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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, and why we publish the corrections.

The renewal mistakes that trip up CPAs most often, wrong deadline, wrong cycle length, and assuming 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, 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, the 80-hour CPE two-half pacing rule, and a discrepancy between statute and Board materials.

Florida CPA license renewal doesn't follow a public odd/even pattern. Here's what determines your date, the fixed firm-license rule, and the 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 renewal can still fail.

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

Nevada runs one of the simplest mobility rules in the country: open CPA=CPA, no notice, no fee. Here's the one catch for a California CPA doing attest work.

Oklahoma mobility: open CPA=CPA practice through Oct. 31, 2026, individual criteria from Nov. 1, 2026. What a Texas CPA needs to know on either side.

Connecticut replaced its NASBA-based mobility test with individual criteria in 2025. Here's what a New York CPA needs to qualify.

Texas moved to an individual-criteria mobility test in 2025, but the board's site still describes the old rule. Here's what a California CPA needs to know.

Indiana requires a firm permit regardless of office location, one of the few states with no firm mobility. Here's what an Illinois CPA needs to know.

Georgia rewrote its mobility rule in 2026, but the board's own rules still describe the old test. Here's what a Florida CPA needs to know.

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

Pennsylvania and New Jersey both overhauled mobility rules within months of each other. Here's what a Pennsylvania CPA needs for New Jersey practice privilege.

D.C. rewrote its CPA practice-privilege rule effective Aug. 10, 2026, and made it permanent law on Sept. 25, 2026. Here's what a Virginia CPA needs to know.

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 every two years, 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.

Nevada CPA licenses renew every year, not every two: 40 CPE hours annually, not the 80-over-two-years rule most common elsewhere. The exact rule and the fee.

Georgia individual CPA licenses expire December 31 of odd years: 80 CPE hours per cycle, a $100 fee, a four-month penalty window. Firms: June 30, even years.

Alabama CPA permits expire Sept 30; the Board lists renewal as due Oct 1, with a grace period for timely filing through Dec 31. Fees, late penalties, 40 CPE hours, six-month rule.

Idaho CPA renewal is shifting from annual to biennial by birth-year parity: odd to 2027, even to 2028. Fees, CPE hours, and the rule that hasn't caught up.

Virginia CPA licenses renew every June 30 for $60. How the 120-hour rolling CPE rule works for Active CPAs, who is exempt, and what July 1 means.

Arkansas CPA licenses and firm registrations expire December 31 every year. The $110 fee, the $25-a-month late fee, the April 1 lapse, the 40-or-120-hour CPE choice, and the Arkansas Ethics hour.