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

For Illinois, license renewal date is 9/30 triennially; cpe reporting period is 10/1 to 9/30 triennially; general cpe hours requirement is 120 hours; ethics cpe requirement is 4 hours; other subject area requirements is One (1) hour of Sexual Harassment Prevention Training, recorded from its source on 2026-08-12.

- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **License renewal date:** 9/30 triennially _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CPE reporting period:** 10/1 to 9/30 triennially _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **General CPE hours requirement:** 120 hours _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Ethics CPE requirement:** 4 hours _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Other subject area requirements:** One (1) hour of Sexual Harassment Prevention Training _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CPE reciprocity policy:** Reciprocity: Effective January 2020, Licensees with an Address of Record outside of IL shall be considered compliant with IL CPE requirements (except for the 1-hour Sexual Harassment Prevention Training) if the licensee has complied with the CPE Requirements of the state in their Address of Record.
- **Date of last revision:** 5/5/2025 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Illinois CPE Requirements Illinois Date of Last Revision: 5/5/2025 License Renewal Date 9/30 triennially CPE Reporting Period 10/1 to 9/30 triennially General Requirement 120 hours Ethics Requirement 4 hours Other Subject Area Requirement One (1) hour of Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Credit Limitations Instruction:

## Source

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

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/).