§ 12252 Licenses; accounting firms
§ 12253 Accountancy firm practice without license on the basis of substantial equivalency

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 32 > Chapter 113 > Subchapter 5 - Licensure of Accounting Firms

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Attest service: means providing the following services:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12201
  • Board: means the Board of Accountancy established under Title 5, section 12004?A, subsection 1, or its predecessor under prior law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12201
  • Firm: means a sole proprietorship, a corporation, a partnership or any other form of organization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12201
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Licensee: means a person who holds a license issued by the board under section 12230 or 12231 or a corresponding provision of prior law, or a firm that holds a license issued by the board under section 12252. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12201
  • Majority: when used in reference to age shall mean the age of 18 and over. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Peer review: means a study, appraisal or review of one or more aspects of the professional work of a certified public accountancy firm that provides an attest service by a person or persons who are licensed as certified public accountants and who are not affiliated with the certified public accountancy firm being reviewed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12201
  • Rule: means any rule or other written directive of general application duly adopted by the board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12201
  • Substantial equivalency: means that the education, examination and experience requirements for certified public accountants contained in the statutes and administrative rules of another jurisdiction are comparable to or exceed the education, examination and experience requirements of this State or that an individual certified public accountant's education, examination and experience qualifications are comparable to or exceed the education, examination and experience requirements of this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12201