Wisconsin Statutes 442.025 – Applicability
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This chapter does not require a certificate or license under this chapter for any of the following:
Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 442.025
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- 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.
- Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(1) Persons employed by a certified public accountant or firm licensed under this chapter to serve as accountants in various capacities, as needed, if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The employees serving as accountants work under the control and supervision of certified public accountants.
(b) The employees serving as accountants do not issue any statements or reports over their own names except office reports to their employer that are customary.
(c) The employees serving as accountants are not in any manner held out to the public as certified public accountants.
(2) A practicing attorney, who, in connection with his or her professional work renders any accounting service.
(3) A person employed by more than one person for the purpose of keeping books, making trial balances, or statements, and preparing reports, if all of the following requirements are met:
(a) The reports described in this subsection are not used or issued by the employers as having been prepared by a certified public accountant.
(b) The persons employed as described in this subsection do not do any of the things enumerated in s. 442.02 (1m) (f) except as authorized under s. 442.02 (5m).
(4)
(a) A person who meets all of the following conditions:
1. The person’s principal place of business or residence is not in this state.
2. The person holds a valid certified public accountant certificate or license from another state that the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy National Qualification Appraisal Service has verified to be in substantial equivalence with the certified public accountant licensure requirements of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants/ National Association of State Boards of Accountancy Uniform Accountancy Act, or the person obtains verification from the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy National Qualification Appraisal Service that his or her individual qualifications are substantially equivalent to the certified public accountant licensure requirements of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants/ National Association of State Boards of Accountancy Uniform Accountancy Act.
(b) Any person who enters this state to practice as a certified public accountant under this subsection agrees to all of the following:
1. That he or she is under the personal and subject matter jurisdiction of the examining board and he or she may be disciplined under s. 442.12.
2. That he or she will comply with this chapter and rules promulgated by the examining board.
3. That the examining board of the state that issued his or her license may act as his or her agent for the purpose of receiving process in any legal action or proceeding by the examining board.
(5) A public official or public employee in performing his or her duties.
(6) A person who performs services involving the use of accounting skills, including management advisory services, the preparation of tax returns, and the preparation of financial statements without issuing reports on the statements.
(7) A person who prepares financial statements and issues information thereon that does not purport to be in compliance with the statement on standards for accounting and review services issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.