# Alabama — CPA continuing professional education (CPE) requirements by US jurisdiction

For Alabama, license renewal date is 9/30 annually; cpe reporting period is 10/1 to 9/30 annually; general cpe hours requirement is 40 hours; ethics cpe requirement is 2 hours in Ethics; other subject area requirements is 8 hours in Accounting and Auditing, verified against its source on 2026-08-12.

- **Jurisdiction:** Alabama _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **License renewal date:** 9/30 annually _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CPE reporting period:** 10/1 to 9/30 annually _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **General CPE hours requirement:** 40 hours _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Ethics CPE requirement:** 2 hours in Ethics _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Other subject area requirements:** 8 hours in Accounting and Auditing _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Date of last revision:** 12/02/25 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> License Renewal Date 9/30 annually CPE Reporting Period 10/1 to 9/30 annually General Requirement 40 hours Ethics Requirement 2 hours in Ethics Other Subject Area Requirements 8 hours in Accounting and Auditing

## Source

- https://www.nasbaregistry.org/cpe-requirements/alabama

Last verified: 2026-08-12. Review by: 2027-02-08.
Part of [CPA continuing professional education (CPE) requirements by US jurisdiction](https://referencesource.org/professional-licensing-continuing-education-by-jurisdiction/).