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How to get live continuing education hours for certification

Meeting strict live instruction and continuing education hour requirements blocks exam eligibility because finding approved real-time courses is difficult. People trying to clear these hurdles end up stalling their applications or searching for specific regional resource websites to finish the mandatory credits.

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

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    Taking graduate courses where semester credit hours map to professional credential credits
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    Attending in-person or live synchronous online lectures to fulfill live hour requirements
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    Checking local websites for free courses
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    Using platforms like LumiQ
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    Finding online self-guided CPE courses with questions that provide large amounts of credit within a few hours
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    Rushing to finish remaining hours or debating whether to risk a compliance audit

In their words

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Looking for websites/resources to earn Canadian CPA CPD hours.source ↗

Busy_Orange1649 · r/Accounting · 7 upvotes

Anyone struggle to get their CPE done and just submit to renew their license?source ↗

LongjumpingGas6200 · r/Accounting · 1 upvotes

That said, the 100 continuing ed hours of which 50 must be LIVE are stumping me.source ↗

For others who have done the credential, how did you meet the hourly requirement to make you eligible to take the exam?source ↗

Slight_Factor8535 · r/nonprofit · 1 upvotes

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