• Total CPE Requirement: 120 hours
• Annual CPE Requirement: 40 hours

CPA Ethics: 4 hours of state approved ethics every 3 year license period, of which 1 hour must cover Public Accountancy Law and Regulation.

7/1 to 6/30 annually

Courses cannot be taken for credit more than once in a 3-year reporting period.

Personal Development: Maximum of 20 hours per reporting period
Published Materials: Authoring a published document may qualify for credit. Credit is based on submission of the published document, explanation of the circumstances, and a request for the number of credits. Review or editing alone will not qualify.

Credits may also be earned in areas relating to lecturing or teaching, and if a CPA is also a practicing licensed attorney, not in public accounting, CLE may count toward CPE.

CPAs may carry forward 20 credit hours per year to the next 12 month compliance period. Hours carried over may not count toward the ethics requirement.
No excess personal development hours in a compliance year may be carried forward to future years.

CPE forms for the compliance period ending June 30 are usually mailed in May. To receive a CPA license and to annually renew a CPA license, an individual must complete and report CPE credit hours on the Board prescribed reporting form by August 1, even if the number reported is zero.

Online renewal

• WebCE courses are NASBA QAS self-study with non-monitored open-book final exams. Students should read through course material then complete exam.
• Passing score: 70%
• If the final exam is not passed on the first attempt, students have an unlimited number of retakes.

12 months from the original date of purchase.

WebCE does not report CPE course completions to the Mississippi State Board of Public Accountancy.

Online PDF Certificates of completion are available to print immediately after the final exam is passed. CPAs should maintain written evidence of completion for a period of 5 years following the completion of each reporting activity.

The board may exempt a non-resident licensee from the continuing education requirements if:

• The licensee’s primary employment is not in Mississippi but is in a State whose CPE requirements are substantially equivalent to Mississippi’s requirements as determined by the Board.
• The individual is a licensee in that State of primary employment and reports those CPE credit hours as required, with a sworn statement to the Board that the CPE requirements for that jurisdiction have been met.
• The licensee must comply with the Mississippi ethics CPE requirement unless their state of primary employment has an ethics CPE requirement and that requirement was met.

The Board may in its discretion make exceptions to the CPE requirements for the following reasons:

• Retirement Status or Permanent Disability
• A licensee’s primary employment is not in Mississippi but is in a state whose CPE requirements are substantially equivalent to Mississippi’s requirements as determined by the Board
• Health as certified by a medical doctor
• Extended active military duty

In order to receive an exemption from CPE, a qualifying individual must submit a written request for an exemption to the Board.