Mississippi CPA License Reinstatement: What a Lapsed License Costs

If your Mississippi CPA license has already lapsed

What it actually takes to get a lapsed Mississippi CPA license back — the fee, the catch-up CPE, and exactly what triggers "lapsed" in the first place. Sourced the same way every fact on this site is: a board page plus the codified rule itself, never a guess.

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Reinstatement Fee

$310

$310 = $200 Board Processing Fee for Reinstatement + $110 Registration Fee for Reinstatement (Board's Schedule of Fees). On top of any delinquent back-fees (capped at 3 years, $110/yr) and a $150 late fee -- total cost varies by how long the license was lapsed.

Catch-Up CPE Required

120 CPE hours 40 CPE hours for each 12-month compliance period missed, capped at 120 hours (3 years' worth), earned within 36 months of the reinstatement application (Rule 2.4.4) -- a ceiling, not a fixed add-on. Must include the standard 3-hour ethics and 1-hour MS law/regulations courses within that total, the same triennial requirement normal licensees owe, not an extra requirement.
3 ethics hours, within that total.

Source of record Miss. Code Ann. Sec73-33-7(2),(4); 30 Miss. Code R. Part 1, Ch. 2, Rules 2.3 (Registration) and 2.4 (Reinstatement); Schedule of Fees, Appendix to 30 Miss. Code R. Part 1 read the rule →

What triggers lapsed status: A license is automatically cancelled if the holder fails to register and pay the annual fee by January 1 AND then fails to cure within 10 days of a certified-mail default notice. A license can also be lost via revocation, suspension, or voluntary surrender, all triggering the same reinstatement track.

Last verified: 2026-07-25 · checked against the state's codified statute or administrative rule, not just a board webpage — if we can't verify a date against primary law, we say so instead of guessing (see how we verify every deadline). Always confirm with the official state board before relying on this date. License requirements and deadlines can change.

See Mississippi's CPA license renewal deadline →

How many CPE hours does Mississippi require? →

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