Mississippi

BOARD INFORMATION FOR REFERRALS:

Mississippi State Board of Public Accountancy
5 Old River Place, Ste. 104
Jackson, Mississippi 39202 - 3349
Phone: (601) 354-7320
Fax: (601) 354-7290
Website: www.msbpa.state.ms.us/

DO PES COURSES QUALIFY FOR CPE IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI? YES

The board requires that self-study or correspondence courses be taken from sponsors registered as NASBA QAS sponsors.

PES is a registered QAS provider with NASBA. Our sponsor ID# is 008. All courses available on this website that have a corresponding QAS course number qualify for QAS CPE.

LICENSE RENEWAL INFORMATION:

• 40 hours per year (completed by 6/30)
• 4 CPE credit hours must be earned in a board approved ethics course for the compliance and reporting period of July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2010. PES-QAS has developed a course to fulfill this requirement: #4630/QAS-4630: Ethics and Professional Conduct for Mississippi Ethics .
• A minimum of 8 of the 40 hours need to be in the area of Accounting and Auditing
• Personal Development courses are not allowed.

LICENSE EXPIRATION INFORMATION:

• Registrant must register annually by 12/31.

CPE COMPLETION DUE BY:

• CPE must be completed annually by 6/30.

SELF STUDY CREDIT HOURS:

QAS continuing education credits are calculated as: 1 credit per 50-minutes of study time. Professional Education Services QAS courses are granted in the same manner, therefore the number of credits listed and issued by PES is what will be accepted by the board of accountancy.

MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SELF STUDY CREDITS: 100%

ACCEPTABLE AREAS OF STUDY:

Regulations state: overriding consideration in determining whether a specific program qualifies as acceptable is that it be a formal program of learning which contributes directly to the professional competence of an individual licensee.

Acceptable Areas: Accounting, Auditing, SEC Practice, Taxation, Management Advisory Services, Computer Science and Computer Information Systems, Mathematics, Statistics, Probability and Quantitative Applications in Business, Economics, Business Law, Functional Fields of Business, Finance, Production, Marketing, Personnel Relations, Business Management and Organization, Business Environment, Business Communications, Specialized Areas of Industry, Administrative Practice, Ethics, Professional Conduct, Public Accountancy Laws and Regulations. Areas other than those listed above may be acceptable if the CPA can demonstrate that they contribute to his or her professional competence. The responsibility for substantiating that a particular program is acceptable and meets the requirements rests solely upon the CPA. Personal development courses are not approved by the Board as acceptable CPE.

If you have any questions regarding your CPE requirements, please call PES at 1-800-990-2731 or your State board. Updated 6/9/2008.

(PLEASE NOTE: Since state board regulations are constantly changing, the information contained here is deemed reliable however it is not guaranteed. We encourage you to contact your state board to answer any questions and confirm or clarify any requirements listed here.)

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