qbResource has partnered with the National Association of Certified Public Bookkeepers (NACPB) to provide small business owners with skilled and experienced bookkeepers with the Certified Public Bookkeeper® (CPB) program. The NACPB is the nation's leading national association of certified in-house employee and professional bookkeepers performing or providing small business bookkeeping and payroll tasks or services. For more information on the NACPB, visit www.nacpb.org.

Objective
The objective of the CPB certification is to ensure that in-house bookkeepers possesses the knowledge, skills, and experience to accurately and productively perform bookkeeping, payroll, and accounting tasks and help small business owners improve their financial condition, profitability, and cash flow.

Benefits
Become more productive
Provides credibility and proof of knowledge, skills, and experience
Develop greater bookkeeping, payroll, accounting, and financial management knowledge and skills

Requirements
To earn our CPB certification, individuals must complete the following steps:

1. Study the NACPB Accounting for Small Businesses Guide and the NACPB Financial Management for Small Businesses Guide for each of the two certification exams below.
2. Upon completion of each Guide, request access to our online test exams.
3. Successfully complete and pass each exam.
4. Submit an NACPB Employment Verification Form

Individuals who meet these requirements will automatically receive the CPB certificate.

Certified Public Bookkeeper Certification Self-study Guides

Accounting
NACPB Accounting for Small Businesses Guide

Financial Management
NACPB Financial Management for Small Businesses Guide

Certified Public Bookkeeper Certification Exams
As you complete each self-study Guide you may request access to an exam. You have 24 hours to take and submit the exam for grading. You must receive a 75% in order to pass the exam. Test results are made available to you within 24 hours. If necessary, you must wait one full week to retake the exam. The final exams are accessed online via a password protected Web portal.

1. Accounting Exam
2. Financial Management Exam

Experience
Candidates for the CPB certification must possess a current small business bookkeeping position. Candidates must complete and verify three-months (480 hours) of actual on-the-job bookkeeping experience. Candidates must submit an NACPB Employment Verification Form signed by an owner or manager of the small business.

Continuing Education
The annual twenty-four hour Continuing Education requirement can be obtained by completing the equivalent of twenty-four hours of any organized bookkeeping, payroll, accounting, or financial management related training during the year. Members are required to submit proof of meeting the annual Continuing Education requirement when renewing their annual NACPB membership.

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