New Hampshire CPA CPE Requirements: How Many Hours, By When
How much continuing professional education a New Hampshire CPA actually needs — 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.
- 20-hour minimum in each 1-year period (you can't front-load the whole requirement into a single year).
- 4 ethics hours, within that same total.
New Hampshire moved CPA certificates from a 3-year to a 2-year renewal cycle for anyone issued or renewing after 2/22/2023, and CPE dropped in lockstep from 120 hours/3-year period to 80 hours/2-year period, with a 20-hour annual floor and 4 ethics hours per 2-year period. The rule chapter was formally readopted with amendment effective 7/17/2025 (docket 2024-248) to codify the 80/2yr structure. Legacy 3-year licenses issued/renewed before 2/22/2023 are grandfathered under a prorated 120-hour schedule until they transition.
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