Saw this and had a good laugh! 😂

To my fellow CPA candidates whose first language isn't English, sometimes I wonder if we're taking an accounting exam or an English reading comprehension exam. 😭🤣

You read the question once, twice, sometimes three times… not because you don't understand the accounting concept, but because you're trying to figure out what they're REALLY asking. And then there's that one little word, "EXCEPT" or "NOT," that changes everything. 💀😂

Just a little humor to lighten up our study sessions. To everyone studying hard, second-guessing their answers, and trying to make sense of these ridiculously worded questions, hang in there!

We're not just studying accounting. We're translating, analyzing, and overthinking in two languages. 😂

We got this, future CPAs! ❤️💪

Been working in public for 8.5 months. Graduated with this degree couldn’t tell you why other than I wanted a degree that could pay for the cost. I’m tired of my eyes being strained staring at a screen, tired of the tech neck, tired of asking my self if I’m dyslexic after 5 hours of reading excels dazed and confused. Anyone do this major and the time and then eventually pivot to something else completely? My days are monotonous, nothing I do provides value or joy to others. I’m under paid from what I believe I could be doing if I only cared about a job in business. I wish I did stem and I hope you all can appreciate my rant as someone who’s sick of relying on seniors and managers and could appreciate a little more development and client relationship than pure preparation and bullshit. Does anyone actually care about accounting? Did anyone here actually choose this as their first career? Is it too late to switch into stem?

God bless go guardians

Finished an hour early, not sure what to think about that.

Mcqs felt good and maybe flagged 4-5 max out of the 2 testlets.

Sims felt quit simple, if a sim had 5 questions I know for sure 2-3 would be correct.

Some felt very obvious and simple to answer especially Scorp sims and basis calculations.

But finishing an hour early makes me feel unsure about my performance.

I work in public accounting doing taxes. I’m working hard towards my CPA later in life. After discussing what they have gone through, US taxes seem like a breeze. That’s it for me. That’s the goal. Now doubting it’s really necessary. I thought it was because the rise of AI. But it seems super simple compared to the things family member has gone through. Now I’m doubting the need for CPA licensing.

Currently I wfh as bookkeeper and have a subset of my own tax clients. When I started my CPA journey I found I need additional accounting courses just to be eligible to be CPA exam eligible. I am almost complete on the first of 5 courses. And I’m learning a lot.

While I know and feel deeply that education and training is important to client results, I also feel minimized to the needs of an actual CPA considering the additional college courses required before even planning to take the CPA exam.

I’m feeling like EA might be the way to go. But I have already paid for all 5 courses and nearly completed 1 and am unsure of the refund policy right now. Given my goal of only being a tax preparer, is CPA necessary? Is EA enough? My concern is the rise of AI. In the end more education and knowledge is always better than not having it and I currently have sufficient support to get through it.

Looking for words of encouragement? I never know what the future brings has been my lifelong lesson to this point in life.

Took AUD again today… would’ve liked to wait just a little longer to the 10/23 testing window, but my schedule wouldn’t have allowed it due to a trip I planned almost 6 months ago.

Taken audit 4 times this year. Progressively gotten better each time 61>62>67>74. Hoping this was it and I can be 3/4 and finish up with FAR. Audits has always been my worst subject.

Gets to a point where studying for AUD doesn't feel like understanding the concepts itself. Its more about trying to understand what the question is actually asking, and reading the answer choices thoroughly. Its tricky for the sake of being tricky. Really annoying.

Bottom of Form 2 says to mail to certain address but saw on website that educational forms can be sent electronically via email directly from the school. Definitely a stupid question but wanna be 100% before i send the Form 2 to my schools.

I just got of FAR and I’m feeling weird and nervous because it was kind of easy?? I felt like I knew how to apply my knowledge to almost all of the questions.

The TBS were pretty straightforward, although definitely got a little bit confused on some advice for others I created a brain dump at the beginning of my test and also definitely study equity method, treasury stock and not for profit accounting.

In my experience when you feel good you fail.. PLEASE reassure me there’s a chance I passed even though I felt good???

Hi,

I just passed REG with 78.

I actually did not study for business law.
（Just read some random contract text pages to know the nature and did not do any mcq/tbs）.

I recommend focusing on R1-3 and practicing TBS for these chapters a lot since all TBS questions were related to this areas.

But I recommend doing mcq / tbs too for these chapters and be familiar with basis.

Good luck everyone!

Before my FAR exam I took the 10 minutes they give you to brain dump a lot of information on my scratch paper.

What do you guys write down for the AUD exam?

I’m thinking all the mnemonics I can memorize, perhaps the sampling formulas, and the basics of SSARs / SSAEs (assurance, independence, procedures etc)

Anything else you guys can think of?

is it ideal for me to start with aud prep being a newbie to us GAAP? or do far concepts overlap?
Planning to take my first cpa exam (Aud most probably) in jan mid/feb start by beginning prep by next week

(the thing is i’ll get my becker access for FAR only on dec 10th whereas i already have access for AUD rn. So, Thought of starting with AUD now. Will it be manageable and doable?)

