Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 193A - Accountancy Examining Board
Chapter 21 - Practice Privilege for Out-of-state Certified Public Accounting Firms
Rule 193A-21.2 - Out-of-state Licensure Status
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 6, September 18, 2024
The practice privilege described in Iowa Code section 542.20 applies to certified public accounting firms that are licensed to practice as certified public accounting firms in the jurisdiction in which their principal place of business is located for those periods of time in which all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The out-of-state license is valid, in good standing, and active. The practice privilege ceases if the out-of-state license expires in the jurisdiction of the firm's principal place of business.
(2) The out-of-state license is substantially equivalent to a permit to practice issued under Iowa Code section 542.7.
(3) The license authorizes in the firm's principal place of business all of the public accounting services the firm performs or offers to perform in Iowa or for clients with a home office in Iowa.
(4) The public accounting services offered in Iowa or for clients with a home office in Iowa that are obligated under Iowa law to be performed by a CPA are performed by a person holding a certificate issued under Iowa Code section 542.6 or 542.19, or by a person exercising a practice privilege pursuant to Iowa Code section 542.20 and 193A-Chapter 20.
