[MintsRGood]

Considering the recent spike of Audit wrath on the forum, I felt it necessary to make a thread devoted entirely to how much we all hate the auditing section of this exam! While I found a few hilarious threads about the BEC Haters Club, I found no such outlet for Audit and found that to be unacceptable. If you would rather stick your hand down the kitchen sink and hit the disposal, drink milk 8 weeks past the expiration date, or blow dry your hair in the bathtub rather than ever sit for auditing again in your life…welcome home. 🙂

I loathe audit because in audit land it’s perfectly acceptable to be WRONG…ahem, excuse me…misstated. Mind you it’s acceptable for an account can be wrong/misstated, just as long as it’s not “materially misstated” aka “more wrong than a misstated balance which in reality is a wrong number to begin with”. Seriously??? Come on, man. No wonder Audit has the lowest pass rate of all the sections right now!!! In tax land there is no concept of “materiality” and that’s how I like it! Please give me the internal revenue code any day with it’s 1,000,000 rules, regulations, procedures, and guidelines to follow because I like to color in the lines. I like things to be right or wrong, period. No subjectivity in my numbers, please and thank you!!! God bless the Internal Revenue Code!!!!

Now it’s your turn! Why do you hate audit???

REG: 75 DONE 🙂
AUD: 61, 71, 68, 92 DONE 🙂
BEC: 76 DONE 🙂
FAR: 72, 74, 79 DONE 🙂
Licensed Michigan CPA 🙂
-Some people dream of success...others wake up and work hard for it!!!
-The cowards never start and the weak die along the way!
-You better work, b***h!
-Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.-JFK

[littlenumberrobot]

I hate audit because it is a tricky little beast!!!!!!!!!!!!!! “Pick the BEST answer” my a$$!!!!!

On another note “if you would rather stick your hand down the kitchen sink and hit the disposal, drink milk 8 weeks past the expiration date, or blow dry your hair in the bathtub rather than ever sit for auditing again in your life.” Mints… have you been playing “dumb ways to die” on your smart phone? If so we need to write in and add a dumb way to die… taking audit 5 times in a lifetime.

😀

CA CPA - All because of the journey listed below
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FAR - 53('10), 8/25/12 79 PASSED!
REG - 66('11), 69('12), 12/06/12 77 PASSED!!
BEC - 58('10), 74('12), 01/05/13 77 PASSED!!!
AUD - 43('11), 66('12), 69('13), 74('13) 7/29/13 85 PASSED!!!!!

(Combinations of Roger, Yaeger, Wiley Book, Wiley TB, & NINJA Notes)

Ethics 90%

[littlenumberrobot]

I hate audit because it is a tricky little beast!!!!!!!!!!!!!! “Pick the BEST answer” my a$$!!!!!

On another note “if you would rather stick your hand down the kitchen sink and hit the disposal, drink milk 8 weeks past the expiration date, or blow dry your hair in the bathtub rather than ever sit for auditing again in your life.” Mints… have you been playing “dumb ways to die” on your smart phone? If so we need to write in and add a dumb way to die… taking audit 5 times in a lifetime.

😀

CA CPA - All because of the journey listed below
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
FAR - 53('10), 8/25/12 79 PASSED!
REG - 66('11), 69('12), 12/06/12 77 PASSED!!
BEC - 58('10), 74('12), 01/05/13 77 PASSED!!!
AUD - 43('11), 66('12), 69('13), 74('13) 7/29/13 85 PASSED!!!!!

(Combinations of Roger, Yaeger, Wiley Book, Wiley TB, & NINJA Notes)

Ethics 90%

[MintsRGood]

@Little#CPA I've never heard of dumb ways to die but that sounds hysterical to me! I'll put it on the list of apps that I'm allowed to download AFTER I pass FAR along with Candy Crush! 🙂

REG: 75 DONE 🙂
AUD: 61, 71, 68, 92 DONE 🙂
BEC: 76 DONE 🙂
FAR: 72, 74, 79 DONE 🙂
Licensed Michigan CPA 🙂
-Some people dream of success...others wake up and work hard for it!!!
-The cowards never start and the weak die along the way!
-You better work, b***h!
-Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.-JFK

[MintsRGood]

@Little#CPA I've never heard of dumb ways to die but that sounds hysterical to me! I'll put it on the list of apps that I'm allowed to download AFTER I pass FAR along with Candy Crush! 🙂

