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CPE Requirements for Renewal as a Public Accountant

The ACRA's Practice Direction No.1 of 2021 and CPE Syllabus (Revised) set out the revised CPE syllabus and requirements which will apply to applications for registration submitted on or after 1 Jan 2023, and renewal of certificate of registration for 2023.

For the renewal of certificate of registration, public accountants are required to maintain at least 120 CPE hours in each rolling 3-year period, of which

  1. At least 90 hours* must be in structured learning in each rolling 3-year period; and
  2. At least 20 hours must be acquired through structured learning each calendar year.

*Of the 90 structured hours in each rolling 3-year period stated in point 1) above, public accountants (except for JM-PA^) are required to obtain at least 60 structured hours in Core Expertise areas as follows:

ISCA-icon-Audit & Assurance

Financial Reporting Standards and Pronouncements (Category 1)

at least 18 hours

ISCA-icon-Cat 2- Ethics & Professionalism

Ethics and Professionalism (Category 2)

at least 6 hours

ISCA-icon-Standards

Auditing Standards, Pronouncements and Methodology (Category 3)

at least 18 hours

ISCA-icon-Legal & Secretarial

Insolvency and Restructuring (Category 4)

at least 9 hours – applicable for public accountants who are also approved liquidators

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Information Technology (Category 5)

at least 9 hours

ISCA-icon-Class Based training programmes

Remaining 9 hours in Core Expertise can be in Category 1, 2, 3 or 5 - (Not applicable for public accountants who are also approved liquidators)

Recommended Courses for Audit Practitioners

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Auditing Standards, Pronouncements and Methodology
Course CodeCourse TitleCPE HoursTraining Mode
ADT182vIdentifying, Assessing and Responding to the Risks of Material Misstatement in accordance with SSA 315 (Revised 2021) and SSA 3303.5Live Webinar
ADT193vAuditor’s Report - Understanding of the various SSA’s requirements (New)3.5Live Webinar
ADT196vAuditing Standards Update 2023 (Live Webinar) (New)3.5Live Webinar
ADT194vCommon Audit Inspection Findings & Practical Ways to Address Them (Live Webinar)7Live Webinar
ADT191SSQM Implementation - Guide to an effective system of Quality Management (New)14Classroom
ADT190SSA 315 (Revised) – What are the changes and how do they impact planning and risk assessment for audits7Classroom
ADT175Key Findings from ACRA’s Recent PMP Reports: Addressing the Deficiencies and Meeting Audit Objectives 7Classroom
ADT043vForensic Auditing7Live Webinar
ADT132 Audit of Non-Profit Entities7Classroom
ADT139Audit of Government Grants under SB-FRS/FRS 20 and its related Interpretations and Guidance3.5Classroom
ADT002i to ADT007i

Group Audits E-learning Series 
- Planning (Module 1-3),  Execution (Module 4), Completion (Module 5-6) 

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# This course has multiple CPE syllabus/categories. Please refer to course page for details.

Explore restructuring and insolvency courses organised by the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore (IPAS).

Adopting Data Analytics in a Financial Statements Audit
Information Technology
Course CodeCourse TitleCPE HoursTraining Mode
ADT184Adopting Data Analytics in a Financial Statements Audit7Classroom
ADT192v Data Analytics for Auditors: Using Microsoft Excel to perform Data Analytics of an Audit Engagement (New)3.5Live Webinar
DGT034Personal Data Protection Audit & Compliance7Classroom
DGT071AvDatabase Management and Data Governance: Managing Your Valuable Asset14Live Webinar
DGT048vCybersecurity Literacy (Live Webinar)7Live Webinar
DGT082ChatGPT and Generative AI (New)3.5Classroom

# This course has multiple CPE syllabus/categories. Please refer to course page for details.

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*JM-PA refers to those who are registered only for the purpose of becoming judicial managers and do not perform audits

For more details about the CPE requirements for public accountants, please refer to the ACRA's PRACTICE DIRECTION NO. 1 OF 2021 and CPE Syllabus (Revised). 

 

(Updated on 25 Nov 2022)