[jeff]

Free Study Planner, Notes, Audio, Flashcards: https://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-study-plan/

Free CPA Exam Survival Guide: https://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-survival-guide/

[Mamabear]

Well I sufficiently scared the crap out of myself by doing some last minutes SIMS in Ninja. DO NOT DO THAT on exam day! Total confidence killer. Being that this is my 5th exam, I should know better.

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!!

[Tootsie]

Hello! I just finished the first long lecture of R3. This chapter scares me a little, I think because there is so much material. How's everyone's studying going?

@CPAMommyof3, good luck!!! I know you will kill it! 🙂

FAR - 76
AUD - 88!!! DONE!!!!!!!!
BEC - 76
REG - 77

never, never, never give up

[Tax lady]

My study program finishes with tax and I start on that this weekend. I'm hoping to be done by beginning of August in order to have two full weeks of intense review. I feel pretty confident in what I've studied so far and have been averaging 80's and 90's in Blaw quizzes in Ninja MCQ. I work in public accounting and do taxes (individual, corporate, partnerships, trusts, 990's) in my job so hopefully tax will come fairly easily. I'm down to crunch time though so I have got to pick up the pace! Hope everyone is doing well in their studies!

REG 8/15/14 (73); 11/13/14 (82)-expired 🙁
AUD 5/30/15 (80)
BEC 11/28/15 (75)
FAR 7/30/16

Studying with CPAexcel and Ninja notes/MCQ's/Flashcards

[Anonymous]

Currently trying to pound through the final 30% of REG today so I can have a full week of MCQ's. It sure helps that I took B-Law I and II in college and still remember most of this lol.

[NEY_000]

How do you think you did, cpamama???!

AUD - 81 (5/5/14)
REG - 67 (7/28/14) b00; (10/3/2014)
BEC -
FAR -

[Mamabear]

I won't lie. It was brutal and I went in with my confidence lowered because of working SIMS this morning that I hadn't done yet. Note to all of you–Practice your SIMS and know them well!!! The MCQ was okay. The AL was useless for me. I left 1 hour and 45 minutes for SIMS and used the entire time. It's really a toss up. It could go either way. Thank you all for the support and encouragement. It was greatly appreciated and good luck to everyone testing this week!

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!!

[syoung123]

Quick question –

If you exclude a gain on the sale of a primary residence, its not supposed to be taken off the basis of the next property, right?

Phil Yaeger did this at the end of one of his examples, and I think he was confused ($250k gain was excluded and he said it should come off the basis of the newly purchased $210k house, reducing it to 0). I can't find any case in which this would be done. I thought that's the reason its an exclusion and not a deferral.

Am I missing something?

REG (July 2014) - Pass
AUD (Aug 2014) - Pass
FAR - (Nov 2014) - Pass
BEC - (Dec 2014) - Pass

Licensed Colorado CPA (February 2015)

DONE!!!!

[funtiks]

Having never done tax is my life the first 2 chapters of Becker REG seems very easy to me.

Unlike other parts I just apply things in the book to real life situations and memorize it very quickly.

FAR - 76*, 73, 85
BEC - 69, 72, 78*, 80
AUD - 72, 71, 90
REG - 71, 74, 85

AFTER 3 YEARS I'M DONE!!!

[WantCPA30]

I just took REG exam this past weekend. I have taken it previously and failed by a couple of points (very disappointing). I'm not sure how to feel about the exam. I didn't think the MCs where very difficult and the questions were very similar to what I studied in the Becker software. When I got to the SIMs I felt like they were difficult. And now I'm second guessing everything I did in the exam.

Did anyone had a similar experience with the REG exam recently?

FAR – 8/10

BEC – n/a

AUD – n/a

REG – Waiting on results

[NoraU]

syoung123: The excluded gain does not affect a new residence basis (unless the example is for obsolete law before 1997).

BEC 05/12/14 77
REG 08/25/14 82
FAR 11/25/14 80
AUD 02/25/15 72, 05/15/15 98! DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[yourmomsaCPA]

I'm an idiot. *THOUGHT* I'd schedule my exam for today at one and then realized I never got a confirmation. I'd written it on my calendar but never scheduled it. UUUUUGGGGGHHHHH! Thank goodness the testing center had a spot open on Weds. BUT…I'm taking BEC on Aug 26th and even though it's 2 days, it's still a loss of study time. I am soooo over REG. It's the devil.

FAR - 87 2/18/14
AUD - 84 4/2/14
REG - 87 7/23/14
BEC - 78 8/26/14

I'm finally an *official* CPA - TX

[Mamabear]

@WantCPA–My experience matches yours exactly.

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!!

[syoung123]

@Norau – Thanks!

REG (July 2014) - Pass
AUD (Aug 2014) - Pass
FAR - (Nov 2014) - Pass
BEC - (Dec 2014) - Pass

Licensed Colorado CPA (February 2015)

DONE!!!!

[NoraU]

yourmomsaCPA: It is meant to be. For me it feels like 2 days for REG more important then for BEC.

BEC 05/12/14 77
REG 08/25/14 82
FAR 11/25/14 80
AUD 02/25/15 72, 05/15/15 98! DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[How many letters do you need]

YourMom: that's enough to provide a mini-stroke! Glad it worked out. I suppose that's the good thing about being ultra-paranoid when it comes to the exams. I always check and re-read the confirm. I just know the AICPA is after me….my car died the morning of BEC….I'm positive it was the dirty extended arm of the AICPA

MBA,CMA,CPA, CFF?, ABV?

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