NASBA, AICPA Approve Revisions to Standards

August 16, 2016

NASBA and the AICPA approved the revisions to the Statement on Standards for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Programs (Standards) during their respective July and August Board of Directors meetings. Published jointly by NASBA and the AICPA, the Standards provide a framework for the development, presentation, measurement and reporting of CPE programs.

In addition, the NASBA Board approved and the AICPA Board took a position of support on the revised NASBA Fields of Study document. The NASBA Fields of Study document is referenced in the Standards and provides guidance on the classification of CPE credits into acceptable subject matter areas.

The following documents are available for download:

• The Standards – revised August 2016
• Red-lined version of the 2012 Standards
• NASBA Fields of Study document revised July 2016