Arkansas

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Renewal Date: 1/1 annually
 
Reporting Period: 1/1 to 12/31 Annually
 
Required Hours: 40 hours (required to report 40 hours for the current renewal year but allowed to "look back" to include the past 3 years totaling 120 hours if you are deficient in current reporting year)
 
Ethics Required: 

• 4 hours in the area of accounting professional conduct and ethics during the 36 months immediately preceding the expiration date of their current license. 
• 1 hour of ethics must be on Arkansas State Board of Public Accountancy specific laws and rules.  This requirement may be satisfied by completing a free, web based course via the Board's website or attending group training taught by a board member, board staff member, or a designee of the Board, and will count towards the 4 hour ethics requirement.
• Licensees who received their initial license during the current calendar year are exempt from the ethics requirement until their first full calendar year of licensure.

 
Subject Breakdown: At least 50% of hours in the following technical subjects - Accounting/Attest, Accounting Ethics or Tax. If you perform attest or compilations services you must obtain 20% of hours in Accounting/Auditing.
 
Credit Limits: Independent study, self-study and authorship credits shall not exceed 60% of the total CPE hours required. Independent study must be approved in advance by the Board. For instruction, repetition of the same material in the same year will not be granted credit. For instruction for College/University courses, courses taught must be upper level college courses and may only be used for CPE one time in a three year period. CPE Credit is not given for academic courses or exam review courses used to qualify to take the CPA exam or acquire the CPA certification. Published articles, books or CPE Programs may be eligible for self-declared credit if the material contributes to the professional competency of the licensee and was formally accepted for publication in writing prior to the effective date of the renewal period.
 
Other State Policies: Program sponsors must be members of NASBA's or the Board's Registry, or fall into one of the following categories for automatic approval: 1) AICPA and other national/state CPA professional organizations/associations 2) Accredited universities or colleges 3) Firms, both accounting and industrial offering in-firm education programs 4) Governmental entities. Programs in the following subject areas are not acceptable continuing education: spirituality, personal health and/or fitness, sports and recreations, or foreign language and cultures and other subjects which will not contribute directly to the professional competence of the licensee.

 
Contact Info:
Arkansas State Board of Accountancy
101 East Capitol, Suite 450, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Phone: 501-682-1520
Fax: 501-682-5538
Web address: http://www.arkansas.gov/asbpa/