NACPB Certification

Assure Clients of Your Bookkeeping Knowledge and Skill

Overview
NACPB protects the public interest by helping to ensure that only qualified bookkeepers provide public bookkeeping services and assures the public that members are trusted and competent bookkeepers.

NACPB helps to protect and assure the public that members are trusted and competent bookkeepers by offering nationally recognized bookkeeper certifications and the Certified Public Bookkeeper (CPB) license. Public bookkeepers use the certifications or CPB license to gain a competitive edge by distinguishing themselves from other public bookkeepers.

NACPB provides two levels of assurance:

1. Certification – Certification assures the public that you have bookkeeping knowledge and skill.
2. CPB License – The CPB license assures the public that you have knowledge, skill, experience, and ethics.

NACPB’s certifications provide clients assurance that you are competent and possess the knowledge and skill to provide public bookkeeping services.

NACPB’s CPB license provides clients assurance that you are trustworthy and competent and possess the knowledge, skill, experience and ethics to provide public bookkeeping services.

Certifications
NACPB offers four certifications that communicate your bookkeeping knowledge and skill:

• Bookkeeper Certification
• Payroll Certification
• QuickBooks Certification
• Microsoft Excel Certification
• Tax Certification

You obtain certification by passing a national uniform examination.

For more information, click the certification links above.

Certified Public Bookkeeper License
The Certified Public Bookkeeper (CPB) license communicates your bookkeeping knowledge, skill, experience, and ethics. The license enables you place “CPB” behind your name and communicate that you are a true bookkeeping professional. “CPB” is in the bookkeeping profession what “CPA” is in the accounting profession.

You obtain and maintain your CPB license by passing a four part Uniform Certified Public Bookkeeper Examination, verifying bookkeeping experience, agreeing to abide by a professional code of conduct, and maintaining 24 hours of continuing professional education each year.

For more information, click Certified Public Bookkeeper.