The improvements, designated CBT-e for Computer-Based Testing evolution, will be launched Jan. 1, 2011, simultaneously with exam content updates that include, for the first time, testing on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). IFRS material is part of the new Content and Skill Specification Outlines (CSOs/SSOs) for the CPA Examination. Also to be introduced on the examination Jan. 1, 2011, is a new research task format and a new release of authoritative literature—the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. Examination candidates will begin seeing preparation materials reflecting the new authoritative literature release and research task format when sample tests and a new tutorial are released in the fall of 2010.