May 2023 Certified Public Accountant CPA Board Exam Passers

The CPALE was conducted on May 21-23, 2023, in testing centers in NCR, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Palawan, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, and Zamboanga by the Board of Accountancy headed by its Chairman, Noe G. Quiñanola, Vice-Chairman, Samuel B. Padilla, and its members, Gloria T. Baysa, Thelma S. Ciudadano, Gervacio I. Piator, Maria Teresita Z. Dimaculangan, and Rosalinda D. Evangelista.

List of Passers

Here are the May 2023 CPA board exam results as announced by the Professional Regulation Commission:

Roll of Successful Examinees in the
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT LICENSURE EXAMINATION
Held on May 21-23, 2023
Released on May 30, 2023

Release of Results

According to PRC Resolution No. 1589 series of 2022 entitled “Schedule of the Licensure Exam for the Year 2023“, the Certified Public Accountant CPALE May 2023 results will be released on Tuesday, May 30, 2023.

Meanwhile, the CPA board exam results in May 2023 may also be out earlier or later than the target release date. We advise everyone to bookmark this page and follow us on our social media channels for the freshest updates on results.

Oath-Taking Ceremonies

All successful examinees interested in attending the face-to-face mass oath-taking shall register no later than 12:00 NN of the day before the date of the oath-taking at to confirm their attendance.

Further, inductees shall bring ANY of the following on the day of the oath-taking:

• Vaccination Card
• Negative RT-PCR results took within 48 hours before the oath-taking

Inductees are advised to register and confirm their attendance in the regions where they took their licensure examination and intend to register as professionals.

The details and exact date(s) of whether the oath-taking will be conducted face-to-face or virtual/online will be provided here or on our FB page.

Schedule of Registration

The schedule of online appointments for issuance of Professional ID and Certificate of Registration for the new Certified Public Accountants will be held on the following date(s).

Date(s) of Registration: TBA

Initial registrants are advised to register online via PRC official website and follow the steps in online registration. Here are the registration requirements:

• Notice of Admission/NOA (for identification purposes only)
• Duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpa ng Propesyonal
• Two (2) pieces of passport-sized ID photos on white background with complete name tag
• Two (2) sets of documentary stamp
• One (1) piece short brown envelope

PRC added that successful examinees should personally register and sign in to the Roster of Registered Professionals.

Verification of Rating

The verification of ratings and test results for the CPA licensure exams given by the PRC Board of Accountancy will be available online a few days after posting results.

Successful takers can refer to PRC official website and use the Verification Page to know their board examination passing rate.

As posted, a passer shall only provide the exam name, the date of examination, the application number, first name, last name, and the birthdate.

Coverage of Exams

The three (3) days CPALE covered the following subjects:

• Auditing
• Management Advisory Services
• Taxation
• Regulatory Framework for Business Transactions
• Financial Accounting and Reporting
• Advanced Financial Accounting and Reporting

Certified Public Accountant (CPALE) Licensure Exam Schedule

Shown below is the schedule of the 2023 Accountancy licensure exams:

Date of Exam	Testing Locations	Start of Application	Deadline of Application
May 21-23, 2023	NCR, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Palawan, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga	February 21, 2023	April 24, 2023
Sep 30, Oct 1 & 2, 2023	NCR, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Calapan, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, Zamboanga, and Palawan	June 30, 2023	August 30, 2023

CPA Board Exam Results (Stats)

The Certified Public Accountant Licensure Exam, or CPALE, is one of the PRC-regulated exams with many examinees.

In the previous CPALE held on October 2022, 1,722 out of 6,665 (25.84%) examinees passed. Francis Matthew Nuñez Obligacion from the University of Santo Tomas topped the exams garnering a rating of 91.00%, followed by Kate Marie Uy Buencochillo from the University of Saint La Salle, having 90.67%.

Here is the summary of results in previous years:

Month/Year	Total No. Examinees	Total No. Passers	Passing Rate
October 2022	6,665	1,722 out of	1,722 out of
May 2022	4,442	990	22.29%
December 2021	1,454	318	21.87%
October 2021	2,367	361	15.25%
October 2019	14,492	2,075	14.32%
May 2019	10,319	1,699	16.46%
October 2018	14,358	3,616	25.18%
May 2018	9,830	2,843	28.92%
October 2017	14,816	4,511	30.45%
May 2017	9,645	3,389	35.13%
October 2016	14,390	5,249	36.48%
May 2016	6,925	2,967	42.84%
October 2015	13,317	5,468	41.06%

Questions?

For those who want to clarify something, PRC advised to email them through the Licensure Exam Division at the below contacts:

To receive fast and reliable news and announcements regarding the Certified Public Accountant Licensure Exam CPALE for 2023, we advise our readers to visit PRC official website.

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