Rhode Island CPA CPE Requirements: How Many Hours, By When
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- 6 ethics hours, within that same total.
Rhode Island requires a minimum of 120 hours of formal CPE during the preceding 3-year period (cycle runs July 1 of the renewal year through June 30 three years later), with no annual minimum -- only the 3-year total matters. Not less than 6 of the 120 hours must be regulatory or behavioral ethics; these ethics hours count toward, not on top of, the 120. Trap: first-time licensees get a reduced first renewal-cycle requirement of 80 hours (including 4 ethics hours) rather than the full 120/6 -- don't apply the standard figures to a licensee's very first renewal. Confirmed independently by the codified rule (400-RICR-00-00-1.8, hosted by the RI Department of State) and the Board of Accountancy's own renewal guidance (dbr.ri.gov).
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