CFFA Recertification and Reporting Requirements

• CFFAs must obtain 36 hours of CPE (Continuing Professional Education) in areas of valuation, litigation, financial forensics consulting, in each three-year period starting with the calendar year after the year the credential is received (i.e., if you receive the CFFA in October 2007, you would be required to fulfill this CPE requirement by December 31, 2010). (Fifty percent or more of ones 36 hours of CPE must be in areas directly applicable to the specialty area(s) in which the CFFA designee was credentialed.) Evidence of compliance means attesting to which courses—or parts of courses taken—meet the requirement. NACVA has not defined specific approved courses, but any course or conference sponsored or endorsed by NACVA, or any course or conference with valuation, litigation, financial forensics or fraud in its title would clearly apply. There will be gray areas, i.e., courses having some application to these disciplines, and we ask designees to use their best judgment to determine compliance and the appropriate hours to report. NACVA reserves the right to request more specific proof or evidence of course attendance and content, upon which a full determination can be made as to actual compliance to the CPE requirement.
  
  
• The applicant must show evidence of participation in six engagements that fall within the scope of the credential, meaning the specialty area under which the applicant certified. If six engagements cannot be fulfilled, then three engagements plus 24 additional hours of CPE taken through the Consultants' Training Institute (CTI) may be submitted for the six engagements.

Certified Forensic Financial Analyst (CFFA) Recertification Reporting PDF Form

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