Continuing education

The Indiana Board of Accountancy approved a change Friday in its rules for renewing a CPA license, allowing competency-based education, as opposed to hours-based education, to count toward the requirement.

Loscalzo Associates, a provider of live CPE programs to the accounting profession, has acquired Nichols Patrick CPE, a continuing education provider specializing in tax training.

The recent AICPA/NASBA CPE Standards Exposure Draft comment period ended on April 30. This was actually a “re-exposure” because of the volume and nature of comments received on the original exposure draft. But it really isn’t clear what these proposed revised CPE standards are trying to accomplish.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting has acquired CPE Link, an online provider of continuing professional education for accountants, tax preparers and financial advisors.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy’s Center for the Public Trust has introduced an Ethical Leadership Training and Certification for business professionals.

The American Institute of CPAs has begun offering intermediate and advanced certificates to CPAs who perform “single audits” of governmental entities and grantees and audits of employee benefit plans.

New approaches aim to make professional learning faster, smarter, more flexible and more effective

The Indiana CPA Society’s CPA Center of Excellence is seeing greater demand for online learning in nontraditional areas for accountants, according to a new survey.

Wolters Kluwer has introduced two new learning certification programs for tax professionals.

The American Institute of CPAs and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy have proposed to create a “Retired-CPA” status to deal with the wave of Baby Boom retirees in the profession.