Transfer Your CPA / Accounting License to Kansas: Reciprocity & Endorsement (2026)

Because Kansas recognizes substantial equivalency, the Kansas Board of Accountancy looks at your standing, not your origin: a CPA in good standing from any state qualifies for a reciprocal license, and the Uniform CPA Exam does not come back. Read the requirements below as the destination's own layer — a background check, a state ethics or rules-of-conduct exam where one applies, and proof your CPE is current — rather than a re-credentialing.

Settle the mobility question before you file. If Kansas is not becoming your principal place of business — you are serving Kansas clients from elsewhere, or the work is temporary — practice privilege usually lets you work there with no Kansas license at all. Apply for the reciprocal license when Kansas is where you will actually be based.

Kansas grants a certificate by reciprocity to any CPA who meets the qualifications of K.S.A. 1-322(a)(1) or (2) — broadly, an active good-standing license whose initial licensure required the CPA exam and one of three education/experience pathways, or, for a CPA who held Kansas practice privileges on Dec 31, 2025, qualifications equivalent to 150 semester hours, the exam, and one year of experience — or the K.S.A. 1-307 waiver, so reciprocity runs on the national framework rather than a partner list. A documented alternative is four years of qualifying experience within the ten years immediately preceding the application. 2026 HB 2573 (signed; effective on publication in the Kansas Register) replaced the statute's former 'substantial equivalency standard' wording with those qualifications and added a bachelor's-degree-plus-two-years-of-experience pathway; the board's reciprocity form (Rev. 02/23) still cites the earlier wording. Kansas is a two-tier state: this reciprocal certificate is distinct from the permit to practice. Separately, an out-of-state CPA may PRACTICE in Kansas under practice privilege/mobility with no Kansas certificate; the reciprocal certificate matters when Kansas becomes the principal place of business. Baseline education is 150 semester hours (bachelor's plus 30 additional hours, or a master's); reciprocal applicants normally satisfy education through their existing license.