CPA Continuing Professional Education
CPE planning tools plus a clear distinction between professional CPE standards and the jurisdiction-specific rules that govern individual CPA licenses.
Tools
Start with the calculation or planning task. The supporting text explains assumptions and what must still be verified.
Calculate remaining CPE hours from the specific requirement published by your state board or jurisdiction.
Turn your remaining CPA CPE requirement into a monthly completion pace using the deadline and jurisdiction-specific requirement you have verified.
Track a jurisdiction-specific ethics CPE subrequirement separately from total hours.
Understand the requirement
NASBA and AICPA approved revised CPE Standards effective August 1, 2026; jurisdiction adoption and transition can vary, so state-board requirements remain decisive.
Professional CPE standards provide a framework, but an individual CPA’s required hours, subjects, reporting period, and ethics rules are generally jurisdiction-specific.
Track ethics separately from total CPE because jurisdictions can impose their own ethics-hour and course-content requirements.
A CPE reporting period and a license renewal period are related but not always identical. Use the board’s dates for both before planning your schedule.