Convert Your CPA License in an Inactive Status to an Active Status

To convert your Washington State CPA license in an inactive status to an active status, you must:

1. Complete the required Continuing Professional Education (CPE):
   • Log your completed CPE into the CPE Tracker located on your dashboard in our online services. 
   • Upload acceptable CPE documentation (course completion certificates, etc.) into the CPE Tracker for all CPE claimed. 
2. Submit the conversion application through our online services.
3. No fee is charged for this application.

If you are a former CPA-Inactive certificate holder who was converted to a license in an inactive status on July 1, 2024, per Senate Bill 5519, you must also:

4. Meet the experience requirements of WAC 4-30-070 (without regard to the eight-year limitation indicated in the referenced rule). 

• Submit a complete Experience Affidavit by upload to your online application. 
  • Read and complete the experience affidavit carefully. If any information is incomplete or incorrect, you will be required to submit a new experience affidavit with new signatures.
  • The experience affidavit must be signed with a handwritten signature by both the applicant and verifying CPA. Typed or electronic signatures are not accepted.
  • If you are listing more than 2 employers, complete and submit Experience Affidavit – 1B (Additional Experience) with your experience affidavit.
• If you already have approved experience on file with the Board or you previously held a Washington State CPA license in an active status, you do not need to submit an experience affidavit.

Any CPE used to qualify for conversion from inactive status to active status cannot be counted again in your current CPE reporting period towards your next renewal. 
You may not use the title CPA until the Board approves your application and your status updates on the licensee search or CPAverify.