Excerpts from the CPE Requirements (MN Rules 1105.3000-1105.3350)
1.
The following are approved CPE sponsors:
•
NASBA CPE Registry
sponsors—except for self-study coursework, which must be
specifically from a “NASBA-Approved self-study provider” on the registry;
•
The Office of the Legislative Auditor or State Auditor;
•
A CPA firm that has had a system review level peer review completed in the last three
years and an unmodified report was filed with the Board (check with the firm’s CPE
administrator or the Board to verify);
•
Colleges and universities whose academic programs qualify an initial license applicant
to sit for the CPA examination (check the
US Department of Education
website);
•
CPE programs sponsored by AICPA, PCAOB, MAPA or MNCPA;
•
CPE programs sponsored by professional organizations recognized by other state
boards of accountancy (check with that board).
2.
You must document a minimum of 20 hours for each July 1–June 30 reporting year.
3.
Your must document a minimum of 120 hours between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2106,
of which a minimum of 8 hours must be in regulatory or behavioral ethics.
4.
Note these CPE course-type limitations for the three-year reporting period:
•
Maximum of 60 hours each for:
•
Presenting or instructing qualifying courses or seminars (see
“Teaching
Credits”
on CPE page of Board website for information on calculating qualifying hours);
•
Authoring articles, books, or CPE courses for publication (see the
Statement
on Standards for CPE Programs
for information how to calculate and document
qualifying hours).
•
Minimum of 24 hours from instructor-led programs
•
Maximum of 24 hours in personal development (covers skills such as
communications, managing group process, dealing effectively with others,
interviewing, counseling, and career planning)
•
Minimum of 72 hours presented by approved sponsors (see
item 1
above)
5.
Using non-approved CPE sponsors:
•
You can take courses from non-Registry/non-approved sponsors, if all the following
are true:
•
the courses contribute to your professional knowledge and competency;
•
you have at least 72 CPE credits from approved sponsors in the three-year
reporting cycle;
•
the program meets the minimum standards in the
Statement on Standards for
Continuing Professional Education Programs
jointly approved by NASBA and
AICPA; and
•
none of the courses are self-study. Non-approved sponsors cannot be used for
self-study CPE.
•
Documentation for non-Registry/non-approved sponsor programs must include:
•
a certificate of attendance from the program sponsor containing the name and
contact information of the sponsor, the title and description of the content of the
program, the program’s date and location, and the number of CPE hours the
licensee earned;
•
a copy of the detailed timed agenda (schedule) for the program; and
•
a statement by the licensee describing how the program contributes to the
licensee’s professional knowledge and competency.
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