Hi to all of you. First a lot respect to everyone who is trying to pas ths exam and to the ones that already passed. I have working in accounting and individual taxes for 6 years and I finally got my letter to be able to take the exam. Since my studies were n finance I had to take accounting credits as my time allowed me so it took me 3 years. Anyway, I got enough credit but I have no taken neither advanced nor consolidation, should I go ahead and take the becker review course and start to take the exam, or should I take this fall advanced and start to take the exam next year?
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I would think you would be fine to sit for REG AUD and BEC without this mattering much, but I can't speak for FAR. I am also not familiar with Becker, but they might start you out in FAR. I would think it would be possible to learn the topics needed to pass the exam without the corresponding coursework completed, it just might take a little more time. Ultimately, it will depend on how well you absorb the material, how much time you can invest, and how well you know the rest of the material.
thanks chevyrcrz. I see you passed REG with 99!!, congrats!! do you have a lot of experience with taxes?, I have prepared individual taxes for 6 years and I think I have dealt a lot with Sch E, A, C, FARM, deprec, but I my experience in corporate taxes is limited, I prepare some easy ones. what percentage of invid taxes was in your test?
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Posted: 23 Jul 2009 at 12:15 | IP Logged
I think if you did all that you will be fine in REG. I had no Corporate Tax experience, and no Corporate Tax class. Becker taught me this from scratch and did really well.
I'm a little hesitant to tell you to sit for FAR before having Advanced Accounting. A lot will depend on how you learn. That part still confuses me, but I managed to learn enough and squeaked by.
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Retro wrote:
I think if you did all that you will be fine in REG. I had no Corporate Tax experience, and no Corporate Tax class. Becker taught me this from scratch and did really well.
I'm a little hesitant to tell you to sit for FAR before having Advanced Accounting. A lot will depend on how you learn. That part still confuses me, but I managed to learn enough and squeaked by.
I don't think taking advanced accounting is necessary. If you have intermediate accounting, that should be good enough. but i would start with FAR first just to get it out of the way first.
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