2023 Ethics – Virginia’s Regulatory Landscape for CPAs (December 14-Virtual)

Virginia’s Regulatory Landscape for CPAs

The CPA designation carries a value to each CPA. While the value is most obvious through its positive impact on professional careers, the CPA also brings opportunities for a professional to serve in volunteer roles and obtain a valued position in society. The favored status of CPA brings an expectation of good judgment, integrity, quality of character and other positive attributes. Therefore, to maintain the value of our profession, CPAs must seek to obtain and maintain the public’s trust in professionalism, judgment, and skills. In large part, that is why an ethics course is required for all Virginia CPAs.

This course contains the foundation of what you need to know to maintain your license and make sound decisions while practicing every day. We designed this course to help you navigate the many different rules and expectations any CPA should consider when making decisions daily. This course has been approved by the Virginia Board of Accountancy (VBOA) to fulfill your 2022 ethics requirement. After completing this course, participants should be able to:

• Recognize the difference between law, regulation, policy, and ethics.
• Specify how to demonstrate sound ethical judgment using the code of professional conduct.
• Identify the rules that govern the profession in the Commonwealth of Virginia.