Alabama CPA CPE Requirements: How Many Hours, By When

How much continuing professional education a Alabama CPA actually needs — sourced the same way every fact on this site is: a board page plus the codified rule itself, never a guess.

Verified
CPE Hour Requirement
40 hours every year
Source of record Ala. Admin. Code r. 30-X-5-.02 (Hours Required) read the rule →

Alabama CPAs must complete 40 hours of CPE every fiscal year (October 1 to September 30) rather than a multi-year cycle, and hours do not carry over. At least 8 of the 40 hours must be in accounting and auditing, at least 2 hours must be a qualifying ethics course, and no more than 12 hours can come from personal-development topics.