hello all – thought i should post about this. I used becker 2009 to study for FAR – took it in late November and just found out I passed. woohoo! But my 2009 license expires this month (it took me a while to get motivated) so I ordered the becker 2011 set for the other sections. I ended up getting a 2011 FAR book and DVD that I dont need but why do they make it cheaper to buy all 4 than 3?!?
I havent started studying REG yet, but i did a look through and I didn't see one IFRS box like I did when I looked through the 2011 FAR book – there was a lot of IFRS boxes in FAR. If you're just taking REG (and none of the other sections), I personally wouldn't worry about upgrading anything. I would've used my 2009 REG book if I didn't have the other 2 sections to take….but i heard AUD was going to be a lot difference. Abe seems right though, there's now a big section on tax exempt organizations and unrelated business income. I'm sure there are resources online available that can give you IFRS information for REG without having to pay full price on 2011.
Just an FYI that you might know already – you can still get 2010 paper updates for Becker online and you don't even need a user ID or password. I did this for FAR and it worked out well. Not sure if they're taking that down at the end of the year though.
Good luck to everyone studying! This looks like a lot of memorization……..
FAR, BEC, REG - Passed
AUD - ? (7.1)