Kansas CPA License Reinstatement: What a Lapsed License Costs

If your Kansas CPA license has already lapsed

What it actually takes to get a lapsed Kansas CPA license back — the fee, the catch-up CPE, and exactly what triggers "lapsed" in the first place. Sourced the same way every fact on this site is: a board page, plus the codified rule itself where we could confirm it against primary law, clearly labelled where we could only confirm it against the board's own page, never a guess.

Verified 2026-09-12

Reinstatement Fee

$247.50

K.A.R. 74-12-1(e): $247.50 if more than one year remains in the current biennial period at application time, or $123.75 if one year or less remains.

Catch-Up CPE Required

40 CPE hours 40 hours of qualifying CE completed within the 12 months preceding the reinstatement application (K.S.A. 1-310(g)) -- half the normal 80-hour/2-year total, but concentrated into one year. These hours cannot also be counted toward the next renewal (K.A.R. 74-4-10).
2 ethics hours, within that total.

Source of record K.S.A. 1-310(g) (reinstatement trigger, 40-hour CPE requirement); K.A.R. 74-12-1(e) (fee schedule); K.A.R. 74-4-10 (2-hour ethics component) read the rule →

What triggers lapsed status: Permit expires biennially on the next July 1 after issuance/renewal. Late renewal is possible within 12 months of expiration; beyond 12 months, formal reinstatement (not simple late renewal) is required.

Last verified: 2026-09-12 · 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.

See Kansas's CPA license renewal deadline →

How many CPE hours does Kansas require? →

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