Does verifying tax rules count as CPD?

Under self-declaration regimes (ACCA, ICAEW, CPA Canada, CPA Australia, SAICA), CPD must be relevant to your role, applied in practice, and evidenced. Technical review of tax rules for your jurisdiction meets all three, and OpenAccountants generates the evidence — a public record with your name, the date, and the outcome URL.

Is OpenAccountants an accredited CPD provider?

No. Under self-declaration regimes a provider does not need to be accredited for an activity to count — you self-certify relevance. We generate the evidence; confirm requirements with your professional body.

Can US CPAs use this?

NASBA-registered CPE is not yet offered. OpenAccountants activity may count toward non-registry requirements in some states — check your state board.

Continuing professional development

Your CPD hours, earned on real work.

Name: OpenAccountants MCP Server
Author: OpenAccountants

Every accountant owes 20–40 hours of professional development a year. Most discharge it watching webinars they forget by Friday. On OpenAccountants, the same hours verify the tax rules AI follows in your country — and your evidence is a public record, not a certificate in a drawer.

Start with your country How verification works

What earns CPD here

Verify the rules for your jurisdiction

Review the rates, thresholds, and treatment for your country and sign them off. Logged against the time you spend — outcome is the signed verification, public under your name.

Study a country pack and pass the assessment

Read a skill, then pass a short assessment (the ACCA article-quiz pattern). The assessment is the evidence — your score is recorded with the activity.

Author or review workflows

Build and review the AI tax workflows your practice runs. Logged by session, evidenced by the work itself.

How it counts

These bodies run self-declaration regimes: the member certifies relevance, and the provider does not need to be accredited. Requirements vary by jurisdiction and circumstance — confirm your own before relying on this.

Body	Requirement	Self-declared?	Guidance
ACCA	40 units/yr (≥21 verifiable)	Yes — 3-question test	CPD guidance ↗
ICAEW	20–40 hrs/yr by category	Yes — objective evidence	CPD guidance ↗
CPA Canada	120 hrs / 3 yrs (60 verifiable)	Yes — self-declaration	CPD guidance ↗
CPA Australia	120 hrs / triennium	Yes — self-recorded	CPD guidance ↗
SAICA	Output-based (Plan–Act–Reflect)	Yes — reflective record	CPD guidance ↗
US CPAs	NASBA-registered CPE is coming. Today this may count toward non-registry requirements in some states — check your board.

The honest version

OpenAccountants is not an accredited or approved CPD provider, and doesn't need to be under self-declaration regimes: your body asks that the learning be relevant, applied, and evidenced. We generate the evidence. Confirm requirements with your professional body before relying on it.

Start with your country See the rules first

OpenAccountants provides general tax and accounting reference material and AI-assisted working-paper tools. It is not tax, legal, accounting, or financial advice. Outputs must be reviewed by a qualified professional before filing, payment, or action.