Public Accountancy Continuing Education Requirements

Here you can find information on the courses that qualify for continuing education requirements, as well as information about credit hours and documentation requirements.

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Courses that qualify

This is a list of general subject areas that are generally accepted by the Board towards your continuing education credit hours. If you do not see a subject area on this list, you may still be able to take a course in that area and have it quality towards your credit hours. In order to do this you would need to explain how this course benefits your position as a Public Accountant. 

Accepted Subject Areas:

  • Accounting
  • Auditing
  • Financial Reporting
  • Taxation
  • Management Service
  • Computer Science
  • Communication Arts
  • Mathematics, Statistics, Probability and Quantitative Applications in Business
  • Economics
  • Business Law
  • Administrative Practice; e.g., Engagement Letters, Fee Structures, Personnel, etc.
  • Functional Fields of Business, such as:
    • Finance
    • Production
    • Marketing
    • Personnel Relations
    • Business Management and Organization
    • Social Environment of Business
    • Specialized Areas of Industry: e.g.
    • Real Estate, Farming, Film Industry, etc.
  • Law school courses qualify if in the area of business or commercial subjects, or otherwise add directly to the professional competence of the registrant.
  • Programs in private industry are acceptable only if they add to the professional competence of the registrant to practice public accountancy.
  • A CPA review course taken by a licensed public accountant would qualify if it met the appropriate requirements.

Information about credits

  • Continuing education credits are given as whole numbers only. You cannot receive a half of a credit.
  • You will receive one credit for any activity that is more than 50 minutes, but less than 100 minutes.
  • If you attend conferences or conventions that have several small segments that are less than 50 minutes, you may add them together. For example, if you attended a conference that had five 30 minute presentations, that would equal 150 minutes and be counted as 3 credits. 

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