Essential Tier membership.

The Essential Tier delivers everything you need to keep your licensure, with diverse learning opportunities to take your career to the next level.

Essential Tier membership.

The Essential Tier delivers everything you need to keep your licensure, with diverse learning opportunities to take your career to the next level.

Key features of Essential Tier membership

Additional products and services are available à la carte or via other tiers, but every AICPA Essential Tier member receives:

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CPExpress (one-year subscription)

Comprehenisve, easy-to-use learning program with unlimited access to hundreds of highly relevant 1–2 CPE credit courses.

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Strategies for Business and Industry

Members-only learning package to help develop the skill sets that are in high demand by Fortune 500 companies.

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All AICPA Core Tier benefits

Transformative Skills Pack, Town Hall Series, Journal of Accountancy, Global Career Hub, discounts.

Essential Tier benefit: CPExpress

Take online self-study courses anytime, anywhere. Hundreds of CPE options across 20 NASBA fields of study, including tax, assurance, ethics, fraud and more.

Essential Tier benefit: CPExpress

Take online self-study courses anytime, anywhere. Hundreds of CPE options across 20 NASBA fields of study, including tax, assurance, ethics, fraud and more.

Essential Tier benefit: Strategies for B&I

To be a strategic business partner, you must foster specific skill sets. That’s why we’ve developed Strategies for Business and Industry, a specialized learning program. You’ll earn free CPE credits while honing your edge in five courses:

  1. Introduction to Microsoft Power BI Tools

  2. Change Management Models

  3. Critical Thinking Skills

  4. Managing Business Risks

  5. Working Together: Four Generations in the Workplace

Strategies for Business and Industry is an advanced resource exclusively available at certain AICPA membership tiers.

Essential Tier benefit: Strategies for B&I

To be a strategic business partner, you must foster specific skill sets. That’s why we’ve developed Strategies for Business and Industry, a specialized learning program. You’ll earn free CPE credits while honing your edge in five courses:

  1. Introduction to Microsoft Power BI Tools

  2. Change Management Models

  3. Critical Thinking Skills

  4. Managing Business Risks

  5. Working Together: Four Generations in the Workplace

Strategies for Business and Industry is an advanced resource exclusively available at certain AICPA membership tiers.

The best benefits at the best price

Essential Tier membership is $560 a year. Exclusively available to early-and-mid-career professionals, this tier saves you $369 or 40% over buying the same resources à la carte. Need more? Other tiers also bundle discounts to offer great savings.

The best benefits at the best price

Essential Tier membership is $560 a year. Exclusively available to early-and-mid-career professionals, this tier saves you $369 or 40% over buying the same resources à la carte. Need more? Other tiers also bundle discounts to offer great savings.

Expanded support in your focus area.

AICPA section membership is made for you if you work in a specialized field. Each section membership provides exclusive resources on technical issues, professional development and professional standards in one of four major focus areas: Tax, Not-for-Profit, Personal Financial Planning, and Forensic and Valuation Services. You’ll also receive the latest, most relevant updates and connect to a growing community of peers and experts in your field.

You can add any section membership to any tier, with the Select and Specialist Tiers providing the greatest possible discount on pricing.

Expanded support in your focus area.

AICPA section membership is made for you if you work in a specialized field. Each section membership provides exclusive resources on technical issues, professional development and professional standards in one of four major focus areas: Tax, Not-for-Profit, Personal Financial Planning, and Forensic and Valuation Services. You’ll also receive the latest, most relevant updates and connect to a growing community of peers and experts in your field.

You can add any section membership to any tier, with the Select and Specialist Tiers providing the greatest possible discount on pricing.

Find the AICPA tier that’s made for you

Every tier includes all the Core Tier benefits, plus additional resources and products at a substantial discount over purchasing add-ons à la carte. Whatever you need, we’ve got a customizable tier that offers it at the best possible price.

Find the AICPA tier that’s made for you

Every tier includes all the Core Tier benefits, plus additional resources and products at a substantial discount over purchasing add-ons à la carte. Whatever you need, we’ve got a customizable tier that offers it at the best possible price.

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