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

For Ohio, license renewal date is 12/31 triennially; cpe reporting period is 1/1 to 12/31 triennially; general cpe hours requirement is 120 hours  20 hour minimum per year; ethics cpe requirement is 3 hours. Must be specifically approved by the Executive Director of the Accountancy Board of Ohio to meet the Ethics CPE requirement for Ohio; other subject area requirements is 24 hours in Accounting or Auditing if work on financial reporting engagements or perform financial reporting work outside public accounting while using the CPA designation.  24 hours in Tax if work on tax engagements, provide tax advice to clients, or perform tax work outside public accounting while using the CPA designation, verified against its source on 2026-08-12.

- **Jurisdiction:** Ohio _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **License renewal date:** 12/31 triennially _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CPE reporting period:** 1/1 to 12/31 triennially _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **General CPE hours requirement:** 120 hours  20 hour minimum per year _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Ethics CPE requirement:** 3 hours. Must be specifically approved by the Executive Director of the Accountancy Board of Ohio to meet the Ethics CPE requirement for Ohio. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Other subject area requirements:** 24 hours in Accounting or Auditing if work on financial reporting engagements or perform financial reporting work outside public accounting while using the CPA designation.  24 hours in Tax if work on tax engagements, provide tax advice to clients, or perform tax work outside public accounting while using the CPA designation. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Date of last revision:** 3/29/2022 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> License Renewal Date 12/31 triennially CPE Reporting Period 1/1 to 12/31 triennially General Requirement 120 hours 20 hour minimum per year Ethics Requirement 3 hours. Must be specifically approved by the Executive Director of the Accountancy Board of Ohio to meet the Ethics CPE requirement for Ohio. Other Subject Area Requirements 24 hours in Accounting or Auditing if work on financial reporting engagements or perform financial reporting work outside public accounting while using the CPA designation. 24 hours in Tax if work on tax engagements, provide tax advice to clients, or perform tax work outside public accounting while using the CPA designation.

## Source

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

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/).