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Connecticut CPA Firm Renewal — What the Firm Itself Must File

Connecticut 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 Connecticut's firm-level filing is due.

Verified 2026-09-21
CPA Firm Permit
December 31, 2026

Annual renewal, fixed calendar date. The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection's dedicated "Certified Public Accountancy Firms" page (a page specifically about firm permits, not bundled with individual-license content) states plainly: "All firm registrations expire annually on December 31st." The renewal statute (Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-281e(b)) confirms the annual cycle but delegates the specific renewal date to board regulation rather than fixing it in the statute itself -- no located regulation section states a firm-specific date, so December 31 comes from DCP's own current operational guidance, not yet from codified rule text.

Source of record (official records, not codified rule text) Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-281e(b) (annual firm-permit renewal, statutory); December 31 date per DCP's dedicated "Certified Public Accountancy Firms" page (portal.ct.gov), current Board guidance -- no codified statute or regulation fixes this specific date for firm permits see the records →
Last verified: 2026-09-21 · checked against the regulator's own official records rather than codified statute or administrative rule text — see the citation above for exactly what we checked and why; we say so instead of presenting it as primary law (see how we verify every deadline). Always confirm with the official state board before relying on this date. License requirements and deadlines can change.

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