New to the US. Currently based in SF, CA. What is the most efficient and cheapest way to gain more CPA credits? Require 30 more credits.

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Look up if your local community college has online classes. Most will have the required accounting and ethics classes. Foothill College is a common one that is cheap and widely used in Norcal.

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Look up ninja cpa. I could see them offering CPE credit courses

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Great. Thanks so much for the feedback!!

Live webinars can help you big time. You can actually see a lot of live webinars online that you can join. Good luck, OP!

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