Minnesota CPE Requirements

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The Minnesota State Board of Accountancy CPE requirements are noted below:

What is the Minnesota License Renewal Deadline?

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Annually, by December 31

What is the Minnesota CPE Reporting Period?

Every three years for the period July 1 to June 30, reported by December 31

What are the Minnesota CPE Requirements?

120 hours are required for the three-year reporting period.

At least 20 hours of CPE are required per year.

A minimum of 60 hours must be obtained from technical learning activities (which includes accounting, auditing, business law, economics, finance, information technology, management services, regulatory ethics, specialized knowledge, statistics, and taxes).

At least 24 hours must be obtained from attending group or blended learning programs.

Up to 60 hours of the CPE requirement can come from the preparation of published articles and books.

The maximum credit for service as a lecturer is 60 hours.

No carryforward of excess hours is allowed.

What is the Minnesota Ethics Requirement?

At least eight hours must be in regulatory or behavioral ethics during the three-year period.

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

Allowable Minnesota Course Providers

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

Chapter 1105

Michigan CPE Requirements

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The Michigan Board of Accountancy CPE requirements are noted below.

What is the Michigan License Renewal Deadline?

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Ethics for Michigan

Every other year, on July 1

What is the Michigan CPE Reporting Period?

Every other year on odd-numbered years, from July 1 to June 30

What are the Michigan CPE Requirements?

80 hours of CPE are required every two years.

A minimum of 40 hours of CPE is required each year.

A minimum of eight hours of CPE in accounting and auditing are required each year, of which no more than half can be from self-study or nano-learning programs.

A maximum of 20 hours of CPE per year can be from self-study and/or nano learning.

The credit for service as a lecturer is equal to three times the number of actual hours of the lecture.

What is the Michigan Ethics Requirement?

Four hours of ethics is required every two years, with at least two hours in each year. This must include one hour of Michigan Statutes and Administrative Rules that apply to public accountancy.

Note: AccountingTools does not provide training in the one required hour of Michigan Statutes and Administrative Rules, since the provision of this training is restricted by the Board.

Allowable Michigan Course Providers

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

Accountancy Administrative Rules, Part 3

Massachusetts CPE Requirements

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The Massachusetts Board of Public Accountancy CPE requirements are noted below.

What is the Massachusetts License Renewal Deadline?

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Ethics for Massachusetts

Every two years, by June 30

What is the Massachusetts CPE Reporting Period?

Every two years, from July 1 to June 30

What are the Massachusetts CPE Requirements?

80 are hours required every two years. No carryover is permitted from one two-year period to another.

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 capped at half of the total hours required.

What is the Massachusetts Ethics Requirement?

At least four hours of professional ethics every two years.

Note: The AccountingTools Ethics for Massachusetts course fulfills this requirement.

Allowable Massachusetts Course Providers

The Board accepts courses from NASBA sponsors. AccountingTools is a registered sponsor with NASBA.
Go to AccountingTools Courses

Massachusetts CPE Rule Reference

Rule 2.14

Maryland CPE Requirements

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The Maryland Board of Public Accountancy CPE requirements are noted below.

What is the Maryland License Renewal Deadline?

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Ethics for Maryland

Every two years, based on the date of issuance.

What is the Maryland CPE Reporting Period?

The two years prior to the application date.

What are the Maryland CPE Requirements?

80 hours are required for the two-year period.

Up to 80 CPE hours are required in addition to the first 80 hours that a CPA reports are eligible to be credited for use the next time the CPA renews his or her license. Continuing education hours in ethics in excess of the required four hours in each license period can be used as ordinary CPE.

Up to 40 hours of the CPE requirement can come from the preparation of published articles and books.

The credit for service as a lecturer is three credit hours for every hour of lecture.

What is the Maryland Ethics Requirement?

Four hours of ethics training for each two-year period.

Note: The AccountingTools Ethics for Maryland course fulfills this requirement.

Allowable Maryland Course Providers

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

COMAR 09.24.02

Maine CPE Requirements

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The Maine Board of Accountancy CPE requirements are noted below.

