Oregon CPE Requirements

The Oregon Board of Accountancy CPE requirements are noted below.

What is the Oregon License Renewal Deadline?

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Ethics for Oregon

Every other year, with odd-numbered licenses on June 30 of odd-numbered years.
Every other year, with even-numbered licenses on June 30 of even-numbered years.

What is the Oregon CPE Reporting Period?

Every other year, from July 1 to June 30 of the expiration year

What are the Oregon CPE Requirements?

80 hours within each two-year period.

Must complete at least 24 hours of CPE in each calendar year.

Credit for nano-learning is limited to 10% of the total required CPE hours for the biennium.

Credit for programs in non-technical subjects is limited to 16 CPE hours.

The credit for service as a lecturer is the presentation time plus up to twice that amount for preparation; no additional credit is allowed for repeating a lecture. The combined lecture and authorship credit is capped at half of the total CPE requirement.

What is the Oregon Ethics Requirement?

At least four hours of professional conduct and ethics within each two-year reporting period. The course must be approved in advance by the Board.

Note: The AccountingTools Ethics for Oregon course fulfills these requirements.

What Areas of Study are Allowed for Oregon CPAs?

A CPE program must be a formal program of learning that contributes directly to the professional competence of the licensee. It is the obligation of each licensee to select a course of study that contributes to his or her professional competence in public accountancy.

Allowable Oregon Course Providers

The Board accepts courses from NASBA sponsors. AccountingTools is a registered sponsor with NASBA.
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Oregon CPE Reciprocity

Licensees whose principal place of business is located in another jurisdiction may meet the ethics requirement by demonstrating compliance with the other jurisdiction’s professional conduct and ethics CPE requirement. The number of ethics hours that meets the ethics requirement in the other jurisdiction will be accepted in Oregon, as long as the other jurisdiction requires the licensee to complete an ethics program as a condition of renewal.

Oregon CPE Rule Reference

Section 10:15-30-1

Oregon Board of Accountancy Address

3218 Pringle Rd. SE, Ste. 110
Salem 97302-6307
Office: 503-378-3575
www.oregon.gov/boa/Pages/index.aspx