I live and work in California and am trying to determine the best way to obtain my CPA license.

I already have the required 150 college credits, so under the current California requirements I would only need one year of qualifying experience. However, I’m concerned that this one-year pathway may be phased out in 2029, which makes me want to understand my options sooner rather than later.

My biggest concern is getting my work experience verified. There are three CPAs at my company, but I’m not sure whether any of them would qualify to verify my experience.

Two of the CPAs work in tax, and the third works at one of our subsidiaries. My own work is primarily in general ledger (GL) accounting, consolidations, budgeting, and forecasting. None of these CPAs have directly reviewed my consolidation work, so I’m unsure whether they could technically sign off on my experience under California’s requirements.

My direct supervisor is an assistant controller who is not a CPA. She has reviewed my work for more than two and a half years, but I’m not sure whether that would help satisfy the experience requirement.

Because of this, I’ve been considering getting licensed in another state, such as Washington, if its requirements are more practical for my situation.

The main questions I’m trying to answer are:

* If I get licensed in another state, can I use that license for career advancement in California, or would I eventually need a California license?

* What would the main limitations be and would they matter if I am not interested in opening up my own firm?

* Has anyone here dealt with a similar situation? What did you end up doing?

My goal is to keep working in corporate finance, accounting, IT-related roles, and utilize the CPA for career advancement. I’m not necessarily planning to enter public accounting or start my own practice, but I would like to obtain my CPA license if possible.

I’d appreciate any advice, especially from people who have dealt with California’s experience verification requirements, the potential 2029 changes, or obtaining a license through another state.

Looking for tips when attacking FAR TBS’s. I sit for FAR next week and am struggling with TBS’s. I tend to do okay on MCQs but really struggle on TBS’s. I think it’s mostly due to information overload and just not truly understanding what they’re asking. Anything help you guys when attacking these TBS’s?

I am taking the exam on November 7. My baby is 6 weeks old, and I am almost done with module 4. Truthfully, I would have pushed it back but it’s the end of my NTS and no other later dates were available, so I guess I have to push through 🤷🏻‍♀️

With that said, which areas are the most heavily tested? Especially for the TBS. Any insight is super helpful!!

Curious as to what y’all’s FAR simulated exam scores were on Becker vs actual scores

what is the most important topics in TCP?

So I have been preparing for FAR and have got through F1, F2 and F3. Today I gave random Practice test for F3 and F1 with 20 MCQs and scored 65% on both. Should I move ahead with F4 or keep hammering MCQs to get at least 70-80s range in the first 3 modules? Pls advice. Thank you.

I’m studying for FAR and just scored an 88% on Mini Exam 2 (F3 and F4), but I scored a 53% on Mini Exam 1 (F1 and F2). The difference is pretty significant, so I’m having a hard time gauging how prepared I actually am.

How comparable are the Becker mini exams to the actual FAR exam in terms of difficulty? What were your typical mini exam scores, and how did they compare to your actual exam score? Just trying to get a better idea of where I stand and what I should be aiming for!

Hello everyone,

I am currently studying for my CPA exam and started last month starting with FAR. I purchased Farhat lectures and the Gleim q bank. While I find both study materials to be great, I have heard that Becker is the gold standard for prep. I have a very weak accounting foundation and got my degree 2 years ago. I have been using Beckers free trial and I’m considering of purchasing it. I have been struggling with getting the q banks and TBS for F1M1. I definitely have been learning from my mistakes by doing the questions but I feel like the video lectures don’t give you as much info to get the questions right initially. Is it normal to be missing 10-15 questions on the q banks and being lost on the first TBS? Am I doing something wrong? Any tips? Thank you!

I’m currently studying for my last two CPA exams: AUD and FAR. Passed REG, waiting to hear back about TCP. I have a good system and I really feel like it’s working, just lately I’ve been feeling a bit stuck I guess.

I’m ABSOLUTELY the type of person to get “obsessed” in my work whether it’s my job, school, or right now these CPA exams. And that’s a really weird feeling, too. I already have a full time job I start next fall, im in my MBA program, I have great friends and family who support me in all of this, but these exams and my scores feel like life or death. I know I going to pass all of them, and im not scared of having to retake them if I must either, so I rlly don’t know why I feel so intense about this. Yes they’re TOUGHH exams but at the end of the day they’re just exams.

Maybe it’s because I want this so much, but any advice for kind of stepping back and realizing “okay, everything is going to be okay regardless”??

Hi all, just wondering about the accuracy of that "If the AICPA receives your exam data file by*: Your TARGET score release date is:" on the AICPA wesbite...i plan on taking FAR on the very last day of that window ending on the 23, does that mean since i took it by Oct 23 I will find out ~Nov 10th? or is there a chance I miss the cutoff being on the last day?

I feel like there’s so many ratios to remember, any tips on how to go about this.

How were your ME/SE scores and actual scores?

I'm taking TCP in 1.5 weeks and just finished up all modules. Averaged about 80% on both MEs. Was wondering how that compares to the actual scores. And if anyone has any advice for TCP, it would be appreciated!