Arizona CPA CPE Requirements and Courses

To maintain active status, all CPA licensees in Arizona have to fulfill a CPA CPE requirement on a biennial basis.

Here is a summary for your reference:

Arizona CPA CPE Requirements

The CPE credits have to be accumulated on the last date of your birth month, and the counting is done every 2 years.

Within these 2 years, the CPAs registered in Arizona should fulfill at least 80 hours of accounting continuing education, and all of these can be done via self-study.

Specific Requirements

• At least 40 hours have to be in “technical areas” (accounting, auditing, taxation, business law, or management advisory services)
• Within the 40 hours above, 16 hours must be in the subject areas of accounting, auditing, or taxation
• Minimum of 16 hours of live/interactive webinar or in a classroom setting
• Ethics CPE: 4 hours during the reporting period

Note: there is no carry-over policy of these accounting continuing education courses in Arizona.

Possibility of CPE Waiver

• If you can demonstrate that you are over 60 and that you are no longer active in accounting practice;
• If there is a “Good cause” e.g. disability, military duty, financial hardship

A Note On CPE Course Providers

Please note that while Arizona does not pre-approve or register the CPA CPE course providers, for your own protection please call up or find out whether the course provider complies with the requirements prescribed in A.A.C. R4-1-453(C), which states that the course must ” provide a formal course of learning at a professional level and contributes directly to the professional competence of the participants”.

Further Information

If you are looking for CPA licensing requirements in Arizona, please click here.

Please contact the Arizona State Board of Accountancy for details:

• Address: 100 North 15 th Avenue, Room 165, Phoenix, AZ 85007
• Phone: (602) 364-0804
• Fax: (602) 364-0903

Where Can I Take These Accounting CPE Courses?

I have an entire post dedicated to the best CPA CPE options. And in the post, you’ll find links to CPE discounts, too.

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