Virginia's Regulatory Landscape for CPAs 2024: What You Need to Know

Overview

The CPA designation carries a value to each CPA. While the value is most obvious through its positive impact on professional careers, the CPA also brings opportunities for a professional to serve in volunteer roles and obtain a valued position in society. The favored status of CPA brings an expectation of good judgment, integrity, quality of character and other positive attributes. Therefore, in order to maintain the value of our profession, CPAs seek to obtain and maintain the public’s trust in professionalism, judgment and skills.

Join the VSCPA’s Emily Walker, vice president of advocacy, as she talks with leading experts in the accounting profession, Barclay Bradshaw, CPA; Nancy Glynn, CPA; and Toni Lee-Andrews, CPA; while they navigate the many different laws, regulations, and guidance that CPAs must understand and abide by while providing services to a company or the public as a licensed CPA in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

This course contains the foundation of what you need to know to maintain your license and make sound decisions while practicing every day.

Please Note:

After registering, you will receive a separate email with instructions on how to access the course.
This course contains review questions and a final test to assess knowledge of course objectives. Successful completion of the final test is required to receive CPE credit.
This course has been approved by the Virginia Board of Accountancy (VBOA) to fulfill your 2024 ethics requirement. It was developed in 2023; however, the 2024 version includes an updated opening video segment from the VBOA and will qualify toward the 2024 ethics requirement.

Delivery Method: QAS Self-Study
CPE Credit: Regulatory Ethics
Program Level: Basic

Highlights

A Virginia Board of Accountancy (VBOA) introduction
The difference between Code of Professional Conduct, laws, regulations and policies
License status — individual and firm
Peer review
Continuing professional education (CPE)
Volunteerism
The Code of Professional Conduct
Enforcement

Prerequisites

None

Designed For

Newly licensed CPAs (1–2 years)
Licensed CPAs needing a refresher on the laws, regulations and policies that govern the profession

Objectives

When you complete this course you will be able to:

Describe the difference between law, regulation, policy and ethics.
Demonstrate sound ethical judgment using the Code of Professional Conduct.
Outline the rules that govern the profession in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Determine the CPE requirements needed to maintain your license in good standing.

Preparation

None

System Requirements:
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If you have any other questions, the VSCPA is happy to help! We're available Monday – Friday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. ET. Please call (800) 733-8272 or email cpe @vscpa.com.

On-Demand Refund Policy: VSCPA will refund your course fee if you have registered for an on-demand course and found it unsatisfactory, provided that you have not taken the Final Test and your refund request is submitted, within 30 days of registering for the course, by email addressed to cpe @vscpa.com or by calling (800) 733-8272. It is assumed that after 30 days, you are satisfied with the materials and service. For more information regarding refund, complaint, program cancellation or other policies, visit vscpa.com/CPEPolicies.