<p>If I were to major in accounting at USC but I want to work in the future at a firm in NY, do all the same accounting laws apply in different states and is it the same CPA exam?</p>
<p>anyone know?</p>
<p>I think your question may be too specific and technical for these boards. You may want to contact the accounting department at USC or the California Board of Accountancy.
<a href=“http://www.dca.ca.gov/cba/[/url]”>http://www.dca.ca.gov/cba/</a></p>
<p>My guess is yes… but its only a guess.</p>
<p>I emailed someone from the accounting department at USC and still have not received a response. Theres no business majors on this board who might be able to help me out?</p>
<p>This is a strange place to ask this question to be honest. Find an accounting forum somewhere, or find the website for whoever administers the CPA Exam. Use Google. You’re not going to get much help here in all likelihood.</p>
<p>In my experience, most lower division accounting series teach to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and the Federal Accounting Standards Board (FASB). These are very generic national and multi-national entities so I would guess there would be little to no difference in the application from CA to NY. However, there would definitely be differences in the tax codes from state to state which I assume would be addressed in upper division courses.</p>