Ethics 2009 — Your License Depends On It!

Based on the Virginia Board of Accountancy's (BOA) required outline for 2009, this course updates you on current ethical and regulatory developments, including current BOA disciplinary cases, firm registration requirements and peer review, unlicensed practice and the disciplinary process. Explore practical solutions to ethical dilemmas through case study analysis of everyday professional and social situations encountered by CPAs.

For details on CPE requirements for your license and a complete view of our expanded list of delivery methods, choose from the list below:

  1. Ethics CPE requirements 
  2. Group study schedule 
  3. Ethics webcast schedule 
  4. Online self-study option 
  5. In-House CPE & Training Program option 


Ethics CPE requirements | Top


Meets NASBA and several state Board of Accountancy requirements!

NASBA

The VSCPA is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. For more information, visit the NASBA website.

Virginia

The group study, webcast, self-study and in-house versions of Ethics 2009 — Your License Depends On It! satisfy the annual, two-hour Virginia Board of Accountancy (BOA) ethics requirement. The Virginia Board of Accountancy (BOA) requires ALL Virginia CPAs to take two hours of ethics CPE every calendar year. Click here for more information on the requirement or check out our FAQs.

District of Columbia

The group study and in-house versions of Ethics 2009 — Your License Depends On It! satisfy two hours of the biennial ethics requirement in the District. For additional guidance, please contact the District of Columbia Board of Accountancy at (202) 442-4330.

Maryland

The group study, self-study and in-house versions of Ethics 2009 — Your License Depends On It! satisfy two hours of the Maryland State Board of Public Accountancy's four-hour, biennial ethics requirement. For additional guidance, please contact the Maryland State Board of Public Accountancy at (410) 230-6258.

North Carolina

If you are licensed in Virginia and North Carolina, and you live and primarily work in Virginia, the group study, self-study and in-house versions of Ethics 2009 — Your License Depends On It! satisfy two hours of the North Carolina State Board of CPA Examiners annual ethics requirement.

However, if your primary state of licensure is North Carolina or you are a resident of North Carolina, you must take an ethics course approved by the North Carolina State Board of CPA Examiners. For additional guidance, please contact the North Carolina State Board of CPA Examiners at (919) 733-4222.

Tennessee

The Tennessee State Board of Accountancy now requires CPAs licensed in Tennessee to complete four hours of ethics CPE every two years, with one of those hours concentrated on Tennessee-specific content.

If you are licensed in Virginia and Tennessee, and you primarily work in Virginia, the group study, self-study and in-house versions of Ethics 2009 — Your License Depends On It! satisfy the Tennessee State Board of Accountancy's four-hour, biennial ethics requirement.

If you are licensed in Virginia and Tennessee, and you primarily work in Tennessee, the group study, self-study and in-house versions of Ethics 2009 — Your License Depends On It! satisfy two hours of the Tennessee State Board of Accountancy's four-hour, biennial ethics requirement.

Please note that this course qualifies as two hours of non-Tennessee-specific content. For additional guidance, please contact the Tennessee State Board of Accountancy at (888) 453-6150.



Group study schedule | Top


Offered throughout the state, the group study version of Ethics 2009 — Your License Depends On It! guarantees you'll have the critical information you need to keep your license up to date. Each course:

  • Fulfills the BOA ethics requirement
  • Follows the BOA's guidelines
  • Qualifies for up to 2 CPE credits
  • Costs just $60 for VSCPA members and $75 for nonmembers

Click here for the complete 2009 ethics group study course schedule. 

Or, if you register for the following VSCPA conferences, you can take the optional ethics session included in the cost of registration:



Ethics webcast schedule | Top


Last year, the VSCPA entered a brand new world to help you satisfy your annual ethics requirement by partnering with the Accounting Continuing Professional Education Network (ACPEN) to make Ethics — Your License Depends On It! available via live webcast. That convenient option proved so popular that we are expanding our schedule of webcasts for 2009.

For $60 for state society members and $75 for nonmembers, you can earn up to 2 CPE credits and satisfy your annual ethics requirement in the convenience of your home or office with the live webcast or webcast replays of Ethics 2009 — Your License Depends On It! To register for these webcasts, click on the links below:

Special pricing is available for groups of 5 or more who wish to participate in the webcast together. Please contact VSCPA Customized Education Manager Lydia Sartori at lsartori@vscpa.com or (800) 733-8272 for pricing and details.

*A webcast is just like attending a course in person; the only difference is that webcast participants attend via the Internet. Ethics webcast participants see a live broadcast of the course and ask questions just like classroom attendees. There is no test at the end of the ethics webcast, but you will be required to report assigned codes to ACPEN periodically during the webcast to show your continued attendance in order to receive full credit.

**The “replay” is a replay of the live webcast with panelists standing by, in real time, to respond to participant questions. The live replay includes all original content and materials and allows for live CPE credit by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA).


Online, self-study option | Top


Take the self-study version of Ethics 2009 — Your License Depends On It! to complete the course at your own pace anytime before December 31, 2009, wherever you have Internet access. You can also download course materials for future reference. Like the group study course, the self-study course:

  • Fulfills the BOA ethics requirement
  • Follows the BOA's guidelines
  • Qualifies for up to 2 CPE credits
  • Costs just $60 for VSCPA members and $75 for nonmembers

Click here for more information or to register for the online, self-study course.



In-House CPE & Training Program option | Top


If you work with 10 or more CPAs who need to fulfill the ethics requirement, let the VSCPA bring Ethics 2009 ― Your License Depends On It! to your office (or location of your choice) when it suits your schedule.

Cut expenses in 2009:

  • Get a discount on the registration fee when you participate in the webcast or webcast replay as a group
  • Avoid staff travel expenses by training staff at your office
  • Are you a small firm of less than 10 people? Get together with another firm or firms in your area, and we’ll bring the course to you
  • Are you considering or currently using our in-house program for other CPE? Add 2 hours of ethics to your in-house CPE to maximize the value of our visit

Benefits include:

  • Customize courses to address specific needs in your office — we can even add 2 hours of ethics cases to satisfy the Maryland ethics requirement
  • Top local experts provide instruction at no additional cost
  • Work on CPE as a team on your home field
  • Ensure your ethics course meets your schedule
  • Most importantly, we take care of the arrangements so you don’t have to!

To discuss scheduling and pricing for the in-house ethics course, contact VSCPA Customized Education Manager Lydia Sartori at lsartori@vscpa.com or (800) 733-8272. We’ll take care of the rest!

This is just one of many seminars the VSCPA offers in-house. Learn more about our other in-house solutions.
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