Renewals for your Certified Public Accounting or Accounting Practitioner license with the South Carolina Board of Accountancy for 2025 are now open. Information to renew your license online was provided in an email sent by the LLR on December 2, 2024.
The LLR also included the following email in its communication regarding licensure renewal:
Recover/Reset My Password: Https://eservice.llr.sc.gov/SSO/Login/RecoverPass/
Renewal Website: https://eservice.llr.sc.gov/OnlineRenewals/
Other Online Services: https://eservice.llr.sc.gov/SSO/
LLR Website: http://www.llr.sc.gov/acct
Submit your CPE using the NASBA CPE Audit Service, which is available for your complimentary use to track and store your CPE records in one location and review your ongoing compliance with CPE requirements. Click here to learn more.
To obtain your CPE carryover hours for the prior year, please login to the Online Renewal website at: https://eservice.llr.sc.gov/OnlineRenewals/
Eservice is available twenty-four (24) hours a day. Your UserID is listed above. If you have not accessed your e-service account in a while, you may need to reset/recover your password. Go to the “Recover/Reset My Password” web link at https://eservice.llr.sc.gov/SSO/Login/RecoverPass/, and a link to reset your password will be emailed to you. You must have a current email address on file with the Board to be able to reset your password. If you do not have a current email address on file with the Board, please email the Board at Contact.Accountancy@llr.sc.gov with your name, license number, last 5 digits of your social security number and current email address before attempting to renew your license. A current email address must be kept on file with the Board at all times.
The online renewal application process features a proxy payment link. This will enable the licensee to email a link to a third party (such as their employer) for payment. For privacy and security purposes, the third party will only have access to information such as name, license type and number and payment amount. The licensee is responsible for following up with the proxy to ensure payment is made timely for their renewal.
ANNUAL RENEWAL FEE SCHEDULE
- For CPA and AP licenses renewed/postmarked on or before February 1, 2025, the fee is $95.00.
- After February 1, 2025 at 11:59pm, the license is considered late.
- After February 16, 2025, the license is lapsed and you must complete a Reinstatement Application with a fee of $595 ($500 reinstatement fee and $95 current renewal fee.) In addition, a criminal background check is required as part of the reinstatement process. Instructions for the background check will be provided by board staff, once all other required documentation is received.
If you have any questions regarding your license renewal, please contact the State Board of Accountancy at Contact.Accountancy@llr.sc.gov.
- If you do not wish to renew, please return this notice with a brief statement of explanation. If you fail to renew or your license is revoked, you must not publicly display your wall certificate (Reg. 1-07).
- Continuing Education: In general, each licensee must complete forty (40) hours of acceptable CPE each calendar year as a condition of obtaining a renewal license for the licensing period beginning January 1 of the following year. Licensees must now obtain at least two hours of CPE in ethics each calendar year, as part of the 40 hours of CPE that licensees are required to complete annually.
- Continuing Education for CPA Retired: Licensees who have applied and been approved for the special designation of CPA Retired may meet the CPE requirement for renewal by documenting the completion of 20 hours of CPE.
