In addition, a minimum of 20 hours of CE, with 12 hours in technical subject matter, must be completed from February 1, through January 31, If you are a new licensee or you converted your license from inactive to active status during the two-year period immediately preceding your license expiration date, you may have a prorated CE requirement. The method used to calculate your total CE requirement is 20 hours of qualifying CE for each full six-month period of active status licensure.
If you are required to complete less than 80 hours of CE, you are not required to complete four hours of ethics education. To maintain active status, you must complete a two-hour Board- approved Regulatory Review course by the due date located next to your license expiration date at the top of the license renewal application.
Be sure to check the Term of Approval dates to ensure you are choosing a course currently approved by the Board. A Regulatory Review course is not required for an inactive status renewal; however, if one was completed, please indicate so on Part C CE Reporting Worksheet on the reverse of the license renewal application.
If you choose to complete a Regulatory Review course before the due date, the next due date is six years three renewal cycles from the renewal period in which the Regulatory Review course was taken. You must contact the provider if you do not know the course approval number. This question should be completed based on the work performed during your two-year reporting period.
Note: If you are a new licensee or converted your license from inactive to active status during the two-year period immediately preceding your license expiration date, you must complete six hours of Government Auditing CE as part of each 20 hours of qualifying CE for an active renewal.
Note: If fewer than 80 hours are required for your license renewal, the four-hour Fraud CE requirement does not apply. You must report to the CBA if required to undergo peer review, not subject to peer review, or renewing in an inactive status. Additional information about the peer review requirement can be found on the enclosed peer review insert and on the CBA website. Renewing your license without filing Form PR-1 Rev.
Please indicate whether you are renewing your license in an active or inactive status. This response must match the response provided on Question 1 of Part A. You must sign and date the license renewal application.
To change your address, phone number, or e-mail of record, please complete the Address Change Form located on the CBA website and email it to AdminUnit cba. BPC section Please provide the required information for all CE courses completed within the two years preceding your license expiration date making sure to include course titles, proper codes, dates of completion, CE hours, and provider names.
To ensure you receive proper CE credit, use only one subject code for each course. NOTE: While it is preferred this form be used, a computer printout listing all information requested on the CE Reporting Worksheet including your name and license number is acceptable.
L — Live presentation with instructor, discussion leader, or speaker. So, make sure you check with respective state board or regulatory body. California State Board of Accountancy governs accounting and auditing profession in the state of California! Here is link to the State board Website. UTC View Details. What is the license renewal period? What is the reporting cycle? What are qualifying subject areas? California State Board of Accountancy does not specify any subject areas for the study!
It says that subject area must contribute directly to the professional competence of a person. Click Here for further reference on state board website. If CPA is engaged in planning, directing, performing substantial portions of field work, or reporting on an audit, review, compilation, or attestation service, he must complete at least 24 hours of CE in Accounting, auditing or related subjects.
A minimum of 40 hours must be completed in technical subject areas. What are the qualifying learning activities? In addition to the above activities the following activities qualify for CE, but you are only allowed to claim up to 25 percent of the required CE hours:. If a California CPA license has been canceled because the renewal fees were not paid for five years following the certificate expiration date, the CPA may apply for and obtain a new license, if qualified under the provisions of Section An applicant who is applying for a reissued certificate shall within two years prior to receipt of application complete 80 hours of continuing education that meets the following requirements:.
For applicants whose reissued certificate will not authorize signing reports on attest engagements, courses in the following subject areas are required:. Please contact your governing agency to determine if specific courses qualify for your CPE requirements.
State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Web site: www. Use "Credit" search for a list of courses which qualify. The California CPA Education Foundation has been approved by the California Tax Education Council to offer courses, which provide federal and state credit towards the annual continuing education requirement imposed by the state of California.
A listing of additional requirements to register as a tax preparer may be obtained by contacting CTEC at P. Box , Sacramento, CA , by phone at or on the Internet at www.
Remember Me? California Board of Accountancy A licensee shall be required, as a condition of active status license renewal, to have completed at least 80 hours of continuing education CE in the two-year period immediately preceding license renewal.
For specific credit requirements in government, accounting and auditing, regulatory review and ethics, and fraud, please refer to the credit index, Page Government [Accty.
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