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The Board of Accountancy is the state agency responsible for protecting the public by licensing and regulating certified public accountants and certified public accounting firms.  The Board is funded solely through fees charged to obtain and renew a license to practice public accounting and to sit for the CPA exam.

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Odd-numbered licenses will be required to renew online in July of 2013. The required continuing professional education to renew your license must be completed between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2012.  The 2 hour ethics course is still required as part of your CPE requirement.

Continuing professional education ("CPE") hours are required to be completed in the two calendar years prior to the year during which a license must be renewed. The two calendar years are referred to as the "reporting period". For a number of years CPA's have received additional time following the conclusion of the reporting period to complete their CPE; however this "grace period" has never been part of the law that governs CPE.

Any CPA who fails to complete the CPE by the December 31 deadline will not be eligible to renew his or her license. Instead the CPA will be required to use the reinstatement process to retain the license.

The reinstatement process requires a completed Reinstatement Application (found on our website) along with a check or money order in the amount of $200 made payable to the KY State Board of Accountancy. In addition the applicant must have completed either 60 or 80 hours of CPE, one half of those hours must have been in accounting or auditing courses and 2 hours of ethics, within two years from the date the application is submitted. Documentation to verify completion of those hours must be submitted with the application. All reinstatement applications are reviewed by the Board members for approval.

Click on the link Reinstatement Requirements for additional information and to obtain an application.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.

Please click on the following link for current information on the CPA Exam CPA-Exam.org.

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Please click on the following link for the exam fees for 2013 and 2014. Exam Fees for 2013 & 2014 [pdf format 11K]