New Mexico CPE requirements
CPAs must complete CPE learning to maintain an active license. New Mexico CPA CPE requirements include 120 total CPE hours earned over each 36-month reporting cycle.
This cycle begins the first day of the month after your birth month and ends the last day of your birth month. For example, if you were born August 20th and your reporting cycle renews in 2025, your 36-month reporting cycle would include learning from September 1st, 2025 – August 31st, 2028.
You must also comply with the following New Mexico CPA CPE requirements:
- At least 96 hours of technical CPE
- Accounting, auditing, business law, economics, finance, IT, management services, regulatory ethics, specialized knowledge, statistics, or taxes
- At least 4 hours of ethics CPE
- At least 24 hours of non-firm sponsored CPE
- At least 20 hours of CPE per reporting year
Renewing your New Mexico CPA license
You must renew your CPA license every year by the last day of your birth month. If this is also the end of your 36-month CPE reporting period, you must complete and submit your New Mexico CPE requirements with your license renewal.
Meeting your New Mexico CPA CPE requirements with Becker
With over 700 on-demand courses and an annual calendar of over 1,000 live webcasts, plus weekly podcasts, Becker has the courses you need to meet your CPE requirements and learn new skills or build on existing knowledge.
New Mexico ethics CPE
Becker offers board-approved ethics courses to help CPAs complete their credits. Consider this New Mexico ethics CPE course to help you meet your requirement:
Tips to meet your New Mexico CPE requirements
Completing your CPE requirements does require time and investment, but these tips can remove the stress and help you make the most of your learning.
Find CPE that suits your schedule
Finding the time to sit down and complete CPE courses can be very difficult for CPAs with plenty on their plate both professionally and personally. If you can relate, consider choosing on-demand CPE courses. They allow you to watch and learn whenever it’s convenient for you.
CPE podcasts are another great option for busy professionals. You can listen anytime, anywhere, on Becker’s website, Apple podcasts, or Spotify. To earn CPE credits, just log in to your Becker LMS platform and take a short quiz about the conversation you heard. So, you can complete CPE during a long commute, while you’re sitting in a waiting room, or as you finish up cooking dinner!
Keep up with your progress
Whether you choose the 40-hour or 24-hour requirement option, it can be difficult to keep track of which credits you’ve completed and what you still need to complete. Using Becker’s CPE Compliance Tracker makes it easy to manage the credits you’ve earned and what you have left to complete all in one place. You can even upload the credits you’ve completed on other platforms and browse recommendations for additional courses that meet your requirements.
Block out time each month
Don’t wait until December to start earning your CPE credits. It’s important to pace yourself so that you have time to plan the courses that interest you and make the most of your learning. We recommend setting aside three to four hours per month for CPE if you are completing the 24-hour requirement, and four to six hours each month if you are completing the 40-hour requirement. This will prevent rushing at the end of the year and give you a cushion in case an unexpected circumstance puts you behind schedule.
Consider what you want to learn
Meeting your CPE requirements can be a fantastic opportunity to advance your career in the subjects that most interest you. CPE courses can teach you specialized skillsets and more niche knowledge, equipping you to shift your career path or focus it in a new direction.
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