[jeff]

I’ve had a few requests for April/May Study Groups…March will be here before you know it.

In order to take an early April exam, you should begin studying…now. 🙂

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

[How many letters do you need]

Ooooo I sense a great separate thread on CPA exam superstitions. …bet it would be a good one…anybody who's been around or read the archives knows about the red panties one… (boxers for me….)…wonder what else is out there..

MBA,CMA,CPA, CFF?, ABV?

[Anonymous]

Red panties? What? That will help me pass? DONE!

[KRina]

@Mommy & NJPRU thanks so much the tips. I will keep them in mind and practice as I study.

also, I am very superstitious @ Tee and @Ale. This time around, I schedule in my goodluck center. My last FAR I had schedule at this good luck center and reschedule to the center I always fail. My gut was telling me not to reschedule but I did not listen. I learned my lesson

[Anonymous]

It's getting real! 2 and a half weeks before exam date. This is how I am laying it out. Do MCQ's for 3-4 topics from WTB (I used Becker for lectures but using WTB for final review) each day for 2-3 hours. Spend about an additional hour in re-writing notes for those topics. I am hoping to get done with all the topics in 9 days. This will leave me with about 7 days. This is when all I will be doing is MCQ's of all the topics, reviewing notes and listening to Ninja Audio during free time. My biggest worry is SIMS 🙁

[Anonymous]

BUMP!

(Posted this 1-2 days ago. I hope someone will take time to answer. Thanks guys.)

While reviewing my old notes, I encountered this:

(Written on 10/2013,) US GAAP requires the disclosure of material RPT EXCLUDING: 3 [CEO]

C – Compensating arrangements

E – Expense allowances

O – Other similar items

I am not sure if I wrote it right. Is my word for EXCLUDING correct? Should it not be including? I am doubtful of my own notes, LOL.

I hope someone can confirm it or correct me if it's wrong. Thanks guys.

[Anonymous]

@AleFLCPA–Have I finished going over all my review material? Um no. I haven't touched NFP. I took one look at pensions last night and promptly closed the notes. I did horribly on Consolidations, foreigh currency translations, debt restructuring, and Monetary CA and CL so I have to start fresh on all those sections. I have 592 MCQ and 25 SIMS that I haven't seen yet and 1087 MCQ and 53 SIMS that I haven't seen twice. I have Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-12 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays to 12:00 p.m. on Sundays without the kids to study as much as I can. That's approximately 20 hours a week for 3 weeks. Is that enough time considering I have touched several sections yet?

[Anonymous]

AND I still want to do all the AICPA release questions from 2006-2013 before the exam.

[stoleway]

@Amor D

The 3 things you listed are transactions that relates to ordinary course of business and should NOT be disclosed.

This applies to every executive or anyone involved in the decision making of the business.

REG -63│ 84!!
BEC- 59│70│ 71 │78!
AUD- 75!
FAR- 87!

Mass-CPA

[Anonymous]

Thanks Stoleway for explaining why. So I guess I wrote it right. LOL.

Now I can keep my peace about this disclosure restriction since you provided me with a good explanation as to why.

[stoleway]

@Amor D

I like your nnemonic though…CEO…im gonna keep it for sure.

REG -63│ 84!!
BEC- 59│70│ 71 │78!
AUD- 75!
FAR- 87!

Mass-CPA

[namaci]

I have a quick question (it's a problem more than a question). I am studying for FAR and using becker materials but i have been doing 10 years of tax work so I am finding it difficult to get out of that state of mind. I am having a lot of problems with chapter 2 matching revenue and expenses and I was just wondering if anybody has any helpful tips to understand/make the accrual questions easier?

Thanks a bunch!

[NYCaccountant]

If you started the year with AR of 100,000, had sales of 200,000, and had an ending AR of 50,000.

Just add begininng AR to the sales and subtract out ending AR. That's your cash you collected. Unless you wrote some

of the AR off during the year, but the exam won't be that tricky. Once you understand how income statement accounts

affect the balance sheet and accrual accounting it's a piece of cake.

FAR - 93
REG - 87
BEC - 84!!!!
AUD - 99!!!!!! CPA exam complete.

[23K]

FAR – is a beast compared to Audit

Been rough this the last week and MCs seems to take a long time to do

AUD--52,68,83, expired. Retake = 74 RETAKE - 7.24.26
FAR--73,70,68,75
BEC-- 79
REG-- 68,62,75

[WANNABE_CPA]

Hey Guys, soo i am back…after getting a 74…spent 1 week to recover…getting the courage to get back and fight again now..Planning to take it again 2nd week May.. coming down to a list of issues need to go over first before reviewing all again.

Anyone disappointed with a score like mine…share your strategy now for the next attempt. Getting a 74 was something i never wanted to encounter, but its true you have to go through your fears in order to GROW .lol.

FAR – 68 , 74 (2/25/14)

REG – TBD

BEC – TBD

AUD – TBD

FAR : 68, 74, 83 Thank you God 🙂
BEC : 78 (8/27) 🙂
REG : 72 ,80 (2/25) 🙂
AUD : 69,67, 07/23

[Anonymous]

I've seen some people who missed FAR by a few points get another 74 or lower on their next attempt. This really scares me to death.

We can't aim for just 75 on our next attack. We must aim for 95 or higher. Chances are we get tripped up again.

Oh my, so what do we do now? I mean, how do we do it without tripping up again?

[Author]

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