New CPE standards focusing on proficiencies, skills take effect.

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A three-year long initiative to transform the assessment and measurement of continuing professional education has come to fruition with the release the AICPA's and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy's Joint AICPA/NASBA Statement on Standards for Continuing Professional Education Programs. Each state board of accountancy must approve the roles for them to apply in its state.

To comply with the standards, CPAs should: (1) participate in learning activities that maintain or improve their professional competence; (2) comply with all applicable CPE standards, rules and regulations of state licensing bodies, other governmental entities, membership associations, and other professional organizations or bodies; (3) claim the recommended CPE credit only for CPE programs that comply with...