2017 CPA exam changes—Harder or easier? - Page 5

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  • March 21, 2016 at 4:05 pm #200923
    JT
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    This is just something random I’ve been thinking about the past couple days.

    Is the new exam going to be easier or harder?

    Seeing how a ton of baby boomers will be retiring in the next few years, there will be a huge need for CPA’s. I honestly cant imagine the AICPA making the exam harder (thus reducing the number of CPA’s in the filed even more).

    If the test does get harder and pass rates drop, then there will be a HUGE need for CPA’s in the next 5-10 years. (supply and demand)

    I can see the pass rates being horrible the first 1-2 quarters of 2017 (seeing how review courses and exam candidates will be unprepared for the new changes) but I would expect for this to even out after a couple quarters.

    Any thought?

    REG-80-1X
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    FAR-73-1X
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    AUD-September 2016

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  • October 26, 2016 at 3:11 pm #1306380
    Substantive Testing
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    And prep courses are making it sound really bad, so that they can market as “buy now because its going to get harder”

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