New Jersey · Registered Municipal Accountant

Pass the New Jersey RMA Exam

A self-paced online review course for the Registered Municipal Accountant license, taught by a working New Jersey municipal finance leader. Study on your own schedule, then bring your questions to live Zoom sessions and ask Ricky anything.

$600 · Returning students pay $400 after the NJCPA’s $100 credit
2026 exam date: To Be Determined

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CPE credits

Advanced

Course level

Online

Format

Zoom

Live Q&A

What you’ll master

Built around the exam, not around theory

Three things decide whether you pass. The course covers all three.

Every governmental fund

Accounting for all governmental funds under the regulatory basis of accounting used in New Jersey, the foundation the exam is built on.

The rules that govern you

New Jersey statutes, the administrative code, and DLGS Local Finance Notices, reviewed in the context of how they actually get tested.

A full practice exam

Sit a practice exam before the real one, so nothing about exam day is a surprise.

How it works

Self-paced, but never on your own

Recorded courses leave you stuck. Live-only courses make you show up on their schedule. This is both.

01 · Study

Go at your pace

Work through the course on CoursePilot whenever it suits you. Start the day you register, revisit any section as often as you need.

02 · Ask

Bring your questions

Join scheduled live, interactive Zoom study sessions and ask Ricky anything, from a fund you cannot get straight to what the exam really wants.

03 · Test

Prove you are ready

Take the included practice exam and find the gaps while there is still time to close them.

Meet your instructor

Richard “Ricky” Gartz, CPA, RMA

Ricky is not a career instructor. He is a municipal finance leader who has spent decades doing the work the exam asks about, and he teaches it the way a practitioner explains it to a colleague.

When you learn from Ricky, you are not studying accounting theory. You are getting practical, insider knowledge from someone who has lived the problems and the fixes.

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Registered Municipal Accountant (RMA)
Director of Finance, Township of Ocean
Former Chief Municipal Financial Officer, Freehold Borough, 13 years
Commissioner, Manasquan River Regional Sewerage Authority since 2006

Designed for

Is this course for you?

You should take it if

You are preparing for the RMA license
You are a CPA, or have 3 to 5 years in NJ governmental accounting
You want a practice exam before the real thing

The details

Course level: Advanced
Prerequisites: CPA license and/or relevant NJ experience
Advance preparation: None required
CPE credits: X

Pricing

One course, two prices

The NJCPA covers $100 for returning students.

New student

$600

Full course, practice exam, and live Zoom sessions.

Returning student

$400

$500, less the NJCPA’s $100 credit.

Ready to sit for the RMA exam?

The 2026 exam date is to be determined. You do not have to wait for it to start preparing, the course is self-paced and begins the day you register.