# CFP continuing education requirements

As of Oct 5, 2026, CFP Board requires 30 hours of CE per 2-year cycle, including 2 ethics; cycles beginning on or after Jan 1, 2028 require 40 hours of CE per 2-year cycle, including 2 ethics.

As of: 2026-10-05
Address: https://advisoriq.com/ce/requirements/cfp/

## Facts

- required_today: applies_to: CFP, period: 2 years, cycle: A 2-year reporting period set by your certification month., effective: in force, until: not stated, confirmed: true, verified_at: 2026-10-05, source_url: https://www.cfp.net/for-cfp-pros/continuing-education/continuing-education-requirements, hours: 30, unit: hours, minimums: 2 ethics, carryover: None.
- changing: applies_to: CFP, period: 2 years, cycle: A 2-year reporting period set by your certification month., effective: cycles beginning on or after 2027-10-01, until: 2027-12-31, confirmed: false, verified_at: not stated, source_url: https://www.cfp.net/about-cfp-board/competency-standards/faqs, hours: 40, unit: hours, minimums: 2 ethics, carryover: Up to 10 excess general CE hours into the next cycle. Ethics CE cannot carry over.; applies_to: CFP, period: 2 years, cycle: A 2-year reporting period set by your certification month., effective: cycles beginning on or after 2028-01-01, until: not stated, confirmed: true, verified_at: 2026-10-05, source_url: https://www.cfp.net/about-cfp-board/competency-standards/faqs, hours: 40, unit: hours, minimums: 2 ethics, carryover: Up to 10 excess general CE hours into the next cycle. Ethics CE cannot carry over.
- not_confirmed_designations: 
- open_questions: The exact day in Q4 2027 when the 40-hour rule takes effect. CFP Board's site says only "Q4 2027" (some of its pages still say Q1 2027), so for cycles beginning October 1 to December 31, 2027 we cannot yet say which rule applies.

## Notes

- Cycles that begin before CFP Board's Q4 2027 effective date stay on 30 hours: "No one will need to adjust a renewal cycle already in progress." Ethics must be a CFP Board-approved Code and Standards program. Not eligible for CFP CE under the current rule: practice management, marketing or prospecting, sales, and specific company or product presentations (CFP Board program requirements).
- CFP Board: 40 hours apply "only in their first full two-year renewal cycle that begins after the Q4 2027 effective date." Up to 5 hours may be practice management.

## Sources

- https://www.cfp.net/for-cfp-pros/continuing-education/continuing-education-requirements, checked 2026-10-05: https://www.cfp.net/for-cfp-pros/continuing-education/continuing-education-requirements ("required to complete 30 hours of continuing education (CE) each reporting period")
- https://www.cfp.net/about-cfp-board/competency-standards/faqs, not yet confirmed: https://www.cfp.net/about-cfp-board/competency-standards/faqs ("40 hours (38 hours of General CE and 2 hours of CFP Board Ethics CE)")

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