[yhe1223]

Hi everyone,

I am still in the stage of reading all the materials , just wondering if anyone who had FAR test could tell me if the coverage of Governmental accounting is not very broad, because i don’t have so much time left and I haven’t read the whole chapter, and want to know if I can skip some part of the chapter.

Thank you very much!

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BEC 75 2013/11
FAR 76 2014/10
AUD 87 2015/1
REG 83 2015/3

[lude4life13]

When someone I know took the exam after “skimming” govt accounting, they told me they think they would have passed if they had studied it. IMO it isn't really hard at all, just completely different. After spending a solid few hours on the material its not too hard to grasp, especially since it is a tested concept.

[Mamabear]

I suggest you skip the reading and start working the government MCQs. You need to know it and the MCQ will help with that.

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[lude4life13]

Im not sure I would agree with skipping the lectures, at least for the first chapter of Govt. I remember blasting through the MCQ's after listening to the lecture and thinking, “wow I would have no idea what these meant if I hadn't heard the lecture first.”

[Mamabear]

I'm only suggesting it as a response to the fact that they are running out of time. If I had to choose, I would choose MCQ because it extremely important to go through questions on each topic, but I'm biased because I didn't watch lectures or read the book for government.

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

[zieba]

GOVT and NFP is huge! It's like going into REG and not knowing business law.

If you are time crunched, even a little, skip the lectures. GVT/NFP isn't difficult. You can pick up a lot of points just by remembering a few key facts, definitions and categories.

Reading through notes and doing MCQ is better than being buried in lengthy lectures.

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[Anonymous]

I would not skip this chapter. You could get heavily tested in this and end up

Failing.

Try to read it and do as many Qs on it so you can have a foundation on the topic.

Don't skip

[Anonymous]

Skimming Gov/NFP = 74

[yhe1223]

Thank you guys! I will roughly go through the chapter and start to working on MCQs.

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BEC 75 2013/11
FAR 76 2014/10
AUD 87 2015/1
REG 83 2015/3

[FARtogo2014]

@yhe1223–postpone your exam. My advise

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These are heavily tested topics.

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REG 88
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[itsjustatest]

Whatever you do please make sure you do not take any advice from someone telling you to skip the sections.

AUD - 83
REG - 78
FAR - 69,73,79
BEC - 85

[Anonymous]

If there is a section to skip, this isn't it.

[Anonymous]

Do NOT, I repeat do NOT skip Governmental, NFP, or IFRS. You will fail if you skip any of those sections. I found the MCQs to go much faster for NFP and Gov than any of the other sections because there really arent many computations.

[Anonymous]

My suggestion is to focus on the funds and their treatment, and not specific accounting problems. In this aspect, reading/studying will benefit you more.

I believe you are much more likely to have problems like, “Which of the following funds uses modified accrual” than a long, drawn out accounting problem.

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