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

For Iowa, license renewal date is 6/30 annually; cpe reporting period is 1/1 to 12/31 in the three years preceding the renewal date OR 7/1 to 6/30 in the three years preceding the renewal date (new for 2013 renewals and forward)  Licensees must declare which CPE date they are using when they renew  Licensees may choose a different deadline (12/31 or 6/30) for each renewal cycle; general cpe hours requirement is 120 hours; ethics cpe requirement is Four (4) hours of ethics and rules of professional conduct CPE; other subject area requirements is Eight (8) hours in Accounting and Auditing if supervising and/or signing compilation reports on financial statements, verified against its source on 2026-08-12.

- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **License renewal date:** 6/30 annually _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CPE reporting period:** 1/1 to 12/31 in the three years preceding the renewal date OR 7/1 to 6/30 in the three years preceding the renewal date (new for 2013 renewals and forward)  Licensees must declare which CPE date they are using when they renew  Licensees may choose a different deadline (12/31 or 6/30) for each renewal cycle _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **General CPE hours requirement:** 120 hours _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Ethics CPE requirement:** Four (4) hours of ethics and rules of professional conduct CPE _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Other subject area requirements:** Eight (8) hours in Accounting and Auditing if supervising and/or signing compilation reports on financial statements. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Date of last revision:** 11/14/2022 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> License Renewal Date 6/30 annually CPE Reporting Period 1/1 to 12/31 in the three years preceding the renewal date OR 7/1 to 6/30 in the three years preceding the renewal date (new for 2013 renewals and forward) Licensees must declare which CPE date they are using when they renew Licensees may choose a different deadline (12/31 or 6/30) for each renewal cycle General Requirement 120 hours Ethics Requirement Four (4) hours of ethics and rules of professional conduct CPE Other Subject Area Requirements Eight (8) hours in Accounting and Auditing if supervising and/or signing compilation reports on financial statements.

## Source

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

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/).