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QuickBooks Online Recertification Window
Open Through June 30, 2022
SUMMER IS A great time to assess your firm's strengths, client
base, and marketing efforts. Whether you have your own firm
or are part of a team, keeping your QuickBooks Online certification
current is a component of life-long learning, as well as a
key strategy for retaining your clients and recruiting new ones.
After all, certification is about
demonstrating your efforts as a
subject matter expert. It's also part
of the QuickBooks ProAdvisor Program,
and once you're QuickBooks
Certified, you can be included in the
Find-a-ProAdvisor online listing, a
great way to help grow your business.
A few years ago, Intuit introduced
annual recertification to keep
ProAdvisors up to date with what's
happened in QuickBooks since their
last exam. To retain certifications
you must pass all sections of the
exam by June 30, 2022 at 11:59 PM PT.
WHY CERTIFICATION IS
IMPORTANT
The more knowledge and experience
you have in QuickBooks, the more
expertise you have to evaluate and
assess the overall health of your
firm and your clients' businesses.
Your clients trust you to deliver
focused accounting services to help
them make more informed business
decisions. The training that comes
with certification allows you to build
your skills and further demonstrate
your acumen.
Heather Satterley, CPA, MSI,
owns her own firm in Portsmouth,
RI, and has taught QuickBooks
certification courses to thousands of
accounting professionals. Certification
is important to her for several
reasons.
" Our clients rely on us to stay
informed about updates and changes
to QuickBooks and the greater ecosystem, "
she says. " Staying certified
is the best way to make sure a ProAdvisor
stays current and proficient in
the QuickBooks ecosystem. Because
new features and functionality are
released continuously, we owe it to
ourselves, our firms, and our clients
to stay up-to-date and in-the-know. "
Satterley says maintaining her
certifications also keeps her Find-aProAdvisor
profile at the top of the
directory in her geographic area.
" Certification ensures that my
expertise is relevant, and also adds
points to my tally when applying for
various accounting 'best of' lists, "
she says. " But most of all, I recertify
every year for myself. "
Who has to recertify? If you
recertified in 2021, or became
certified before Nov. 1, 2021, you
are required to recertify by June 30,
2022, to retain your certification status.
If you are required to recertify, a
new " Your QuickBooks Online Recertification
Requirement " category will
appear in the training section when
you sign into QuickBooks Online
Accountant. The best way to verify
your status is in your Training tab.
The 2022 recertification will only be
visible if you need to recertify.
What if I passed the QuickBooks
Online Advanced certification on
or after Nov. 1, 2021? Do I need to
recertify this year? The recertification
requirements are based on your
highest level of certification, so if
you completed QuickBooks Online
certification prior to Nov. 2021, and
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QuickBooks Online Advanced after
November, you are set until the next
recertification season in 2023.
Do I need to take two recertification
exams: QuickBooks Online
certification and QuickBooks Online
Advanced certification? No. If you
are QuickBooks Online Advanced
certified prior to Nov. 1, 2021, your
exam will include both levels of
recertification. One exam recertifies
you in both certifications.
What's the best way to prepare
for recertification? There are several
ways to support your education to
prepare for the exam:
■ A short virtual training course will
be offered once per day during the
QuickBooks Online certification
Bootcamp, June 14 -16, 2022. Register
at https://tinyurl.com/2tz44z7b.
■ Live webinars are available in
QuickBooks Accountant University.
■ Self-paced modules are in your
ProAdvisor Training tab.
Is there a limit to the number
of tries I get to pass the exam?
Yes; after three unsuccessful
attempts, you are locked out of the
recertification exam for 10 days (this
only applies to the recertification
exam). This enables you time to
study the sections you didn't pass
and try again. For this reason, we
recommend that you begin the
recertification exam at your earliest
opportunity.
Don't miss this year's window!
The window will close on June 30, so
now is the best time to tackle your
certification exam. Find out more by
clicking on the training tab in your
QuickBooks account.
The ProAdvisor
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