Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is a designation given by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) to individuals that pass the Uniform CPA Examination and meet the education and experience requirements. The CPA designation helps enforce professional standards in the accounting industry. CPA (Certified Public Accountant) is the highest accounting credential in the United States. CPA ensures global recognition for accounting & finance professionals.
The Illinois - Board of Accountancy provides assurance to public that CPA (Illinois) operates at the highest level of professional competence through, verification of education and experience credentials.
Illinois (IL) CPA CPE REQUIREMENT OVERVIEW
| CPE Requirements | 120 hours every 3 years |
| License Renewal Period | September 30th, every 3 years |
| CPE Reporting Cycle | 10/1 to 9/30, every 3 years |
| Ethics Requirement | Four (4) hours every three years. |
| Carry Over Credits | Illinois CPA cannot carry forward credits in the next reporting cycle |
| Subject Area Restriction |
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Note: There is a mandatory requirement of 1 CPE hour in Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Illinois CPA
Illinois CPA requires 120 hours of CPE to be completed in every three-year license period and must be reported to the Board by September 30 every three years as part of the renewal process.
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All licensed CPAs in Illinois must complete 120 hours of approved continuing education over a three-year renewal period. Many of our programs in Live and Self-Study are Approved for CPE requirements for Illinois CPA.
CLICK HERE for myCPE Packages for Illinois CPAs that would meet all of your annual continuing education requirements in one go.
Illinois (IL) CPA has to earn at least 4 hours of ethics over the 3-year renewal period. Any Ethics CPE credits also count towards fulfilling the total 120 CPE credits required over 3 years. At myCPE, we provide Ethics courses to all Illinois (IL) CPAs as a part of our membership initiative.
The Illinois CPA license renewal period ends on September 30th, every 3 years.
A reporting cycle for Illinois (IL) CPA is from October 1 to September 30 triennially.
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Illinois State Board of Accountancy specifies all the subject areas of NASBA as qualifying subject areas for CPE. Hence all the programs approved for NASBA fields of study on myCPE shall be eligible to meet Illinois CPA CPE requirement. Click Here for further reference on the state board website.
You should choose myCPE Packages for Illinois Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Professionals for the following reasons:
Our CPE Package 100% align with the Illinois CPE requirements for CPA and is compliant with the regulations of the Illinois State Board of Accountancy. We offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee. If you feel the package is non-compliant, please email our support team at (support@my-cpe.com) and let us know how it is non-compliant and we will happily refund your full payment.
A licensed CPA is exempt from CPE requirements for the first renewal following the original issuance of the license.
Online renewal may require you to upload your CPE certificates of completion. If you are not liable to upload your certificates of completion, you should keep your copies in case the board performs an audit of your CPE, you will be responsible for submitting copies of your certificates of completion and/or verification of courses at the time of the audit. You must retain your documentation for at least six (6) years from the date the program was completed.
The license renewal fee for an Illinois (IL) CPA is $120. Please click here for Fee Details.
An Illinois (IL) CPA can complete 80 hours from the required 120 CPE credits hours via self-study courses. Out of the total 80 hours, only 60 hours can be completed from non-interactive self-study courses, and the myCPE packages for Illinois CPAs are compliant with that requirement.
Nano Learning requirements are yet to be determined by State Board.
A registrant must report, at a minimum, the CPE hours required for the registration renewal period. Hours that exceed the number required for the current registration renewal period may not be carried forward to a subsequent registration renewal period.
As myCPE is approved by NASBA (Sponsor id 143597) many of our courses are approved for Illinois CPA CPE Courses. And for further guidance, we have provided details for “QUALIFIES FOR” on each page of the courses about Approval/Qualifications of CPE Credits for your reference.
