Florida CPE Requirements
/The Florida Board of Accountancy CPE requirements are noted below.
What is the Florida License Renewal Deadline?
Related Courses
Every other year on December 31
What is the Florida CPE Reporting Period?
Every other year, from July 1 to June 30
What are the Florida CPE Requirements?
80 hours are required for the two-year period.
Eight hours in accounting or auditing subjects.
24 hours of governmental CPE if the CPA is conducting audits controlled by the Government Auditing Standards or the Rules of the Auditor General.
Hours taken in behavioral subjects are capped at 20 hours for the two-year period.
Published materials are not accepted for CPE hours.
What is the Florida Ethics Requirement?
Four hours of ethics that have been approved by the Florida Board, which includes a review of Chapters 455 and 473 of the Florida Statutes.
Note: The AccountingTools Ethics for Florida course fulfills these requirements.
What Areas of Study are Allowed for Florida CPAs?
The Board requires Florida CPAs to have successfully completed not less than 48 or more than 80 hours of continuing professional education programs in public accounting subjects approved by the Board. Not less than 10 percent of the total hours required by the Board shall be in accounting-related and auditing-related subjects, as distinguished from federal and local taxation matters and management services.
Allowable Florida Course Providers
The Board accepts courses from NASBA-QAS sponsors. AccountingTools is a registered QAS sponsor with NASBA.
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Florida CPE Rule Reference
Section 473.312
Florida Board of Accountancy Address
240 NW 76 Drive, Suite A
Gainesville, FL 32607
Phone: 352-333-2505
www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr