Roshini,

It's a bit tough to answer your question as everyone's situation is different.

If I would have been you, I would go for BEC first as after FAR, you want little over whelming material to study plus it has no sims.... And, some topics you would have read about in FAR.

REG is tax laws... It took me 20-25 days to be comfortable with the material and correlate with U.S. tax laws. It needs some time and practice more than that required in BEC.

IMO, you can go for BEC in Oct 1st week ( I gave 5 weeks effectively to BEC) and then REG in Jan. You would be required to update your 2009 REG materials with 2010 changes which would be testable. here is the link:

http://www.becker.com/accounting/cpaexamreview/students/2009 _Regulation_Tax_Law_Update.pdf

All the best :) Do let know in case of any further queries.

Roshini wrote: Thanks for your opinion divya. Really i was worried about the changes in Reg and what if i had to purchase new set of material if i give the exam in jan 2010. Do you think i can as well be better prepared with 2009 material with the updates ?

you are welcome, Roshini... yes, you would be prepared well with the 2009 material with updates from Becker site.

Roshini,

Changes to the law and standards are testable 6 months after the effective date.

That's the reason your 2009 book had a big update in July - that was the month when the 2009 rules became testable.  You should be good with that material through the end of May 2010.