Annual vs Biennial vs Triennial Renewal: Understanding Your CE Cycle
Your renewal cycle length changes how your continuing education hours are spread across time. Here is how annual, biennial, and triennial cycles affect your per-year planning.
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Inactive, Retired, and Emeritus License Status: What They Mean for Your CE
Not every license needs to stay fully active. Inactive, retired, and emeritus statuses can reduce or pause your CE burden — but each has trade-offs and reactivation rules.
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How to Become an Enrolled Agent (EA): The 2026 Path
The EA is the IRS’s highest credential and the fastest tax-focused designation to earn. Here is the step-by-step path and what to expect.
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Lapsed CPA License? How to Catch Up on CPE by State
Falling behind on continuing professional education (CPE) happens to good CPAs. A busy tax season, a job change, or a simple miscount of credit hours can leave you short when the renewal deadline arrives. The good news: a CPE shortfall or even a lapsed license is usually fixable if you act quickly. This guide explains…
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CPA vs. EA vs. CFP: Which Credential Fits Your Career?
Three respected credentials, three different paths. Here is how the CPA, Enrolled Agent, and CFP compare on scope, exams, and continuing education.
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The 150-Hour Rule Is Changing: New Pathways to CPA Licensure
For half a century, becoming a licensed CPA has meant completing 150 semester hours of education. In 2025 that long-standing rule began to change, as a wave of states enacted new, more flexible pathways to licensure — and NASBA and the AICPA updated their model rules to match. The traditional path The classic route to…
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CPA Evolution: The New Core-Plus-Discipline CPA Exam Explained
In January 2024, the CPA Exam underwent its biggest redesign in years under the CPA Evolution initiative, led by NASBA and the AICPA. If you advise students or newer staff, here’s what changed. The new “Core + Discipline” model Every candidate now completes three Core sections that all CPAs need: Auditing and Attestation (AUD) Financial…
