Louisiana CPA CPE Requirements: How Many Hours, By When
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Verified 2026-11-08
CPE Hour Requirement
80 hours every 2 years
- 20-hour minimum in each 1-year period (you can't front-load the whole requirement into a single year).
Louisiana CPAs must complete 80 hours of CPE within a rolling two-calendar-year period, with a minimum of 20 hours in each individual year. Certificate holders who work on attest engagements must also complete at least 8 of those hours in accounting and auditing subjects each year. The codified rule requires a board-approved ethics course but leaves the specific hour count to board practice rather than fixing a number in the rule text itself.
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