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

For Montana, license renewal date is 12/31 annually; cpe reporting period is 1/1 - 12/31 triennial rolling; general cpe hours requirement is 120 hours; ethics cpe requirement is 2 hours; other subject area requirements is 60 hours in technical fields of study beginning in 2018-2020 reporting period, recorded from its source on 2026-08-12.

- **Jurisdiction:** Montana _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **License renewal date:** 12/31 annually _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CPE reporting period:** 1/1 - 12/31 triennial rolling _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **General CPE hours requirement:** 120 hours _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Ethics CPE requirement:** 2 hours _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Other subject area requirements:** 60 hours in technical fields of study beginning in 2018-2020 reporting period _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CPE reciprocity policy:** Exemption: A nonresident Montana licensee shall be determined to meet Montana CPE requirements by meeting the CPE requirements in the state where their principal place of business is located. If the nonresident licensee's principal place of business state has no CPE requirements for renewal, the nonresident licensee must comply with all CPE requirements for renewal of a license in Montana.
- **Date of last revision:** 6/1/2022 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Montana Date of Last Revision: 6/1/2022 License Renewal Date 12/31 annually CPE Reporting Period 1/1 - 12/31 triennial rolling General Requirement 120 hours Ethics Requirement 2 hours Other Subject Area Requirements 60 hours in technical fields of study beginning in 2018-2020 reporting period Credit Limitations Instruction:

## Source

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

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/).