District of Columbia CPA Firm Renewal — What the Firm Itself Must File

District of Columbia 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 District of Columbia's firm-level filing is due.

Verified 2026-08-13
Individual CPA license and firm permit
December 31, 2026

Biennial. Both the individual CPA license and the CPA firm permit expire December 31 of every even-numbered year, per the DC Board's own page -- a single fixed date for the entire licensee/firm population, no cohort split. The citation below (17 DCMR § 2547) confirms this for the firm permit specifically; we have not independently confirmed a matching codified provision for the individual license.

Source of record 17 DCMR § 2547 read the rule →
Last verified: 2026-08-13 · sourced from the state board's own page; we could not independently confirm it against codified statute or administrative rule text, so we are not calling it primary-law-verified (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 →