Colorado CPA Firm Renewal — What the Firm Itself Must File

Colorado firm registration/permit — not individual license renewal

A CPA firm's own registration or permit to practice renews separately from any individual staff CPA's license — and it's usually the filing that falls through the cracks, because it belongs to whoever handles firm admin, not to a specific licensee tracking their own renewal. Here's exactly when Colorado's firm-level filing is due.

Verified 2026-08-14

Public Accounting Firm Registration

August 31, 2026

Firm registrations run on a triennial cycle, expiring August 31 board-wide -- a fixed date shared across all firms, not each firm's own anniversary. The Colorado Board states firm registrations 'expire on August 31, every three years,' but does not publish which specific years anchor the cycle.

Source of record (official records, not codified rule text) Confirmed via Colorado Information Marketplace open-data register (data.colorado.gov, dataset 7s5z-vewr): a currently-active firm's live record shows expiration 8/31/2026, while newly-registered 2026 firms are placed on the next cohort, 8/31/2029 -- verified 2026-07-30. see the records →

Last verified: 2026-08-14 · checked against the state's codified statute or administrative rule, not just a board webpage — if we can't verify a date against primary law, we say so instead of guessing (see how we verify every deadline). Always confirm with the official state board before relying on this date. License requirements and deadlines can change.

Tracking this for more than one firm, or want someone else watching it?

Any individual CPA at your firm can already get free renewal reminders for their own license. What Deadline-Radar's firm tier adds is the view your admin doesn't get from 20 separate free sign-ups: one place to see the whole roster's status — including this firm-level filing — not 20 inboxes to hope someone's watching. See firm-tier pricing →

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