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TryingCPA
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Posted: 30 May 2009 at 19:36 \| IP Logged

I'm not a computer guru, but I can tell you the computer in home I couldn't get the 14.0 software to run on was using Windows Vista operating system. On our other computer, using Windows XP, the software ran fine :)

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Posted: 31 May 2009 at 00:31 \| IP Logged

Are the Wiley software questions generally of the same level of difficulty as the actual CPA exam? I'm doing the AUD part on Wiley's software, and the questions don't seem to be as difficult as the book. I'm wondering what to expect. Thanks.

PS: The thing that is distracting about Wiley IMO, apart from the typos, is the repetition. I get the idea of reinforcing a point through repetition, but it would be easier to read through their book if they presented a point just once and made clear it had to be memorized. They could then refer back to it with a page reference only. Instead, in many cases they reproduce the same text over and over, and you read through it to see if there's something new which justifies reading the whole thing again, and there isn't. Unnecessary.

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Posted: 31 May 2009 at 15:21 \| IP Logged

I haven't studied for audit yet; but for FAR, I thought the questions in the software were a little easier than the Wiley book. Questions on exam overall easier than Wiley software and books, of course, they always have some really hard questions on exam.

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AGIdeduction
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Posted: 05 Jun 2009 at 15:36 \| IP Logged

I've used Wiley for all four exams. I intially began using Wiley because I didn't want to spend the money on Becker. I feel the Mcq's give the answers in enough detail to where you don't even need to read the chapters (except for government accounting in FAR). But that is only because gov't stinks.

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Nan - Louisiana
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Posted: 06 Jun 2009 at 09:00 \| IP Logged

I'm thinking of making a set of current Wiley books part of my permanent library (at least for a while) AFTER I pass the CPA exams, especially because of IFRS and other changes that are constantly going on.

The reason is that even though I have passed the exams, I will want to have current "how-to" information available at my fingertips so that I can be competent at my job.

Does anyone else do this?

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