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Passed the Certified Public Accountant exam? Congrats! The rewards? A lifetime of continuing skilled education! Welcome to the wonderful world of CPE for CPAs, in which accountants keep abreast of the latest developments in the field. Do not like books?

Too bad! This is accounting – a profession, meaning (that is, “meant,” past tense) something done outside remunerative considerations, so presumably such a profession was embarked on out of a love of books and numbers!

And plenty of reading and computations is what’s in store for the newly minted CPA, taking up the drudgery that a firm’s partners and even more senior members avoid. That, and a whole lot of CPA CPE courses! Fortunately, unlike work on the job, such self-study is often pursued at one’s own speed, with no deadlines to worry about. And thanks to the power of the worldwide web, it’s easier than ever before!

Merely log on plus a wealth of CPA CPE courses are available, some of them even free! Yes it’s true; free! Yes, it’s something they never told you about at school, but there is such a thing as a free accounting course, even if there is something of a catch. Yes, a catch! But just vaguely, and quite fairly, even: only make sure to actually finish the course and provide feedback. See, most of these offerings are but pilot courses and it is in exchange for supplying such helpful observations to the course designers that you are capable to participate for free.

So, yes, look on the bright side – at least you did not have to pay for it, onerous as it was! On the other hand, as mentioned previously, it’s not likely that anyone would make a career of accounting without finding something of interest about it, so that continuing education should not end up being so miserable!