Hey all,
Taking REG in a few weeks and had two topics I wanted to get feedback on:
1) Did anyone else feel kinda hopeless in prep for REG? I've taken and passed BEC and FAR. I put in quite a bit of study time for both (using Wiley), and while the tests obviously weren't pushovers, I felt like I ultimately was able to just work hard enough to prepare in order to get myself ready. I feel very different about REG so far. I don't know if I'm distracted or what, but nothing seems to be sticking, and no amount of extra work seems to be driving some of the topics home. It's getting really depressing and hard to get motivated, knowing I just have to move onto the next lesson, which I will invariably struggle with as much as the previous ones. And there are just so many damn rules, as opposed to the other sections that focused on concepts. Maybe it's a combination with some external factors going on in my life, but I just feel like I'm not in a good place right now when it comes to my readiness for this section. Did/is anyone else encounter(ing) this, and if so, what did you do to (try) to overcome it?
2) Apparently the test isn't changing with regard to the tax law changes until 2019. But there are topics that are pretty heavily covered in the study material I have that we know have just been entirely ripped out of the new code (estate tax, AMT, etc). Has anyone gotten a sense of whether the exam is still focusing on these topics, or has shifted to focusing on topics that have changed but have largely stayed in place?
Sorry to sound like such a downer. I'm trying to work through it.
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