The Money Pit

09. Dec, 2008 20 Comments


I didn’t have another NTS to purchase this month, so I celebrated by spending $131 on “Professional Ethics: AICPA’s Comprehensive Course” to fulfill my state’s ethics requirement so that I can get my certificate and license.

As far as I know the only place to purchase the course is through CPA2biz.com – a site the AICPA owns.

I chose the CD-ROM version (Product# 738392HS) over the text (Product# 732311).

20 Responses to “The Money Pit”

  1. Anonymous 10. Dec, 2008 at 7:11 am

    Haha, I still havent gotten my score for my last part (REG), but in the meantime, I also bought and passed the ethics exam. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be, I guess my ethics were shoddy to begin with.

  2. Anonymous 10. Dec, 2008 at 8:11 am

    What are these things?

  3. another71.com 10. Dec, 2008 at 8:31 am

    Sorry – it’s for the ethics requirement that many states have in order to get your certificate/license.

  4. Anonymous 10. Dec, 2008 at 10:50 am

    I bought mine through the Missouri Society for $115. It was not state related – just the AICPA version. Here is the website . . . https://www.mocpa.org/Content/22327.aspx

  5. Anonymous 10. Dec, 2008 at 10:12 pm

    is this another course in addition to the one required to sit (in Texas) I may be wrong but it sounds like another course on ethics

    one college class to sit and one 8 hr class after you pass

    good grief why do we have to pay the price for the criminals who tainted accounting….

    another 71 ways to suck a dollar out of a billion dollar industry huh ethics huh!

  6. Anonymous 10. Dec, 2008 at 10:20 pm

    HOLY FREAKING CRAP! I'm doing this now, and I have to ask: How in the world does someone who passed REG on the first attempt fail this thing with an 83 followed by an 85?!

    I've looked up the answer to each question one by one, and on the handful of questions for which I was between two answer choices, I changed my answers between the two submissions. This does not compute, and I'm sooo ready to pull my hair out. >_<

  7. Anonymous 11. Dec, 2008 at 12:06 pm

    I hear you… I spent about 2 hours on the exam and got a 70%, 8 fun-filled hours later, I got a 90% and threw my ethics book out the window…

  8. Anonymous 12. Dec, 2008 at 12:27 pm

    i bought the book through my state’s CPA society website. i’m sure you can do that for most states. just be carefull… some states don’t accept this AICPA ethics exam and have their own ethics requirement for being licensed.

  9. Anonymous 15. Dec, 2008 at 1:11 pm

    Just in case you New Yorkers were wondering, we don’t need to take this exam. Maybe that’s why corruption is so rampant on Wall St. ? Just speculating…

  10. Anonymous 16. Dec, 2008 at 7:05 am

    According to Illinois Board of Examiners they HOPE to receive scores by Wednesday and they HOPE to release BEC scores this week. Yeah right.

  11. Anonymous 16. Dec, 2008 at 11:02 am

    95% of the BEC is already out as per ILBOA -

  12. Anonymous 18. Dec, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    I just passed the exam. What do I do now? I know I have to take an ethics exam. Will they send me the information to do it?

  13. another71.com 18. Dec, 2008 at 12:12 pm

    Check your state BOA page…they should have it…if it’s the AICPA comprehensive course…order what I did…many states use it…your state may have its own.

  14. Anonymous 22. Dec, 2008 at 11:24 am

    Does anyone know if Georgia requires the ethics CPE to obtain a new license? I just passed my last part of the exam and would like to go ahead and complete the CPE if necessary. I’ve looked on their site; however, I do not see anything. Thanks for the help.

  15. Anonymous 29. Dec, 2008 at 8:44 am

    I just passed my last section and was wondering if anyone knows how long it takes Florida to send out the licensure package. I spoke with someone at the Dept. of Business & Prof. Regulation and they said it could be up to six weeks.

  16. Anonymous 15. Jan, 2009 at 9:55 am

    I just passed my last part of the exam, and I will have to 1-2 year work experience to get my certificate and license.

    My questions are:

    1. Should I take “Professional Ethics: AICPA’s Comprehensive Course” exam first?

    2. My friend is a AICPA Member( $99.00). May he use his name buy this course for me?

    Thanks for the help!!

  17. Anonymous 04. Feb, 2009 at 2:12 pm

    You can purchase it through the state accounting society for less sometimes. It was a little cheaper through MO Society of CPA's & you could attend a session w/ others to look over the questions.

  18. sandip 18. May, 2009 at 10:46 am

    Dear Friends,

    I have cleared the last paper of CPA and I stay in India. Can u please tell me is there any way where I can get the book in digitised form without getting the CD or book physically to India.

    Thanks in advance

    Sandip

  19. Jeff - another71.com 18. May, 2009 at 10:50 am

    Sandip – congrats on passing! The only version that I’m aware of is the CD or book from the AICPA…no digitized version. You should call the AICPA through their cpa2biz.com website and find out for sure.

  20. Divya 29. Jan, 2010 at 12:51 am

    Hi,

    I have cleared my CPA exam from Colorado state in Jan, 2009 and I am based in India. I wanted to confirm that in order to be a member of AICPA and to get CPA liscense and certificate do I need to clear Ethics exam. What are the contents of the exam and the next step after the ethics exam.

    Thanks.