Accounting Ethics CPE

Course number: ETH070102

Approved by the Georgia Board. The Accountant Ethics for Georgia course explores the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, various tools used to resolve business ethics scenarios, and the accountancy rules of the Georgia State Board of Accountancy. Examples are used throughout the course materials to illustrate various ethics and regulatory concepts. The intent is to provide the CPA with the fundamental concepts needed to conduct one’s activities with the highest degree of integrity. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes integrated text and study guide, final exam and grading service.

NASBA field of study: Regulatory Ethics    Course credit: 4 hours

Course number: ETH640404

This ethics course meets the requirements for those states which require a general or behavioral ethics course. It uses a contemporary focus which immerses you in real world ethical questions. Covers topics related to: duties as a whistleblower; duties of tax professionals; duties of fiduciaries including financial planners, trustees, and executors; duties in the accounting workplace; and more. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes integrated text and study guide, final exam, and grading service. Note: Course meets the ethics requirement for the following states: AK, AL, AR*, CA**, CO, CT, DC, HI, ID, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OK, PA, RI, VT, WI, WV, and WV. (*AR requires 1 hour of state-specific; **CA also requires a state-approved course once every 6 years; this course does not meet that requirement). If there is any doubt as to acceptability for your specific requirements, please check with your State Board.

NASBA field of study: Behavioral Ethics    Course credit: 4 hours

Course number: ETH640304

This ethics course meets the requirements for those states which require a general or behavioral ethics course. It uses a contemporary focus which immerses you in real world ethical questions. Covers topics related to professional rules of conduct including: discreditable acts including discrimination, deceit, and disclosure; confidentiality; independence and moral seduction; conflicts of interest; and more. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes integrated text and study guide, final exam, and grading service. Note: Course meets the ethics requirement for the following states: AK, AL, AR*, CA**, CO, CT, DC, HI, ID, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OK, PA, RI, VT, WI, WV, and WV. (*AR requires 1 hour of state-specific; **CA also requires a state-approved course once every 6 years; this course does not meet that requirement). If there is any doubt as to acceptability for your specific requirements, please check with your State Board.

NASBA field of study: Behavioral Ethics    Course credit: 4 hours

Course number: ETH640104

This ethics course meets the requirements for those states which require a general or behavioral ethics course. It uses a contemporary focus which immerses you in real world ethical questions. Covers topics related to: ethical principles and reasoning; core philosophies; virtue, justice, and social responsibility; and more. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes integrated text and study guide, final exam, and grading service. Note: Course meets the ethics requirement for the following states: AK, AL, AR*, CA**, CO, CT, DC, HI, ID, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OK, PA, RI, VT, WI, WV, and WV. (*AR requires 1 hour of state-specific; **CA also requires a state-approved course once every 6 years; this course does not meet that requirement). If there is any doubt as to acceptability for your specific requirements, please check with your State Board.

NASBA field of study: Behavioral Ethics    Course credit: 4 hours

Course number: ETH640204

This ethics course meets the requirements for those states which require a general or behavioral ethics course. It uses a contemporary focus which immerses you in real world ethical questions. Covers topics related to: why we cheat; greed, corruption, and collusion; fraud and earnings management; and more. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes integrated text and study guide, final exam, and grading service. Note: Course meets the ethics requirement for the following states: AK, AL, AR*, CA**, CO, CT, DC, HI, ID, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OK, PA, RI, VT, WI, WV, and WV. (*AR requires 1 hour of state-specific; **CA also requires a state-approved course once every 6 years; this course does not meet that requirement). If there is any doubt as to acceptability for your specific requirements, please check with your State Board.

NASBA field of study: Behavioral Ethics    Course credit: 4 hours

Course number: ETH8905

This course discusses the ethical concepts surrounding businesses, accountants, auditors, and tax professionals. Presented within the text are ethical surveys and statistics regarding misconduct in the workplace, corporate fraud, and tax fraud. Many of the principles and rules set forth for the accounting profession, along with the penalties for violating these rules, are provided. Also found throughout the text are court rulings in regards to: whistleblower retaliation, auditor violations, corporate fraud, and tax fraud. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes integrated text and study guide, final exam, and grading service. Note: Course meets the ethics requirement for the following states: AK, AL, AR*, CA**, CO, CT, DC, HI, ID, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OK, PA, RI, VT, WI, WV, and WV. (*AR requires 1 hour of state-specific; **CA also requires a state-approved course once every 6 years; this course does not meet that requirement). If there is any doubt as to acceptability for your specific requirements, please check with your State Board.

NASBA field of study: Behavioral Ethics    Course credit: 4 hours

Course number: DBPR0024276

This course has been approved by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. It covers standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an ethical overview, the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and the threats and safeguards approach to coping with ethical dilemmas. Chapter 3 covers Florida Ethics, including a review of key sections within Chapter 61H1: Administrative Code, Chapter 473: Regulation of Professions and Occupations—Public Accountancy, and Chapter 455: Business and Professional Regulation: General Provisions. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes integrated text and study guide, final exam, and grading service.

