Licenses-Applications and Renewals

Licenses Expiring 06/30/2024: Renewal notices will be sent to your email address on file on May 1, 2024. You will have until June 30, 2024 at 11:59 PM to complete and submit your online renewal application and continuing education reporting form, which you will upload in your online renewal application. See the Notice below for the CPE Reporting instructions.

Announcement: The Rhode Island Board of Accountancy approved the Rhode Island Notary Public Training given by the RI Department of State for CPE credit.

Applications and Forms

Military Personnel — Expedite Your Application PDF file, less than 1

Retired Status CPA Application.pdf PDF file, less than 1

Initial Rhode Island CPA Practice Unit Application PDF file, less than 1

Amended Rhode Island CPA Practice Unit Application.pdf PDF file, less than 1

Rhode Island CPA Reinstatement Application PDF file, less than 1

Continuing Professional Education Reporting Form PDF file, less than 1

Experience Verification Form PDF file, less than 1

Verification of Certificate or License Form PDF file, less than 1

Taxpayer Status Affidavit/Identity Verification PDF file, less than 1

e-Licensing -Apply for a CPA or Practice Unit License Online!

NOTICE: June 30, 2023 CPA License Renewal — Online Renewal Application and CPE Compliance. For Reporting Form Instructions, click here. Additional Renewal Application and Reporting Changes.

REMINDER: Pursuant to Regulation 400-00-00-1.7.2 (B), all licensees must self-report. Please refer to the regulation, found here, for further information.

GUIDANCE: May 2, 2022 Self-Study CPE Courses

Notice to CPAs with 3-year license term expiring June 30, 2020

Since the reporting period was changed from December 31, 2019 to June 30, 2020 during the last year of your renewal term, if you accumulated above the minimum required CPE hours between December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020, you may report such credits in your July1, 2020 – June 30, 2023 renewal. This applies only to credits obtained above the minimum during that specific time period of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020. Any CPA who attempts to double report credits for two different renewal periods is subject to discipline. Such carry-over will not be allowed in the future - it is a special accommodation for CPAs who planned their CPEs around a deadline that was subsequently changed.

Renewal Notices

Renewal notices will be sent out via email only. Permits are issued for three (3)-year terms and renewals are due on June 30 of that third year. This is a hard deadline that you are responsible for meeting. There are penalties for late renewal.

You will only be able to renew once you receive the email. Accordingly, it is very important that the department has your up to date email address. If your contact information has changed, you are able to go on the Elicensing website and update your contact information by using your User ID and your Password.

If you do not have a User ID and Password, please contact Dawne Broadfield and she will provide you with one.

If you are a licensed CPA in Rhode Island or if your application is pending and in the process of being approved, you are already registered with the Rhode Island Board of Accountancy. Do NOT re-register. You must log in with the same credentials you used when you were previously registered. If you do not remember your User Id or Password, please contact Dawne Broadfield.