CPA / Accounting License from New Hampshire to Wyoming: Does It Transfer? (2026)
Does Wyoming accept a New Hampshire CPA license?
Yes — Wyoming recognizes CPA licenses from all states, including New Hampshire. Apply to the Wyoming Board of Certified Public Accountants for a reciprocal license; you will not repeat the full exam or education.
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Verdict
Full reciprocity
Wyoming recognizes substantial equivalency, so your New Hampshire CPA license clears the bar on its own — the Wyoming Board of Certified Public Accountants cares that you are a CPA in good standing, not that your license came from New Hampshire. What remains is Wyoming-side: verification through CPAverify.org, the reciprocal application and fee, a background check, and any Wyoming ethics or rules-of-conduct exam. Do the mobility math first, though — if Wyoming is not becoming your principal place of business, practice privilege may let you work there without this application at all.
What's different between New Hampshire and Wyoming
Computed from both states' verified data rows, in both directions, and from the route every other origin gets into Wyoming. Exam notes are our summary of each board's published rules, with sources below.
- Route, each way
New Hampshire to Wyoming (this page): Full reciprocity.
Wyoming to New Hampshire (the reverse move): Licensure by endorsement.
The two directions differ: New Hampshire and Wyoming do not give each other's licensees the same route.
- Does coming from New Hampshire matter?
Coming from New Hampshire does not change the answer: every origin (the other 49 states and DC) gets the same result for a move into Wyoming.
- Application fee
Wyoming lists $225 for an out-of-state applicant and New Hampshire lists $75 for the reverse move; neither may be the full cost.
- Education (semester hours)
Wyoming's first-time-applicant standard is 150 semester hours of education for initial licensure; New Hampshire's is 150.
The two standards are the same.
- Exam rules on record
Wyoming and New Hampshire carry different exam notes (our summaries, below); any state law or jurisprudence exam is listed with each state's requirements.
- Wyoming (this move): The Uniform CPA Examination is never retaken; passage is confirmed through electronic verification of the applicant's active out-of-state license or the NASBA Authorization for Interstate Exchange of Information (national lookup at CPAverify.org). Wyoming imposes no separate state rules exam; the AICPA professional ethics course it requires for an original certificate is normally already satisfied through the applicant's prior licensure.
- New Hampshire (the reverse move): The Uniform CPA Examination is not retaken; the reciprocity application documents when and where the exam was passed and relies on the existing certificate (national lookup at CPAverify.org). New Hampshire imposes no separate state ethics or rules-of-conduct exam on reciprocal applicants.
What changes, New Hampshire → Wyoming
| New Hampshire (current) | Wyoming (destination) | |
|---|---|---|
| Education (semester hours) | 150 | 150 |
| Application fee | $75 (OPLC fee schedule Plc 1002.01 sets the CPA initial/reciprocity application-and-licensing fee at $75; NASBA charges a separate application-processing fee; NASBA's New Hampshire licensing page lists the Reciprocal application at $201 (not itemized between NASBA and the state)) | $225 (reciprocal certificate application fee (same as the original certificate fee); pay by credit card with an emailed application or by check by mail) |
| Processing time | OPLC does not publish a processing time; applications are processed through NASBA Licensing Services | the Board of CPAs does not publish a processing time for reciprocal certificates |
| Licensing authority | New Hampshire Board of Accountancy (Office of Professional Licensure and Certification) | Wyoming Board of Certified Public Accountants |
The destination column is what you must satisfy — Wyoming sets the rules for this move.
Step by step
- Confirm Wyoming's current requirements on the Wyoming Board of Certified Public Accountants website (linked below) — rules change.
- Submit the endorsement application to the Wyoming Board of Certified Public Accountants (application linked below).
- Arrange license verification from your current state via the verification system.
- Hold an active CPA certificate/license in good standing from another US jurisdiction.
- Provide accounting services from a Wyoming location (statutory basis for the reciprocal certificate, W.S. 33-3-109).
- Submit the Reciprocal Certificate Application form and a Verification of Lawful Presence form with identification.
- Provide license verification electronically or via the Authorization for Interstate Exchange of Information.
- Pay the fees listed above, and allow for the processing time shown there.
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Frequently asked questions
Do I retake the CPA Exam moving from New Hampshire to Wyoming?
No — the Uniform CPA Exam transfers with your license.
Do I need a Wyoming license, or does mobility cover the move?
If Wyoming becomes your principal place of business, you apply to the Wyoming Board of Certified Public Accountants for a reciprocal license. If you are only serving Wyoming clients from New Hampshire, practice privilege usually covers you with no Wyoming license, notice, or fee.
Can I keep my New Hampshire CPA license after licensing in Wyoming?
Yes — CPA licenses stack, and many CPAs hold more than one. Keep the New Hampshire license active (its renewal and CPE run separately) and mobility covers the states where you hold none.
Sources
Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-10-29.
- Wyoming Board of CPAs — Reciprocal Certificate (W.S. 33-3-109; $225 fee; verification via existing license / interstate exchange) ↗ (accessed 2026-10-29)
- Wyoming Board of CPAs — Original Certificate (AICPA 9-hour Professional Ethics course requirement; Chapter 3 rules) ↗ (accessed 2026-10-29)
- NH Admin Code Ac 301.05 — Application for Certification as CPA Through Reciprocity Form ↗ (accessed 2026-10-29)
- NH Admin Code Ac 304.03 — Domestic Reciprocity CPA Certificate Applicant Education (on or after July 1, 2014: baccalaureate of 120 hours + 30 additional hours; at least 30 accounting + 24 business) ↗ (accessed 2026-10-29)
- NH Admin Code Ac 301.02 — CPA Certification Process Overview (reciprocity: education requirements in effect when the exam was passed; 4-of-10-years experience track) ↗ (accessed 2026-10-29)
- NH Admin Code Plc 1002.01 — OPLC fee schedule (CPA $75 initial application/licensing) ↗ (accessed 2026-10-29)
- NASBA Licensing Services — New Hampshire (education for licensure: baccalaureate of 120 hours, total of 150 semester hours; Reciprocal application $201; proof of active licensure in good standing) ↗ (accessed 2026-10-29)
- NASBA — New Hampshire Experience Requirements (updated 10.15.2026; 150 semester hours unless all exam sections passed before July 1, 2014) ↗ (accessed 2026-10-29)
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