# South Dakota Board of Accountancy Rule Changes The Board of Accountancy is modifying education and experience requirements for CPA licensure to create a new pathway with more flexibility. Applicants can now qualify with either one year of full-time accounting experience (at least 2,000 hours over one to three years) or two years of experience (at least 4,000 hours over two to six years), and the rules clarify that accounting concentrations—not just majors—satisfy the 24-semester-hour accounting requirement. Additionally, the board is streamlining reciprocity rules for applicants licensed in other states by removing outdated language and allowing licensure if an applicant's state exam is "comparable" to South Dakota's standards rather than "substantially equivalent."
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Modify rules to create a new pathway to sit for CPA exam and to obtain licensure.
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