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Illinois CPA license lookup
Check a Illinois CPA's license against the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (Public Accountancy): status, license number, and when it expires.
Live against the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (Public Accountancy) through Illinois's official license data, showing the current status and expiration date.
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What each status means
- Active
- The license is current and in good standing. This is what you want to see before you engage a CPA.
- Expired or inactive
- The license has lapsed or was placed on inactive status. The CPA cannot practice public accounting on it until it is renewed or reactivated.
- Suspended or revoked
- The board of accountancy has taken disciplinary action. The CPA is not authorized to practice, and the action is on the public record.
Verifying a Illinois CPA
- Licensing authority
- In Illinois a CPA is certified by the Illinois Board of Examiners and licensed to practice by IDFPR; this record is the IDFPR license, which is what authorizes public accounting.
- License number
- An Illinois CPA license number from IDFPR, a nine-digit number stored with leading zeros; the record is filed as a licensed certified public accountant.
- Renewal
- Illinois CPA licenses renew on a fixed cycle ending September 30, and the record shows the expiration date on file.
- Disciplinary history
- Public. IDFPR marks each record with an ever-disciplined flag, and a CPA license the department has acted against reads suspended, revoked, or on probation.
Common questions
How do I know a Illinois CPA is really licensed?
Find them by license number on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (Public Accountancy)'s record with an active status. A CPA who cannot be found on the state's record is not licensed in Illinois, whatever a website says.
What does an expired or inactive license mean?
The license is on file but not current, so the CPA cannot practice on it until it is renewed or reactivated. The record shows the expiration date.
Can I see if a Illinois CPA has been disciplined?
Public. IDFPR marks each record with an ever-disciplined flag, and a CPA license the department has acted against reads suspended, revoked, or on probation.
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