What is the Maine License Renewal Deadline?

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Ethics for Maine

Annually, by September 30

What is the Maine CPE Reporting Period?

Annually, from October 1 to September 30

What are the Maine CPE Requirements?

40 hours are required in each year. 20 hours can be carried over from one year to the next.

A maximum of 50% of the total hours may be in these areas:

  • Communication arts

  • Mathematics, statistics, probability and quantitative applications in business

  • Economics

  • Business, securities and administrative law

  • Human resources policies

  • Computer software applications

Up to 50% of the CPE requirement can come from the preparation of published articles and books.

The credit for service as a lecturer is equal to three times the number of actual hours of the lecture; no additional credit is allowed for repeating a lecture, unless there are substantial changes to the material.

What is the Maine Ethics Requirement?

Four hours of CPE in ethics every 3 years. Acceptable CPE in ethics may include a program of study of the accountancy laws and rules of the State of Maine, including the Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in Chapter 8 of the board’s rules, or equivalent standards of the Securities Exchange Commission, the AICPA, or similar regulatory agency or professional organization.

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

Allowable Maine Course Providers

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

Chapter 8

Louisiana CPE Requirements

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The State Board of Certified Public Accountants of Louisiana CPE requirements are noted below.

What is the Louisiana License Renewal Deadline?

Annually, by December 31

What is the Louisiana CPE Reporting Period?

Annually, from January 1 to December 31

What are the Louisiana CPE Requirements?

80 hours must be completed every two years.

At least 20 hours of CPE are required every year.

CPAs who participate in attest engagements during the year must earn at least eight hours of CPE in accounting and auditing courses in that year.

Up to 10 hours of the CPE requirement can come from the preparation of published articles and books.

The credit for service as a lecturer is capped at 20 hours per year; no additional credit is allowed for repeating a lecture.

Personal development courses are limited to 20 hours per year.

What is the Louisiana Ethics Requirement?

Must take a Board-approved three-hour CPE course.

Allowable Louisiana Course Providers

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

Chapter 13

Kentucky CPE Requirements

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The Kentucky Board of Accountancy CPE requirements are noted below.

What is the Kentucky License Renewal Deadline?

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Ethics for Kentucky

On August 1 every other year; those with even license numbers renew on even-numbered years, and those with odd license numbers renew on odd-numbered years

What is the Kentucky CPE Reporting Period?

The two-year period from January 1 to December 31 , prior to the license renewal date

What are the Kentucky CPE Requirements?

Complete 80 hours of CPE, if you worked 3,000 hours or more in a public accounting firm during the reporting period.

Complete 60 hours of CPE, if you worked less than 3,000 hours in a public accounting firm during the reporting period.

50% of the CPE hours required of all licensed CPAs must be comprised of “technical standards” courses.

CPAs in public accounting firms who perform attest services or compilation or preparation of financial statement engagements subject to SSARS, must complete 8 hours of CPE in the subject matter of accounting or auditing each year, for a total of 16 hours over the two-year reporting period.

CPAs required to complete 80 hours of CPE per every two-year reporting period may include up to 8 hours of personal development courses toward their requirement, and CPAs required to complete 60 hours of CPE may include up to 12 hours of  personal development courses.

What is the Kentucky Ethics Requirement?

At least two hours must be earned in a qualifying ethics course.

Note: The AccountingTools Ethics for Kentucky course fulfills this requirement.

Allowable Kentucky Course Providers

The Board accepts courses from NASBA sponsors. AccountingTools is a registered sponsor with NASBA.
Go to AccountingTools Courses

Kentucky CPE Rule Reference

Rule 325.330

Kansas CPE Requirements

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The Kansas Board of Accountancy CPE requirements are noted below.

What is the Kansas License Renewal Deadline?

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Ethics for Kansas

On June 30 every other year, based on CPA certificate number, where those with an even certificate number register in even-numbered years and those with an odd certificate number register in odd-numbered years

What is the Kansas CPE Reporting Period?

