[mdrobbin]

Based on NINJA and Yaeger, it sounds like it isn’t worth focusing on specific phaseout dollar amounts. Does anyone have any feedback either for or against trying to memorize specific phaseout rules? Is it more important to simply memorize whether a phaseout exists rather than the specific dollar threshold?

Seems nearly impossible to memorize the phaseouts… I’m sitting in February 2013 and I have 2012 material. I assume a lot of the phaseouts will change compared to what Wiley published for the 2012 textbook over a year before my exam date.

FAR - 2012 - PASSED (YAEGER)
AUD - 2012 - PASSED (YAEGER + NINJA NOTES)
BEC - 2012 - PASSED (YAEGER + NINJA NOTES)
REG - 2013 - PASSED (YAEGER + NINJA NOTES + NINJA AUDIO)

ETHICS - 2013 - PASSED

DONE!!! Thank you A71 for all the support! Hiya!!!

[NoOrigins]

I've seen some practice questions where phaseouts numbers are provided. I've seen others where they are not. I think overall understanding how the phaseout works for different areas is more important than actual numbers. That being said, I did memorize some thresholds. All I will say about my exam experience is that I did not regret memorizing some phaseout thresholds.

FAR: Passed
REG: Passed
BEC: Passed
AUD: Passed

[mrwills12]

Well I havent sat for the test so i probably cant help much but i know as a general rule most phaseouts wont be tested becuase they change every year. I would just know that something is subject to a phaseout, maybe know the rental passive activity phaseout because that one doesnt seem to change. But if you want to know all the phaseouts there is a general rule to really help you out. GENERALLY the MFJ phase out is just the single taxpayer phase out * 2.

FAR - 88 (Jul 2012)
AUD - 85 (Oct 2012)
BEC - 82 (Nov 2012)
REG - 92 (Jan 2013) DONE!

Using Becker Self Study 2012

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