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Pennsylvania CPA License Reinstatement: What a Lapsed License Costs

If your Pennsylvania CPA license has already lapsed

What it actually takes to get a lapsed Pennsylvania 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
$35

Pennsylvania's fee schedule lists a $35 reinstatement fee for an inactive or expired license, on top of the $100 biennial renewal fee itself (both individually codified at 49 Pa. Code § 11.4) -- budget $135 total plus CPE course costs. The rule text states the two figures separately; it does not itself say they're paid together, so treat $135 as a budgeting estimate rather than a codified total.

Catch-Up CPE Required
  • Same standard 80-hour total as ordinary biennial renewal (49 Pa. Code § 11.62(c)), not an extra amount -- the only difference is the 80 hours must fall within the 24 months immediately preceding the reactivation filing, rather than the fixed biennial period.
  • 4 ethics hours, within that total.
Source of record 49 Pa. Code § 11.4 (fees, $100 renewal + $35 reinstatement, listed separately); § 11.62(b) (ordinary renewal CPE, 80 hrs); § 11.62(c) (reactivation CPE, 80 hrs/24-month lookback); § 11.63(a)(7) (4-hour ethics minimum) read the rule →

What triggers lapsed status: Not renewed by 11:59pm December 31 of odd-numbered years. The Board states explicitly there is no grace period; the license lapses effective January 1 and a reactivation application (not a standard 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.

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