Daily puzzle · 28 August 2026
Guess the state, 28 August 2026
Five facts about the same US state or the District of Columbia, every one of them read off a public record and checked back against the page it came from. They get more specific as you go.
Clue 1
Return deadline — 30 days
Security deposit return deadlines by US state
Clue 2
Membership status — enacted
Interstate Professional Licensure Compact Participation by State
Clue 3
IRC conformity date — IRC as of a specified date
State conformity to federal Section 179 and bonus depreciation rules
Clue 4
Deadline — 365 days
Deadlines to notify or sue a government body, by state
Clue 5
Ethics CPE requirement — 4 hours every 3 years
CPA continuing professional education (CPE) requirements by US jurisdiction
The answer, and where these facts came from
It was Maine. Each clue is a value one of these records publishes — open any of them for the source page and the sentence on it that says so.
- Return deadline: 30 dayslegislature.maine.gov · checked Security deposit return deadlines by US state
- Membership status: enactedptcompact.org · checked Interstate Professional Licensure Compact Participation by State
- IRC conformity date: IRC as of a specified dateaccountants.intuit.com · checked State conformity to federal Section 179 and bonus depreciation rules
- Deadline: 365 dayslegislature.maine.gov · checked Deadlines to notify or sue a government body, by state
- Ethics CPE requirement: 4 hours every 3 yearsnasbaregistry.org · checked CPA continuing professional education (CPE) requirements by US jurisdiction