CPE Academy FAQs

To access CPE Academy, log in to My Account and scroll to the CPE Academy section.

Note, if you go directly to cpeacademy.picpa.org, instead of accessing through My Account, you may have issues with your password. You will need to click “forgot password” to reset.

You can buy an individual self-study course at any time and watch it in CPE Academy, or you can purchase unlimited access to CPE Academy and select from more than 100 courses in A&A, tax, ethics, and technology from the date of purchase through Dec. 31.

Your access to CPE Academy begins immediately upon purchase of your subscription and ends on Dec. 31 of the calendar year of your purchase.

Once on the CPE Academy site, navigate to the course you are interested in, then click “enroll” in the top right corner. Once enrolled, you can begin viewing immediately or go to My Courses to watch later.

You can continue watching any of your courses through the My Courses page available through the menu in the top left corner.

If you are a member of the PICPA, you can view details and purchase unlimited access to CPE Academy. If you are not a member, you will need to join the PICPA and then separately purchase access to CPE Academy.

You may take as many individual courses as you would like as a nonmember through the course search listings. But to purchase unlimited access to CPE Academy, you must become a member of the PICPA.

You will have unlimited access to all PICPA self-study courses that are included in the CPE Academy and can be viewed on PICPA’s course search. You will also be able to access any new self-study courses that are added during your subscription.

Those who purchase an individual self-study course have up to 90 days after the date of purchase to complete the course and take the exam.

Those with unlimited CPE Academy access have full access to all courses until Jan. 1, 2023. Please note, you must remain a member of the PICPA for access to CPE Academy. If your membership lapses, access will be deactivated. Refunds will not be issued if your access is deactivated for this reason.

Certificates of completion are available in the menu in the top left corner.

You can check your listing of completed courses in your CPE History.

When logging in, the best way is to navigate to www.picpa.org/myaccount and sign in using your PICPA website credentials. You can then click the Watch Now button found on the self-study course page or within My Account. You will be automatically redirected and logged in to the appropriate location within CPE Academy.  

If you go directly to cpeacademy.picpa.org and click Sign In you can use your email address as your user name and on first login, you will need to follow the “Forgot your password?”, validate your email address, and then create a new password.  

If you would like to use your Pass or Flex Account register for each course individually and apply your CPE discount package at checkout.

All Value Pass and Premium Pass purchasers have unlimited CPE Academy access up to Jan. 1, 2022.  Please note, you must remain a member of the PICPA for access to CPE Academy. If your membership lapses, access will be deactivated. Refunds will not be issued if your access is deactivated for this reason.

All courses in the CPE Academy are NASBA-approved, making them accepted for CPE credit in all states.

The course video will remain available for the duration of your CPE Academy subscription. For single-course purchases, the video will remain available for the 90-day period of purchase. If a course become out-of-date, it may be taken down. If you are enrolled in a course that is scheduled to be taken down, you will have 90-days to complete the course.

Yes, PICPA’s self-study courses qualify as interactive individual/self-study.  NASBA registry approved individual study courses qualify under this standard.

Yes. In order to activate the final exam questions, you must first complete the review questions that appear during the course video. Once the course video is complete, you will be able to take the final exam.

There is no need to retake the review questions.  You have two attempts to correctly answer the review question. After that point, the correct answer is provided immediately with a brief explanation of the answer.

You can take the exam as many times as you need within your valid subscription period or within 90 days of the single-course purchase to earn a passing grade of 70%.

Our goal is to make every effort to ensure that you have a positive experience with our on demand course system. If you are unhappy or having any concerns about our services at any time, please contact us immediately at (215) 496-9272 or info@picpa.org. We reserve the right to terminate your access to the service at any time for failure to pay any outstanding amounts due. CPE Academy subscriptions are only offered for members in good standing of PICPA. Failure to maintain membership in PICPA could result in the termination of CPE Academy subscription. The following is an outline of our refund policy.
 
Individual course registrations – If you are dissatisfied with a course that you have registered for, let us know prior to completing the final exam and we will provide you a full credit to register for any of our other course offerings. We cannot offer refunds or credit for courses where you have received CPE credit.
 

This is a known issue in CPE Academy. Please reach out to PICPA and we will unlock the courses for you.