[jeff]

Guess I’ll kick it off!

Scheduled to take BEC on 4/19. It’s my last test so I’m putting as much study time in as I can. If I pass I get promoted, if I don’t pass I don’t get promoted, so the pressure is on!!

Good luck to everyone taking BEC this quarter!

Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS) | Another71 | NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE

[Anonymous]

Fatma,

Net Present Value(NPV) = (Present Value of Future Cash Flow) – (Required Investment)

Since they don't provide you with a Present Value table, you'll need to create your own using the following formula:

1/(1+i)^n = Present Value of $1. “i” = Interest Rate and “n” = # of Periods

In order to get the Present Value of an Ordinary Annuity of $1, you simply add the values from the Present Value of $1 table that you just created:

[1/(1+.1)^1] + [1/(1+.1)^2]…+[1/(1+.1)^5)] = 3.790

$3,000 x 3.790 = $11,370 = Present Value of Future Cash Flows

$11,370 – $11,000(aka Required Investment) = $370

[Fatma]

Casey

Thanx! I thought we will never need to use the formula

FAR 86 May 12
AUD 84 August 12
REG 80 Jan 13
BEC 76 April 13
And am done !!!

[Anonymous]

We have to know how to calculate PV factor??? I haven't seen that anywhere in CPAExcel or Wiley Testbank!!!

[Fatma]

k917

This question is one of the released one ! In my first attempt have not seen any but I think you should know them in case !

FAR 86 May 12
AUD 84 August 12
REG 80 Jan 13
BEC 76 April 13
And am done !!!

[Anonymous]

Damn!!!

[so1913]

Oh great 🙁

AUD - 90 Pass
REG - 70,61,81 Pass DONE DONE DOOOOONNEEE!!!!!!!!
BEC - 79 - Pass
FAR - 70,82 - Pass

[KnightsCPA]

Exam is on Thursday… Took the Wiley Practice exam and got 88% right on the MCQs so hoping that is a good sign. Just gonna read notes, formulas, do MCQs, and read over some written communications today. Then do some light reading/MCQs tomorrow and hope for the best.

So nervous!! Praying this is my last one!

FAR - 83
AUD - 81
REG - 92
BEC - 87
ETHICS - Done

[whatamidoing]

Good luck on Thursday!

I decided to bite the bullet and spend the $$ on Becker's Final Review. I don't want to take any chances with this exam. I used it for REG and it really helped me pass the exam I think.

F - 85 (11/2012)
R - 87 (1/2013)
A - 92 (2/2013)
B - 90 (4/2013)

DONE!

[ROACH]

How much was Becker's Final Review? And what does it consist of?

BEC: 66 | 69 | 7/23/2013
AUD: 8/28/2013
REG:
FAR:

[Anonymous]

Hi guys,

I took BEC in Feb 2013 and got a 71. 🙁 Anyone has any advise….I am taking this Saturday 04/20 and I am very nervous

AUD 92

BEC 71

FAR July 9th, 2013

REG Not sure when

[Shanta_J]

Hi Everyone, just took Audit Tuesday… now I'm starting with BEC. My exam is on May 29th. I'm giving myself 6 weeks to prepare. Anyone else studying for this amount of time?

REG*75* 02.27.13(1)
AUD*82* 04.15.13(1)
BEC 05.29.13
FAR 08.12.13

-Becker Self-Study-
*Through God all things are Possible*

[MintsRGood]

@Shanta_J We have parallel CPA exam lives right now!!! Audit yesterday and BEC on 5/31 for me and frankly I'm ready to studying anything else besides auditing!!! How did your exam go yesterday?

@Casey glad to see you in the BEC study group! At least we are out of the audit swamp for a few weeks! 🙂

I hope that 6 weeks of prep will be enough to get the job done, especially since tax season (thank goodness) is over and I don't have to work Saturday and Sunday anymore! This week I'm going to get all of my materials organized, put Ninja notes and audio on my devices (iphone, ipad, work computer, etc.), and make a study plan that I can implement ASAP!

For those of you that have taken Auditing and moved on to BEC, are the IT components similar?

Good luck everyone!!!!!!!!!!!

REG: 75 DONE 🙂
AUD: 61, 71, 68, 92 DONE 🙂
BEC: 76 DONE 🙂
FAR: 72, 74, 79 DONE 🙂
Licensed Michigan CPA 🙂
-Some people dream of success...others wake up and work hard for it!!!
-The cowards never start and the weak die along the way!
-You better work, b***h!
-Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.-JFK

[Anonymous]

Exam Friday. Could be my last one. I really hope it is! Getting nervous!

[whatamidoing]

Roach – It costs $260 from Becker. They send you a summarized version of the main book, hitting on the main points of each lecture. There's also a supplemental lecture for the book that usually run about 30-45 minutes per chapter. They have a few additional MCQs and Simulations (or the written communications for BEC). For REG, it really helped bring it all into perspective for me. Hoping it does the same for BEC. I'm so behind in my review.

F - 85 (11/2012)
R - 87 (1/2013)
A - 92 (2/2013)
B - 90 (4/2013)

DONE!

[Shanta_J]

@MintsRGood… honestly, I was expecting it to be horrible but it really wasn't -_-… I don't know if I missed something though. I felt like Becker prepared me beyond measures. Multiple choice took me about 2 hours so I spent the other 2 on sims, and got to use the AL to help me out on one…. I am honestly curious to see this grade… I hear a lot of people say they felt like the did wonderful on audit and ended up failing… but I made sure I went back and reread each question and my answer… so we shall see… I know I prayed about it before I went in, so hopefully I get a passing score… looking forward to seeing it.

But on to BEC 🙁 I'm not a fan of cost accounting so I will be putting in a lot of hours for this one. Going to get through chapter 2 by the end of the weekend. I can already tell that I will be making quite a few flash cards so that I memorize/understand formulas!

REG*75* 02.27.13(1)
AUD*82* 04.15.13(1)
BEC 05.29.13
FAR 08.12.13

-Becker Self-Study-
*Through God all things are Possible*

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