NASBA field of study: Regulatory Ethics    Course credit: 4 hours

Course number: ETH142507

This course is approved to meet the 4 hour ethics CPE requirement for New York. Covers standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice, and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an approach—the threats and safeguards approach—to coping with ethical dilemmas. Also included are some cases of AICPA ethics violations. Also covers the specific New York State Statutes, Code of Professional Conduct, and an overview of recent case studies pertaining to Board rules. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes text, interactive study guide, final exam, and grading service.

NASBA field of study: Regulatory Ethics     Course credit: 4 hours

Course number: ETH050105

This course is designed to meet the 2 hour CPE requirement for Enrolled Agents and Other Tax Return Preparers (OTRPs). It covers topics from the Circular 230, such as the duties and restrictions relating to practice before the Internal Revenue Service and the sanctions for violation of the regulations. This course further outlines the tax practice standards issued by the AICPA, which include Standards for Tax Services No. 1 – No. 7. Also found throughout the course are recent court cases and investigations resulting from the unethical actions of tax practitioners. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes integrated text and study guide, final exam, and grading service.

NASBA field of study: Regulatory Ethics    Course credit: 2 hours

Course number: ETH212002

This is a 4 hour course for Utah covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and an approach—the threats and safeguards approach—to coping with ethical dilemmas. The course includes 1 CPE hour of education on the Utah Certified Public Accountant Licensing Act and Certified Public Accountant Licensing Act Rules, and 3 CPE hours of ethics. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes integrated text and study guide, final exam, and grading service.

NASBA field of study: Regulatory Ethics    Course credit: 4 hours

Course number: ETH730125

**FOR 2025** This is an ethics and regulations course for Washington CPAs covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice, and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It covers Washington State Board of Accountancy Statutes, Rules and Regulations, Policies, the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, and the differences between Washington State law and the AICPA Code. After completing this course, participants will have an understanding of the laws and regulations in Washington State governing accountancy, where to access those laws and regulations, and an understanding of the scope and nature of those laws and requirements. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes integrated text and study guide, final exam, and grading service. Note: Course is year-specific and must be completed during 2025.

NASBA field of study: Regulatory Ethics    Course credit: 4 hours

Course number: ETH202411

*** New course available *** See Managing Ethical Dilemmas for Texas CPAs    Course credit: 4 hours

Course number: ETH208401

This course, approved by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy, is designed to meet the 4 hour ethics CPE requirement for Texas. This course is designed to educate licensees in the ethics of professional accounting as Texas CPAs, to convey the intent of the Texas Rules of Professional Conduct and the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct in the performance of professional accounting services/work, and to assist the Texas CPA in applying ethical judgment in interpreting the rules and determining public interest. It also reviews and discusses the Texas Rules of Professional Conduct and their implications for persons in a variety of practices. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes integrated text and study guide, final exam, and grading service.

NASBA field of study: Regulatory Ethics    Course credit: 4 hours

Course number: ETH150806

This course has been approved by the Ohio Board and contains an overview of ethical concepts, surveys relating to employee misconduct, recent accounting fraud cases, an outline of large corporate accounting scandals, pertinent sections from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Chapter 4701—Accountancy Board Law, Chapter 4701-11—Ohio State Board of Accountancy Ethical Standards, and the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct. Some of the topics discussed in this course are: the retention and maintenance of work papers, the requirements for maintaining an active registration when using the title of designation, the rules regarding commissions and referral fees, confidential information, contingent fees, acts discreditable, along with the public expectations of the responsibilities of CPAs, and the enforcement of rules on ethics. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes integrated text and study guide, final exam, and grading service.

NASBA field of study: Regulatory Ethics    Course credit: 3 hours

Course number: ETH920501

This course is designed to meet the 2 hour CPE requirement for Enrolled Agents and Other Tax Return Preparers (OTRPs). Despite predictably frequent calls for simplifying the U.S. Tax Code and the 2017 passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), it becomes increasingly complex over time. At its more than 3% annual growth in size since 1945, it was projected to exceed 96,000 pages by the year 2020. Because of the enormity of the Code and its complexity, taxpayers often seek the assistance of knowledgeable professionals to represent them with respect to tax and other matters before the IRS. However, the ability to represent a client before the IRS is, with certain exceptions, extremely limited. This course will look at the important subject of client representation before the IRS. Practice Before the IRS addresses the nature of practice before the IRS, identifies those permitted to engage in such practice and examines the power of attorney under which a taxpayer authorizes another to engage in it on his or her behalf. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes integrated text and study guide, final exam, and grading service.

NASBA field of study: Regulatory Ethics    Course credit: 2 hours

Course number: MM711102

Sexual harassment is a frequently discussed topic in employee relations. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation adopted Administrative Rules 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1130.400, which requires licensed CPAs in Illinois to complete one hour of sexual harassment prevention training in order to be eligible for license renewal. This course fulfills the 1 CPE sexual harassment training credit requirement for Illinois licensed CPAs. It includes an explanation of relevant federal and Illinois statutory provisions concerning sexual harassment and remedies available to victims of sexual harassment, discusses types of sexual harassment, provides examples of conduct considered unlawful sexual harassment, and identifies employers’ responsibilities in the prevention, investigation, and corrective measures of sexual harassment under Illinois laws. Course level: Basic. Prerequisites: None. Course includes integrated text and study guide, final exam, and grading service.

NASBA field of study: Business Law    Course credit: 1 hour