Virginia Society, SmartPros Team on Online Ethics Offering

The Virginia Society of CPAs has teamed with professional education and corporate training provider SmartPros Ltd. on online ethics continuing professional education.

In 2004, the Virginia Board of Accountancy implemented a continuing education requirement that all Virginia CPAs take a two-hour ethics course annually to maintain their license. The VSCPA developed a menu of online and in-person ethics courses last year that aligns with BOA guidelines and is pleased to release enhanced ethics offerings for 2005.

The VSCPA worked with SmartPros on a similar program in 2004, with over 3,000 CPAs enrolling in the online course.

This year's course, "Ethics 2005 -- Your License Depends on It!" was produced by SmartPros and is delivered using a VSCPA-branded version of SmartPros' Professional Education Center Learning Management System.

The VSCPA's online course and suite of ethics offerings, which includes more than 16 in-person seminars across the state, were developed by VSCPA member and ethics authority James Brackens Jr., a sole proprietor with more than 28 years experience in small business consulting and a VSCPA board of directors member.

Each course costs $55 for VSCPA members and $65 for nonmembers. For more information or to register, visit www.vscpa.com.

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