Illinois CPA CPE Requirements: How Many Hours, By When

How much continuing professional education a Illinois CPA actually needs — sourced the same way every fact on this site is: a board page plus the codified rule itself, never a guess.

Verified
CPE Hour Requirement
120 hours every 3 years
Source of record 68 Ill. Admin. Code § 1420.70(a)(1) read the rule →

120 hours per 3-year renewal period, at least 4 hours of professional ethics, plus a separate 1-hour sexual harassment prevention training requirement (not counted here as 'ethics' since the rule labels it as its own distinct category). No explicit annual minimum stated in this section, unlike several other states.