Guides

CPE completion and license renewal are two different deadlines with two different rules. Here's how they differ, state by state, and what happens if you miss either one.

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.