How much continuing professional education a Kansas CPA actually needs — sourced the same way every fact on this site is: a board page plus the codified rule itself, never a guess.
80 CPE hours every 2-year biennial renewal period (renewal cycle runs on a biennial basis tied to certificate number), including 2 hours of professional ethics directly related to the practice of certified public accountancy. Interpretation trap: several CPE-vendor sites claim a '16 hours per year' annual minimum applies to Kansas CPAs. Having read the full verbatim text of K.A.R. 74-4-7 and 74-4-8 from the Kansas Board's own regulation PDF, there is no annual-minimum provision for regular CPA permits -- only the overall 80-hour biennial total and the 2-hour ethics requirement. The 16-hour/year figure that circulates online actually applies to a different credential, the 'licensed municipal public accountant' permit, not the CPA permit. Up to 20 hours may carry over from the prior period; ethics hours in excess of the 2-hour minimum may be included in that carryover but cannot satisfy a future period's ethics requirement.
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