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Florida-Specific Ethics

Meet your biennial ethics requirement with Florida-Board approved ethics courses from the FICPA.

FICPA Ethics Courses

The FICPA provides the highest-quality, Florida Board-approved 4-hour ethics course in a variety of formats - in-person, online, webcasts and traditional self-study.  We make it easier than ever for Florida CPAs to meet their biennial requirement.  

Resources:

FICPA Ethics: Protecting the Integrity of the Florida CPAs (0004980)


We will look at:

  • Code of conduct, professional responsibilities and core values of the profession.
  • Florida Statutes 455 and 473 and Florida Administrative Code 61H1.
  • How legislation often affects Florida licensees.
  • Practice and compliance issues, such as independence, and how they affect ethical conduct.

Also available:

  •  Ethics: Protecting the Integrity of Florida CPAs in Industry (0020805)
  •  Governmental Ethics: Protecting the Integrity of Florida CPAs (0006957)

On-Site Ethics Training

Make it easy on your staff by scheduling our Florida Board-Approved Ethics course for your entire team. 

Choose from:

  • On-site training is a perfect option when training at least 10 attendees.
  • Group viewing making it easy on your team by scheduling ethics for them to watch at the same time, whether they are in the same room or at various locations.  
  • On-Demand can be provided for inside your firm's LMS system.  Simply purchase the number of "seats" you need, and we'll do the rest.

Choose from a variety of Ethic's courses:

     Ethics: Protecting the Integrity of Florida CPAs – 0004980 
     Governmental Ethics: Protecting the Integrity of Florida CPAs – 0006957 
     Ethics: Protecting the Integrity of Florida CPAs in Industry – 00020805

Please complete the Ethics Request Form and Jen Johnson, Senior Manager of Curriculum will contact you to schedule the course and answer any questions that you may have.

Contact Us

For more information on the ethics requirement, go to the DBPR CPE Requirements or contact Paul Brown, Vice President, Professional and Technical Services at Paul@ficpa.org or 850-521-5957.

To contact the AICPA Ethics Hotline call 888-777-7077, option 6, followed by option 1, or email ethics@aicpa.org.

If you have any questions about the FICPA's CPE programs, please contact the FICPA CPE Team at CPE@ficpa.org or the FICPA Member Services at (800) 342-3197.

** FICPA Exam Retake Policy - The FICPA allows the user to retake the final exam two times if needed. However, the course/final exam must be finished one year from date of purchase. 

The Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) 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 submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: NASBARegistry.org.