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We checked what ten state boards actually commit to about renewal notices, in their own rules -- and one state promises the opposite of what you'd expect.

Georgia's rules site still showed a CPE requirement replaced in 2024. Here's how we found it, what we changed across every citation on this site, and why we publish the corrections.

The renewal mistakes that trip up CPAs most often — wrong deadline, wrong cycle length, and the ones that assume renewal rules are the same everywhere. How to avoid each one.

Missouri CPA license renewal: the real dates for individual licenses and firm permits, CPE requirements, fees, and what happens if you miss a deadline.

Arizona CPA license renewal: how the birth-month/parity cycle works, why firm registration runs on a separate clock, and what happens if you miss the deadline.

Some states renew every CPA license on one fixed date. Others compute it from your birth month or year. The real difference, state by state, and why we ask instead of guess.

Illinois CPA license renewal: the 3-year individual and firm cycles, the 120-hour CPE requirement, and the separate sexual harassment prevention training rule.

Connecticut CPA license renewal: the calendar-year license cycle, the separate fiscal-year CPE clock, and the firm-permit date that isn't codified.

Wisconsin CPA license renewal: the biennial December 15 deadline for individuals and firms, the 80-hour CPE two-half pacing rule, and a real discrepancy between the statute and Board materials.

Florida CPA license renewal doesn't follow a public odd/even pattern for individuals -- here's why, what actually determines your date, the firm-license rule that IS fixed, and the 80-hour CPE requirement.

California renews CPA licenses every 2 years on your birth month, timed by whether your birth year is odd or even. The rule, CPE hours, fees, and lapse costs.

Minnesota CPA license renewal: the December 31 deadline every license and firm shares, the rolling 3-year CPE clock, and why a firm's own renewal can fail even when the firm itself did everything right.

New Jersey rewrote its practice-privilege rule in 2026 -- moving from an NASBA-verified test to individual criteria. Here's exactly what a New York CPA needs to qualify, sourced to the actual statute.

Nevada runs one of the simplest mobility rules in the country -- open CPA=CPA, no notice, no fee. Here's what actually applies for a California-licensed CPA, and the one condition that trips people up on attest work.

Oklahoma's mobility rule is open today but rewrites itself to individual criteria on November 1, 2026. Here's what a Texas CPA needs to know before and after that date, sourced to the actual statute.

Connecticut replaced its NASBA-based mobility test with individual criteria in October 2025. Here's exactly what a New York CPA needs to qualify, and where the state's own rules still disagree with each other.

Texas moved to an individual-criteria mobility test in September 2025 -- and the state board's own website still describes the old rule. Here's what a California CPA actually needs, sourced to the current statute.

Indiana is one of the few states with NO firm mobility -- a firm permit is required regardless of whether you have an Indiana office. Here's what an Illinois CPA actually needs to know before doing attest work there.

Georgia rewrote its mobility rule effective January 2026 -- but the board's own compiled rules still describe the old test and directly contradict the new firm rule. Here's what a Florida CPA needs to know, and where the state disagrees with itself.

Maryland runs one of the more open mobility rules on the East Coast for both individuals and firms. Here's exactly what a Virginia CPA needs to qualify, sourced to the current statute.

Pennsylvania and New Jersey both overhauled their mobility rules within months of each other in 2025-2026. Here's what a Pennsylvania CPA actually needs to qualify for New Jersey practice privilege today.

D.C. rewrote its CPA practice-privilege rule by emergency act effective August 10, 2026 -- and that act expires November 8, 2026. Here's what a Virginia CPA needs to know, including exactly what's settled and what isn't.

A 2018 vendor guide gets Washington's CPE rule wrong in two ways. The pattern behind stale numbers, and how to check any source in under a minute.

Colorado CPA renewal: November 30 of odd years for individuals, a separate triennial August 31 firm cycle, 80 CPE hours (4 ethics), and a 60-day grace period.

South Carolina CPA renewal is due February 1 every year for both individuals and firms: 40 CPE hours annually (2 ethics), lapse at Feb 15.

Tennessee CPA renewal runs two clocks: individuals biennial (odd/even), firms annual at $50/year. The firm cycle is confirmed directly by the Board.

Pennsylvania CPA licenses expire Dec. 31 of odd years with no grace period. See the real CPE rule -- not the reserved section still cited elsewhere.

Massachusetts CPA licenses renew every 2 years on June 30 -- but which year is never published. Here's what checking real license records showed.

Alaska CPA licenses renew every 2 years, Dec. 31 of odd years -- a date the statute never states. Here's what the Board's forms say, plus the 90-day exception.