[mimperat1]

Hello,
Can anyone give their experience between FAR and REG? I just passed FAR and REG is my last section but I feel like I am burnt out from how hard I studied for FAR. Is REG a little less difficult to study for?

[hasy]

I don't mean to scare you. Studying for FAR was SO MUCH EASIER than this. FAR actually makes sense since you know, accounting is pretty logical.

But don't hate it. Don't be scared of SIMs. Do all of them. REG is a lot of memorization and random tricks. Just gotta expose yourself to all of it. REG is my last one too. Sighs. We can endure this together.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved - Helen Keller

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BEC 80 (10/23/15)
FAR 72 (4/2/15); 83 (7/11/16)
REG 52 (4/28/15)
AUD (9/9/16)

Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB

[Ryan]

Studying for REG makes me very happy I chose audit over tax in my career. Audit involves analytical ability and other higher brainpower thought processes.
Tax is just rote memorization that makes no sense. This is how it's done, memorize it and do not ask questions.

[Yolonge]

Reg is my last one.

Just to say I when I do Reg, I miss Far..

Materials: Wiley book + Ninja MCQ

FAR - 83 (Jan 2016)
Study time: 6 weeks
BEC - 87 (April 2016)
Study time: 2 weeks
AUD - 92 (July 2016), (74 Feb 2016), (72 May 2016)
Study time: 4 (Feb) + 2 (May) + 3 (July) = 9 weeks total
REG - (70 April 2016)
Study time: 3 weeks

[A1lessio]

This thread is re-assuring. Studying for FAR now and I would rather take REG 3 more times than go through this.

AUD (08/02/2016)

[hasy]

@Ryan

I LOL-ed so hard at work from this!!! I chose audit too… No regrets at all….. flippin' REG.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved - Helen Keller

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BEC 80 (10/23/15)
FAR 72 (4/2/15); 83 (7/11/16)
REG 52 (4/28/15)
AUD (9/9/16)

Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB

[Skynet]

FAR & REG is like dating a woman WAAAAY OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE.

You will feel insecure and both will make you cry.

[Anonymous]

^Lmao!

[gigabyte2001]

I start studying for Reg today. It's my last one. I have 11 months to pass it before I lose AUD. Hoping things are mostly the same as they were 10-12 years ago when I was working on my MTAX.

B - 11/11/16
A - 4/16/16 87!!
R - 2/17/17
F - 7/26/16 - Waiting for 8/23

[Wanna_B_TXCPA2014]

I have no problem being the “weird” one in this conversation in saying that I prefer the land of make believe, REG, over crushing absolute reality FAR. I have been in Operational and Corp acct roles since 04 and it took me 6 effn times to pass FAR and all I got was a 75. My Becker HW scores on average have been about ~10pts higher than FAR HW. Got my fingers crossed they throw me something I can hit on 12/5/16 so I can call it a career. I feel like I completely expensed my Perseverance Reserve

[livealittle]

I took FAR for the 5th time today. I hope I got at least a 75 and can be done! I lost BEC and retook it and passed it again, but FAR has really been kicking my behind.

BEC - 8/8/16
REG - 66, 77
AUD - 81
FAR - 9/8/16

[JBeaty0507]

These are the only 2 exams I have taken, and I would take FAR a thousand times before I had to take REG again. To be fair, I am in Corporate accounting….and Tax just really isn't my thing. I could have cried during the REG exam. I've never been so happy to see a 78 in my life!

[Pete E. Rino]

I just took FAR last month and I never felt so bad after taking an exam in my life. I passed thankfully. I too have left REG for last since I think it will be the easiest one for me. It is so much easier to study for REG than FAR in my opinion. FAR is just so much material that once you go onto one part you forget the other. REG, on the other hand, is kinda enjoyable when it comes to Individual taxation, partnerships, property tax, and some business law as well. Then I see everyone commenting how FAR is easier to study for, which baffles me. The only thing really hard in REG is R7 (secured transactions, bankruptcy, and commercial paper), estate tax (R4), and some of corporate + S corp from R3. I definitely found REG easier to study for. I went through it so much quicker than FAR. Just hang in there. Both of us are sick of studying but study hard and pass this and we are both done!

[hasy]

@Pete E. Rino

FAR makes sense…. Do you have any idea how annoying it is to remember which basis to use when it comes to devalued gifts (depending on whether on it's inherited or bought) and then you have to remember how wash sales comes into the question? >.<

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved - Helen Keller

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BEC 80 (10/23/15)
FAR 72 (4/2/15); 83 (7/11/16)
REG 52 (4/28/15)
AUD (9/9/16)

Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB

[Anonymous]

REG = Slightly less material but slightly more difficult
FAR = Slightly more material but slightly less difficult

Personally, I thought REG was easier, but I work in Tax, so a lot of it was information I was somewhat familiar with.

I'd say study time wise, they're both terrifying beasts. Best of luck. Study a lot and you can pass them both.

[Stilgoin]

I passed REG on the first try and tbh, I was expecting a higher grade. I will take FAR the 5th time in January. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. 😉

B | 62, 78
A | 73, 67, 79
R | 82
F | 59, 59, Waiting

Ethics | 93

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
~Winston Churchill

“In a world full of critics, be an encourager."

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