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CPE Requirements for GSBA

Most accounting professionals in the United States require CPE credits to maintain their professional designation. Browse courses that meet your requirements, or choose one of our course packages, specially curated to contain all the hours and credits you need, in one place. The courses on LearnFormula may be counted towards professionally relevant, verifiable learning activities. It is the student's responsibility to validate whether an activity is an eligible educational activity for their professional development requirements based on their own learning needs.

Requirements Overview

Last updatedAug 21, 2026
scheduleCPE Requirement
20/year, 80/2 years
calendar_clockLicense Renewal Period
December 31
cycleRequirements Cycle
Biennial
balanceEthics Requirement
3 CPE hours of Ethics CPE(s)1 CPE hour of Board-approved Ethics CPE(s)
listsIncluding
40 CPE hours of Technical CPE(s)36 CPE hours of Nontechnical CPE(s)

Simplifying Regulations for 2026

(1) An applicant for renewal of his or her individual license to practice as a CPA must have completed eighty (80) credits of acceptable continuing professional education, of which at least 50% of the credits of continuing professional education reported shall be in technical fields of study, during the CPE reporting period as a condition for renewal, except as provided under paragraphs (2) and (4) below. A minimum of 20 of the 80 credits will be earned in each year. (2) An applicant for renewal of his or her individual license to practice as a CPA who has been initially certified by this state for one year, but less than two, must have completed 40 credits of acceptable continuing professional education after the date of licensure but prior to the expiration date of his or her first license, of which at least 50% of the credits of continuing professional education reported shall be in technical fields of study, as a condition for renewal. An applicant who has been initially licensed as a CPA by this state for less than one year at the date of expiration of his or her first license shall not be required to have completed any credits of continuing professional education prior to that first expiration date as a condition for renewal. There is no provision for carry‐over from an annual period in which CPE was not required. (3) Completion of four (4) ethics CPE credits including one (1) credit specific to the laws, rules and policies of the Board are required during the CPE reporting period.

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