New Jersey CPA CPE Requirements: How Many Hours, By When

How much continuing professional education a New Jersey CPA actually needs — sourced the same way every fact on this site is: a board page plus the codified rule itself, never a guess.

Verified
CPE Hour Requirement
120 hours every 3 years
Source of record N.J.A.C. 13:29-6.2(a) read the rule →

120 credits per triennial period, minimum 20 credits each year, at least 60 credits in technical subjects (24 of which in accounting/auditing for those in public practice), and 4 credits specifically in a New Jersey law and ethics course. Verified directly against the codified regulation text.

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