Ethics CPE requirement
Illinois: CPA ethics CPE requirement
Illinois Board of Examiners / IDFPR Public Accountancy · board website
Overtime Education courses are designed to the NASBA/AICPA Statement on Standards for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Programs. An application to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors is pending. Courses are not offered for CPE credit until that application is approved.
- Ethics required
- 4 hours every 3 year(s)
- Cycle notes
- 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1420.70: 120 hours per 3-year renewal (10/1-9/30) including 4 hours on professional ethics; plus 1 hour sexual harassment prevention training.
- Field of study accepted
- Regulatory Ethics or Behavioral Ethics
- Self-study permitted for ethics
- Yes
- Delivery notes
- Interactive self-study earns full credit; combined interactive/non-interactive self-study capped at 80 hours per renewal, non-interactive at 60.
- Accepts National Registry sponsors
- Yes
- Board course approval required
- No
- Separate sponsor registration
- No
- Minimum passing score
- 70%
- Notes
- No IDFPR sponsor licensure needed: NASBA and members of its National Registry or QAS program are automatically approved sponsors (NASBA summary rev. 5/5/2025 listing 1420.70 categories). Licensees keep CPE records 6 years.
- Sources
- Verified
- 2026-09-09 (verified)
Courses for Illinois
No course is available for this jurisdiction yet.