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REG - Hardest for me because I had the least experience
with taxes.
FAR - Had 9 chapters in Becker. Too much material.
AUD - Had 1 year audit experience.
BEC - It was familiar, because I did well in undergrad
for the topics covered in BEC.
On another note...
I am registered in Georgia and finished passing the four
parts in November. Do I need to finish the ethics test
and other requirements in Georgia or can I transfer the
exams to the state I live in, which is Florida, and do
the rest in Florida?
Do I need to completely get the cpa license in Georgia
before I can transfer to Florida?
I already have the required school credits and 1 year of
audit experience.
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All you have to do is meet Flordia's requirements, whatever those are. You do not have to completely get the CPA lisence in Georgia before you get lisenced in Florida.
__________________ FAR - Oct 2008 - Pass
REG - Nov 2008 - Pass
AUD - Jan 2009 - Pass
BEC - Jan 2009 - Pass
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Hardest to easiest:
FAR I had a terrible exam experience and wanted to jab the prometric pencil into my leg as hard as I could after I finished this one. If you can pass FAR you can pass any of them.
The others are quite the same in terms of difficulty. However, to break it down...
REG REG wasn't so bad. I liked learning about taxes and law, very interesting subjects for me.
BEC If you just got out of college and are tech-savvy this will probably be an easy section. AUD I thought AUD was the easiest section. It's 4.5 hours long and all the questions are conceptual so it only takes you ~20 seconds to get the answer. Either you know it or you don't. Because it's 4.5 hours long it's like you have an infinite amount of time.
Also, what this theboone said is pretty true:
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REG is a challenge because you are so strapped for time. FAR is a challenge because it's a mile wide and an inch deep BEC is a challenge because it hits you with things from out of the blue AUD is a challenge because its twisted to distort any knowledge you thought you had.
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BEC - Oct 10: 88
AUD - Nov 21: 90
REG - Feb 6: 89
FAR - Jan 3: 92
CA Ethics: 96
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FAR – REG –
BEC – AUD
FAR was the
hardest just because of the volume of material and as others have said, you
feel like by the time you get to the end of studying (I was using Becker), you’ve
forgotten the beginning.I was the most
nervous going into the test and did not feel good after it.
I actually
enjoyed studying for REG because I like the topics of tax and law.But the exam questions were definitely tricky
and almost nitpicky (often only a slight difference between answers).I did panic on the exam towards the end and
ran out of time before completing my second simulation.I felt the worst after REG but still think
FAR was harder.
BEC wasn’t
too bad but definitely boring to study for (that third guy they brought in for
Becker for GNP and IT was dreadful).
AUD was the
easiest for me.Not sure why since I’ve
never worked in public, I just enjoyed the topic and felt comfortable and
confident during the exam.
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