Reported every two years, for the period July 1 to June 30; reporting matches the license renewal date

What are the Kansas CPE Requirements?

80 hours are required for the two-year period.

May carry over a maximum of 20 hours of CPE earned in the previous renewal period.

Hours from personal development courses shall not exceed 30 percent of the total number of CPE hours reported.

Any author of a published article or book and any writer of a CPE program may receive CPE credit for the actual research and writing time.

The credit for service as a lecturer is capped at 50 percent of the total number of CPE hours reported.

What is the Kansas Ethics Requirement?

At least two hours of professional ethics relating to the practice of public accountancy.

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

Allowable Kansas Course Providers

The Board accepts courses from NASBA sponsors. AccountingTools is a registered sponsor with NASBA.
Go to AccountingTools Courses

Kansas CPE Rule Reference

Article 4

Iowa CPE Requirements

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The Iowa Accountancy Examining Board CPE requirements are noted below.

What is the Iowa License Renewal Deadline?

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Ethics for Iowa

Annually, by June 30

What is the Iowa CPE Reporting Period?

From January 1 to December 31 in the three years preceding the renewal date, or from July 1 to June 30 in the three years preceding the renewal date

What are the Iowa CPE Requirements?

120 hours are required every three years.

Up to 50% of the CPE requirement can be earned in non-technical subjects.

Up to 50% of the CPE requirement can be earned through self-study courses.

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 limited to 50% of the hours required.

What is the Iowa Ethics Requirement?

Four hours of ethics and rules of professional conduct during the three-year period.

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

Allowable Iowa Course Providers

The Board accepts courses from NASBA sponsors. AccountingTools is a registered sponsor with NASBA.
Go to AccountingTools Courses

Iowa CPE Rule Reference

193A.10

Indiana CPE Requirements

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The Indiana Board of Accountancy CPE requirements are noted below.

What is the Indiana License Renewal Deadline?

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Ethics for Indiana

Once every three years, by June 30

What is the Indiana CPE Reporting Period?

Once every three years, from January 1 to December 31

What are the Indiana CPE requirements?

A minimum of 120 total hours are required during the three year reporting period.

A minimum of 20 hours are required per calendar year.

No less than 10% of the total hours (12 hours) for the reporting period must be in Accounting and/or Auditing.

No more than 50% of the required 120 hours for the reporting period will be accepted as self study.

No more than 50% of the total hours can come from course instruction, which is not accepted when a college instructor is teaching on a daily basis.

What is the Indiana Ethics Requirement?

At least four hours of ethics in each three-year period.

Note: The AccountingTools Ethics for Indiana course fulfills this requirement.

Allowable Indiana Course Providers

The Board accepts courses from NASBA sponsors. AccountingTools is a registered sponsor with NASBA.
Go to AccountingTools Courses

Indiana CPE Rule Reference

Section 872 IAC 1-3

Illinois CPE Requirements

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The Illinois Board of Examiners CPE requirements are noted below.

What is the Illinois License Renewal Deadline?

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Ethics for Illinois

Once every three years, by September 30

What is the Illinois CPE Reporting Period?

Once every three years, from October 1 to September 30

What are the Illinois CPE Requirements?

120 hours are required in each three-year period.

No more than 80 hours are allowed for self-study courses, with a cap of 60 hours on non-interactive self-study courses.

No more than 24 hours are allowed in personal development courses.

One hour of sexual harassment prevention training is required.

Up to 30 hours of the CPE requirement can come from the preparation of published articles and books.

The credit for service as a lecturer is equal to the lecture time and preparation time, where the presentation time is limited to twice the lecture time, and is capped at 60 hours.

What is the Illinois Ethics Requirement?

At least four hours of ethics in each three-year period.

Note: The AccountingTools Ethics for Illinois course fulfills this requirement.

Allowable Illinois Course Providers

The Board accepts courses from NASBA sponsors. AccountingTools is a registered sponsor with NASBA.
Go to AccountingTools Courses

Illinois CPE Rule Reference

Section 1420.70