CPA Continuing Professional Education
CPE planning tools, a 55-jurisdiction board directory, and a clear distinction between professional CPE standards and rules governing individual CPA licenses.
Find the board that governs your CPA license
We do not assume one national CPA CPE total. Use this directory to identify the licensing board, then enter that board’s current requirement into the planning tools below.
Start with the calculation or check
Use your own dates and verified requirement. Each result explains what the number proves and what still needs authority verification.
Calculate remaining CPE hours from the specific requirement published by your state board or jurisdiction.
Open tool →CPA / CPECPA CPE Pace CalculatorTurn your remaining CPA CPE requirement into a monthly completion pace using the deadline and jurisdiction-specific requirement you have verified.
Open tool →CPA / CPECPA Ethics CPE Gap CalculatorTrack a jurisdiction-specific ethics CPE subrequirement separately from total hours.
Open tool →CPA / CPECPA CPE Reporting Deadline Buffer CalculatorEnter the reporting deadline from your own state board and choose a personal finish buffer.
Open tool →CPA / CPECPA Annual CPE Minimum CheckerFor jurisdictions with an annual minimum, enter the current board requirement and check this year’s completed hours without assuming every state uses the same rule.
Open tool →CPA / CPECPA CPE Carryover PlannerEnter the carryover cap from your board and estimate how many surplus CPE hours can be applied to the next period.
Open tool →CPA / CPECPA CPE Record CheckerCheck whether your CPE log has the fields needed to investigate a course during renewal or audit.
Open tool →Understand the rule behind the number
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.