[header] How to become an accountant in florida [title] Complete a degree program in accounting. [step] Florida public accountants must have a minimum of 120 semester hours in accounting and a bachelor's degree to sit for the uniform cpa examination. The state also requires an additional 30 hours to qualify for a license to practice in florida. 
[substeps] Applicants for the examination must complete 24 semester hours of upper division accounting courses that must include taxation, financial, accounting information systems and cost accounting. The accountant must have an additional 12 hours of accounting courses to qualify for the state license.