2027 Top U.S. Advisor Awards: Qualifications

Oct 8, 2026, 1:00:00 AM

Free Top 100 ProAdvisor Top U.S. Tax Advisors Top Up-n-coming ProAdvisors 2027 Top Advisor Awards

The 2027 Top 100 U.S. ProAdvisors, the Top U.S. Up-n-coming ProAdvisors, and the Top 25 Tax Advisors qualifications are listed below.

Top 100 U.S. ProAdvisors and Top U.S. Up-n-coming ProAdvisors

These ProAdvisor award groups are open only to Certified ProAdvisors residing in the United States of America (or its territories). All U.S. ProAdvisor applicants must actively practice as a QuickBooks ProAdvisor^® and, in so doing, support or provide services to one or more actual clients using QuickBooks^® Online, Desktop, Ledger, Intuit Enterprise Suite, or via QuickBooks^® Live.

U.S. ProAdvisor applicants must hold at least one of the following three Intuit (U.S.) QuickBooks ProAdvisor Certifications: QuickBooks Online Level 1, QuickBooks Online Level 2, or QuickBooks Desktop. Such certifications must have a current date of issue no older than November 1, 2025. Recertification since such date also qualifies. QuickBooks Desktop certification must have been issued prior to October 24, 2026.

Top U.S. Tax Advisors

For 2027, Tax Advisors must reside in the United States of America (or its territories). Tax Advisor Applicants must have supported tax clients using Intuit tax products, or via TurboTax Live or Intuit's Live Expert Tax service during calendar year 2026, regardless of the 'tax year' for which they assisted such clients.

This group is available to QuickBooks ProAdvisors and Non-ProAdvisors who meet the eligibility criteria. For ProAdvisors that certification is their QuickBooks ProAdvisor certification plus a 'certificate of completion' for one of the four 'tax courses' offered through the QuickBooks ProAdvisor Academy. For Non-ProAdvisors, that eligibility is “Tax Level 1” certification offered through the Intuit Academy. Additional training (and certifications) via the Intuit Academy or other tax training resources can bolster a Tax Advisor’s score and ranking within their formal application.

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About the Author

William Murphy

William (Bill) Murphy, better known as "Murph," is responsible for day-to-day technical content. He is also serves as Administrator for the Top Advisor Awards Program. Murph is an Advanced Certified ProAdvisor with over 30 years of QuickBooks consulting experience. He has more than 45 years of experience in Business, Finance and Public Accounting. For many years Murph was the “anchor” of the National Advisor Network’s online forum (now the Woodard forum) and three-time consecutive winner of the NAN Online MVP award. Murph has published numerous articles in industry publications and served as Technical Editor for Business Analysis with QuickBooks by Wiley Publishing.