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To reset your User ID and/or password for your VBOA portal account, you will need your unique registration code, which was sent by email in February. Your registration code is not your license number.

Newsletters

The VBOA produces a newsletter twice a year filled with news and updates relevant to the Virginia CPA and exam candidate community, along with disciplinary actions. 

Take a look at all the VBOA newsletters starting with the most recent, below.

 

Archives

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Summer 2024

  • Anne B. Hagen, CPA, appointed to VBOA 
  • What firms need to know about recent Virginia Code changes 
  • Highlights from the board meeting held at Norfolk State University 

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Winter 2024

  • Details on the new CPA Exam
  • New NASBA appointments and awards
  • Highlights from the board meeting held at University of Virginia

Summer 2023

  • Dates to know for CPA Evolution
  • 150 attend Hampton University meeting
  • Board elections and appointments

Winter 2023

  • Pausing the CPA pipeline decline
  • Future of CPA exam
  • License renewals opening March 1

Summer 2022

  • Protecting the public through enforcement
  • New Board members appointed
  • Saunders named NASBA Vice Chair
Winter 2022 newsletter

Winter 2022

  • CPA Evolution transition
  • License renewal window opens
  • 2022 Ethics course
Summer 2021 newsletter

Summer 2021

  • Centennial celebrates first Black CPA
  • Former VBOA Chair wins diversity award
  • Inactive status: requirements

 

Winter 2021 Newsletter

Winter 2021

  • Ethics course options begin in 2021
  • License renewal window opens March 1
  • AICPA launches cpa.com domain

 

Summer 2020 newsletter

Summer 2020

  • Changes to the Virginia-Specific Ethics Course
  • COVID-19 impact
  • New VBOA members appointed

Winter 2020 newsletter

Winter 2020

  • License renewals
  • VBOA to launch new website
  • Change to Inactive status
Newsletter Summer 2019

Summer 2019

  • Feature on Dr. Ruth Coles Harris
  • Launch of new CPE Audit Service
  • Virginia moved to single renewal date
Newsletter 2019 Winter

Winter 2019

  • Virginia moves to single renewal date
  • VBOA names a new Executive Director
  • Guidelines on peer review

Newsletter Summer 2018

Summer 2018

  • Virginia moves to single renewal date
  • Board and staff updates
  • Recognition Day
Newsletter Winter 2018

Winter 2018

  • Importance of timely license renewal
  • CPE statistics
  • Virginia by the numbers
Newsletter Summer 2017

Summer 2017

  • New statute changes regarding license renewals as of July 1
  • Experience verification updates
  • New requirements for Board Policy #4 regarding CPE

Newsletter Winter 2017

Winter 2017

  • Next version of CPA exam launches April 1, 2017
  • CPE reminders for CPAs
  • Connect with the VBOA
Newsletter Summer 2016

Summer 2016

  • Remembering Steve Holton, CPA
  • Changes to the 2017 CPA exam
  • Do’s and don’ts for staying CPE compliant
Newsletter Winter 2016

Winter 2016

  • Maintaining CPE compliance in Virginia
  • Proposed changes coming to the CPA exam
  • VBOA connects with Virginia college students

Newsletter Summer 2015

Summer 2015

  • Introducing VBOA videos
  • Active CPE – Exempt status requires pre-approval
  • 2014 CPA exam performances
Newsletter Winter 2015

Winter 2015

  • Virginia-Specific Ethics Course changes in 2015
  • Active – CPE Exempt status
  • CPE tracking frequently asked questions
Newsletter Summer 2014

Summer 2014

  • Upcoming CPE Tracking system
  • New Active – CPE Exempt status
  • Changes coming to the 2015 Virginia-Specific Ethics Course

Newsletter March 2014

March 2014

  • Meet your Board
  • Automated CPE tracking is coming
  • CPA exam 2013 performance at a glance
Newsletter Winter 2012

Winter 2012

  • Fee increase effective January 1, 2013
  • Executive Director discusses fee increase
  • Governor’s regulatory reform initiative
Newsletter Summer 2012

Summer 2012

  • Board news
  • Candidate performance 2011
  • CPA profession on the horizon

Newsletter Fall 2011

Fall 2011

  • CPE requirements
  • Virginia’s Youngest CPA
  • Exam testing at international sites