACPA?

We’re more than a CPE provider. When you join NCACPA, you join a community. For 100+ years, NCACPA has served members and advocated for the profession by providing unrivaled opportunities. Our values of community, professional development, and upholding a forward-thinking and diverse profession inspire the services we provide our 12,000+ members.

Here are our most valuable benefits according to members:

CONNECT

Ethics

Advocacy

NASBA-Approved CPE

NCACPA’s member exclusive online community, Connect, facilitates real-time peer-to-peer insights to address questions and/or tackle issues, saving NCACPA members valuable time. Knowledge sharing is at an all-time high on this platform!

Satisfy your North Carolina annual one-hour ethics requirement at no additional cost to you. Members receive free access to a 50-minute ethics webcast!

NCACPA is the only organization in NC that advocates for the accounting profession. NCACPA is the voice of the accounting profession to policymakers and the public. Our advocacy delivers practical results that reduce complexity, protect the CPA license, and strengthen the business climate across the state.

NCACPA ensures you have the knowledge needed to be successful by offering hundreds of expert-led learning options ranging from hot topics (immediately brought to market) to annual updates.

Membership Types

CPA

A person who holds a valid unrevoked certificate as a CPA issued by a board of accountancy in North Carolina, in another state, a territory of the US, or the District of Columbia.

First-Year Rate:

$165

CPA License <5 Years Rate:

$275

CPA License 5+ Years Rate:

$340

ASSOCIATE

A person employed (or self-employed) in the field of accounting and is not an active certificate holder, who meets one of the following criteria:

1. Has applied for and been accepted to take the Uniform CPA Examination, or passed the Uniform CPA Examination but whose certificate is being withheld pending completion of the experience requirements.
2. Is a professional staff person employed in an accounting capacity.
3. Is an individual teaching accounting in an accredited NC college, university, or community college.
4. A former CPA but has opted to let their certificate go inactive with the board of Accountancy in North Carolina, in another state, a territory of the US, or the District of Columbia.
5. A firm or office administrator who is not an active CPA.

First-Year Rate:

$165

Rate:

$195

ACCOUNTING EDUCATOR – CPA

A person who holds a valid unrevoked certificate as a CPA issued by a board of accountancy in North Carolina, in another state, a territory of the US, or the District of Columbia.

Must be employed as a full-time accounting educator at an accredited North Carolina community college or 4-year college/university, that offers a degree in accounting.

ACCOUNTING EDUCATOR – ASSOCIATE

A person employed and is not an active CPA certificate holder, who meets the following criteria:

Employed as a full-time accounting educator at an accredited North Carolina community college or 4-year college/university, that offers a degree in accounting.

STUDENT

A student member classifies as one of the following:

1. Any person who is currently enrolled in a college or university and is pursuing study in an accounting-related field, including an MBA.
2. Any Associate or CPA member who returns to school for the purpose of pursing an advanced degree may elect the student member status for dues billing purposes, but shall retain entitlement to all member benefits and services.
3. Student membership shall continue until the person no longer meets the qualifications for student membership or until a college graduate is employed, but no longer than one year from his/her graduation date.