CPA Ireland is one of the main Irish accountancy bodies with 5,000 members and students. The CPA designation is the most commonly used designation worldwide for professional accountants and the Institute’s qualification enjoys wide international recognition. The Institute fulfills its statutory role as a recognized body by overseeing the professional activities of our members in practice and ensuring that education and training standards are maintained. As the first accountancy body to introduce a mandatory regime of Continuing Professional Development, the Institute ensures that all CPAs remain at the leading edge throughout their careers.
MY-CPE LLC offers continuing professional development courses for CPA Ireland Professionals. We are focused on providing quality continuing education to the CPA Irelands members that incorporate the qualified subject areas. Our CPD courses are authored/reviewed by industry specialists and subject matter experts. All our courses are designed in a way to ensure that courses meet your continuing professional development requirements.
CPA IRELAND CPD REQUIREMENT OVERVIEW
| CPD Requirements | 120 hours per 3 years, with a minimum of 30 per year. |
| License Renewal Period | 31st March annually. |
| CPD Reporting Cycle | January 1 to December 31 every year. |
| Ethics Requirement | No minimum ethics requirement. |
| Carryover Credits | No, CPA Ireland Professional cannot carry over excess credit earned in a particular renewal cycle. |
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All licensed CPAs in Ireland must complete a total of 120 hours of CPD over three years, of which at least 75 hours are Structured CPD and 45 hours are Unstructured CPD. The minimum requirement is 30 hours of CPD in any one year, of which at least 15 must be structured.
There is no minimum ethics requirement, however, a practicing member must complete 40 Structured CPD hours in six core competencies over a three-year CPD cycle out of which one is professional ethics.
Structured CPD: It includes all CPD that has learning as the primary objective and which is measurable and verifiable. For Structured CPD to be accredited it must be measurable and verifiable. There are two forms of Structured CPD:
Unstructured CPD: It can be defined as any form of informal learning or development of day-to-day working skills achieved through self-study and/or informal training. Unstructured CPD can be measurable but is not verifiable.
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The CPA license renewal period ends on 31st March annually.
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A CPD reporting cycle for CPA Ireland is from January 1 to December 31 annually.
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Following are the qualifying subject areas:
Yes, Members must complete 40 hours of the Structured CPD requirement from any combination of the following six areas over a three-year CPD cycle:
Note: No more than 20 CPD hours can be claimed for any one course in any one year.
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The Institute CPD Committee has determined that all "none-live" e-learning programs are subject to the 50% cap unless otherwise approved by the CPD Committee.
A member will be required to submit to the Institute, in a manner prescribed by Council, a signed report outlining their CPD activity for the previous year on or before 31 January. Members are responsible for retaining appropriate records and documents so that they may provide sufficient evidence, on request, to demonstrate their compliance. If deemed appropriate by Council, a member may be called to provide such evidence to the Institute.
All CPA Practicing and Auditing Certificates are renewed annually. You will need to make the relevant returns to ensure the renewal of these certificates. Investment business authorization must also be renewed. Institute members are required to make an Annual CPD Return by the 31st of January of each year, by Institute Bye-Laws. Courses completed with external bodies should be detailed on the online form and submitted as part of the CPD return for the preceding year.
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No, the short video learning method is not approved for the CPD requirement. Any activity taken must be at least 1 hour in duration.
No, CPA Ireland Professional cannot carry over excess credit earned in a particular renewal cycle.
Where a member fails to comply with any aspect of the CPD Regulations, the CPD Committee may refer the member to the CPD Compliance Committee. This Committee, in turn, has the authority to impose the following sanctions.
MyCPE provides courses that are approved for continuing education credits. Based on the guidelines issued by (board) Continuing Professional Development Requirements we recommend the programs/ webinars to be suitable for the qualification. However, it will be the responsibility of each attendee to ensure that they are eligible for CPD credits based on their occupation/ job profile, knowledge requirements as well as guidelines laid down by their regulatory board before registering for the webinars.
