Common Questions About Tax CPD.
Try LumiQ for freeCPD hours vary by course. Typically they range from 1 to 2 hours per podcast and 3 to 9 hours for an in-depth, multi-episode learning path. Each course listing clearly displays the hours you'll earn on completion. All hours are earned once you listen to the podcast episode in full and pass the chapter quizzes.
UK tax changes constantly. Verifiable CPD can help you stay compliant and competent as HMRC guidance, Finance Act measures and initiatives like Making Tax Digital reshape practice. It can protect your clients from costly errors and penalties, and upholds the professional standards your body expects. Making Tax Digital for Income Tax begins for sole traders and landlords with qualifying income over £50,000 from April 2026, extending to those over £30,000 from April 2027 and over £20,000 from April 2028 — a major change advisers must be ready for.
Requirements vary by professional body:
CIOT and ATT: Since 1 January 2023 there is no fixed minimum-hours requirement. Members of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) and the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) must undertake CPD appropriate to their duties, keep a CPD record, and self-certify compliance annually. (The old 90-hour CIOT and 45-hour ATT targets no longer apply.)
ICAEW: Total annual CPD hours depend on your CPD category (from 20 hours with 10 verifiable up to 40 hours with 30 verifiable), plus a mandatory minimum of 1 verifiable hour of ethics CPD each year.
ACCA: The standard route is 40 units of CPD per year (1 unit = 1 hour), of which at least 21 units must be verifiable.
Anti-money laundering (AML) training is also a regulatory obligation for supervised tax and accountancy firms, and AML-related learning counts toward your CPD.
Our library spans personal tax, business tax and indirect tax — including Corporation Tax, VAT, Capital Gains Tax (CGT), Inheritance Tax, capital allowances and reliefs — aligned with the technical themes covered by the ICAEW Tax Faculty, and supports advisers pursuing advanced qualifications such as ADIT for international tax.
Yes. LumiQ courses meet CPD requirements for accounting and tax professionals worldwide, including in the UK, Canada, Australia and more. Your certificate of completion documents the verifiable professional development hours earned. Because UK CPD is output-based, you select CPD relevant to your duties — check your professional body's requirements for how tax CPD counts.
Yes. Upon successful completion of an episode, our system automatically generates a certificate of completion confirming the CPD hours earned. This lives in your tracker and can be downloaded at any time as evidence for your verifiable CPD record.
Yes, we’ve got an app for both Apple and Android devices. Click here to go to the Google Play Store and click here to go to the Apple App Store.
Yes! Sign up for a free trial to earn a few verifiable CPD hours as a trial with no credit card required. Simply sign up and we give you two weeks to try us out and redeem your free hours. To purchase a full subscription, visit our pricing page. If you work for a company with a team of CPAs, or others who may be interested, contact us for team pricing options.











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