CBA takes mobility, licensure action.

The California Board of Accountancy recently embraced the mobility concepts contained in the revised Uniform Accountancy Act, which state that CPAs from substantially equivalent states would be allowed to provide services to California clients without registering with the CBA, unless they were performing an audit of an entity headquartered in California.

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Any changes to the law will have to be implemented through legislation, which could take some time. Several states, including Texas, have revised their mobility statutes this year to provide for the no-notice provisions.

The CBA also recently voted to require that all candidates for licensure meet the 150-hour educational requirement by 2012. The proposed change, which also would have to be implemented through legislation, would make California a substantially equivalent state.