Georgia CPE Requirements

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The Georgia State Board of Accountancy CPE requirements are noted below.

What is the Georgia License Renewal Deadline?

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Ethics for Georgia

December 31, once every two years, on odd-numbered years

What is the Georgia CPE Reporting Period?

January 1 to December 31, every two years, to be reported on December 31 of odd years

What are the Georgia CPE Requirements?

80 hours are required every two years.

At least 20 hours are required every year.

At least 16 hours must be in accounting and auditing subjects.

Up to 25% of the CPE requirement can come from the preparation of published articles and books.

The credit for service as a lecturer is the preparation and presentation time, where the preparation time is capped at twice the presentation time; no additional credit is allowed for repeating a lecture.

All required CPE can be acquired through self-study.

Up to 15 hours of acceptable education completed in excess of the requirement may be applied to satisfy the CPE requirements of the following period. No carryover hours can be used to satisfy the accounting and auditing hours requirement.

Any CPA who has attained 70 years of age is exempt from the CPE requirement.

What is the Georgia Ethics Requirement?

None

Note: The AccountingTools Ethics for Georgia course is available.

What Areas of Study are Allowed for Georgia CPAs?

The following general subject areas are acceptable:

  • Accounting and auditing;

  • Taxation;

  • Management services;

  • Computer sciences;

  • Oral and written communications;

  • Mathematics and statistics;

  • Economics;

  • Business law;

  • Functional fields of business, such as finance, production, and marketing

  • Specialized industries

  • Administration of an accounting practice

Allowable Georgia Course Providers

The Board accepts courses from NASBA sponsors. AccountingTools is a registered sponsor with NASBA.
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Georgia CPE Rule Reference

Chapter 20-11

Georgia Board of Accountancy Address

200 Piedmont Avenue SE
Suite 1604, West Tower
Atlanta, GA 30334
Office: 404-463-0365
gsba.georgia.gov