I'm writing this blog entry from the NJSCPA
Atlantic City CPE Cluster, August 20-22 at the Trump Taj Mahal. For those of you who have never attended "The Cluster" -- I hadn't until about an hour ago -- it's a CPE extravaganza, where you can earn up to 24 CPE credits in just three days. Anyone attending all three days can easily meet the new
annual CPE minimum requiring that New Jersey CPAs earn at least 20 CPE credits in each year of the triennial period.
The annual CPE minimum is one of several topics that I cover in my upcoming article, "New Wrinkles to CPE Landscape", in the September/October issue of
New Jersey CPA magazine. Here are a few excerpts:
- The state board is once again auditing for law and ethics course attendance. It has requested class rosters from 2009-11 from the NJSCPA and other providers and is comparing those rosters to 2011 CPA license renewals to identify inconsistencies. If the state board can’t match a CPA with a law and ethics course, it is requesting request additional information from the CPA.
- The state board has requested that the NJSCPA change the way it handles CPE credit letters. Blank CPE letters will no longer be given at the end of classes, and CPA license numbers will be printed on all credit letters. After the course has been reconciled (within 45 days), attendees will receive an email link to their personalized credit letters.
You can read the full article in the next issue of New Jersey CPA magazine, arriving in your home or office mailbox in the next couple of weeks.