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If I were to pick one/two text books (not CPA review books) for each of these, what would be your recommendation? I do know the review courses are the best way to tackle the exam though.

AUD -> Such as Arens

REG

FAR

BEC

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Consensus is that textbooks aren't really good for learning the material for the CPA exam. They go into too much detail.

With that being said, I did find myself looking at my most recent Tax textbook quite a few times while studying REG. South-Western Federal Taxation Comprehensive Volume 2014. It explains things really well and has a lot of good examples to clarify issues.

[Mamabear]

I am taking a partnership tax class right now and I have to agree that the textbook is so detailed that I would be lost in the details if I was using it to study for REG. I prefer the review course books because they outline the “must knows” instead of making you feel like you have to know everything.

CPA Exam - Finally DONE (November 2014)
BEC (08/10/13) 80
AUD (08/24/13) 65 (11/13/13) 85
FAR (04/12/14) 81
REG (07/19/14) 69 (11/29/14) 87!!

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