REG: 75 DONE 🙂
AUD: 61, 71, 68, 92 DONE 🙂
BEC: 76 DONE 🙂
FAR: 72, 74, 79 DONE 🙂
Licensed Michigan CPA 🙂
-Some people dream of success...others wake up and work hard for it!!!
-The cowards never start and the weak die along the way!
-You better work, b***h!
-Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.-JFK

[Study Monk]

I like materiality otherwise you would have to look at every little transaction in the company:p

I spoke to an ancient wise man who sent me on a mushroom induced journey through an ancient forest to find the key to passing the CPA exam. A talking spider monkey told me to throw the last of my drinking water in the dirt to find what I was looking for. So I followed his instructions and the following message appeared in the soil:

"Do 5000 multiple choice questions for each section"

[Study Monk]

I like materiality otherwise you would have to look at every little transaction in the company:p

I spoke to an ancient wise man who sent me on a mushroom induced journey through an ancient forest to find the key to passing the CPA exam. A talking spider monkey told me to throw the last of my drinking water in the dirt to find what I was looking for. So I followed his instructions and the following message appeared in the soil:

"Do 5000 multiple choice questions for each section"

[JLMCAC]

Just failed AUD, 72 – Stronger on SIMs weaker on MCQ

[JLMCAC]

Just failed AUD, 72 – Stronger on SIMs weaker on MCQ

[seattleacct]

I think it's crazy when people say that Audit is the easiest section and that FAR is the hardest. Audit is definitely the worst section for me. I've put a combined 4 months worth of studying into my 2 failed Audit exams. I studied 4.5 weeks for FAR, didn't even finish the study plan, and passed it. I agree that sections like FAR make more sense because there are rules and logic behind concepts.

Audit is like a big fat dictionary that you have to memorize word-for-word, with no logical order or sense to it.

B:76
A:64, 73, 91!
R:77
F:76

CPAexcel, Wiley Test Bank, Ninja Audio & Notes

[seattleacct]

I think it's crazy when people say that Audit is the easiest section and that FAR is the hardest. Audit is definitely the worst section for me. I've put a combined 4 months worth of studying into my 2 failed Audit exams. I studied 4.5 weeks for FAR, didn't even finish the study plan, and passed it. I agree that sections like FAR make more sense because there are rules and logic behind concepts.

Audit is like a big fat dictionary that you have to memorize word-for-word, with no logical order or sense to it.

B:76
A:64, 73, 91!
R:77
F:76

CPAexcel, Wiley Test Bank, Ninja Audio & Notes

[nishvik]

@ seattleacct I agree completely … Worst is while you study it gives you false hope of being prepared and when u study FAR and REG and BEC u r overwhelmed by the amt of info .

I think that's why they test hard and screw people like us aggghhhh

@MintsRgood thanks for this thread to vent out horrible audit stories. I want to get a punching bag and write audit and punch it very hard…

Worst is you don't know what wrong you did in exam, was the mcq correct/ not esp when you are stuck with 2 option that are so close.

I just hope I can get victory over it

FAR- 79 -->Becker self study, Final review & Flashcards
REG -72-->Becker ,76-->Becker plus Wiley test bank
AUD- 73 Becker,72-->Becker+Wiley,69-->Added ninja notes,89 --> Added Gleim review
BEC- 84 Becker plus Wiley Test bank

I am Done !!!!

[nishvik]

@ seattleacct I agree completely … Worst is while you study it gives you false hope of being prepared and when u study FAR and REG and BEC u r overwhelmed by the amt of info .

I think that's why they test hard and screw people like us aggghhhh

@MintsRgood thanks for this thread to vent out horrible audit stories. I want to get a punching bag and write audit and punch it very hard…

Worst is you don't know what wrong you did in exam, was the mcq correct/ not esp when you are stuck with 2 option that are so close.

I just hope I can get victory over it

FAR- 79 -->Becker self study, Final review & Flashcards
REG -72-->Becker ,76-->Becker plus Wiley test bank
AUD- 73 Becker,72-->Becker+Wiley,69-->Added ninja notes,89 --> Added Gleim review
BEC- 84 Becker plus Wiley Test bank

I am Done !!!!

[Anonymous]

@Mints

candyman candyman candyman… where is the stupid mirror???? LOL

Dont know, I think I don't hate Audit coz I have worked on that area many years… let' see how the exam goes on April!

[Anonymous]

@Mints

candyman candyman candyman… where is the stupid mirror???? LOL

Dont know, I think I don't hate Audit coz I have worked on that area many years… let' see how the exam goes on April!

[olazabal]

I guess everyone is different. Audit seemed the most manageable to me because of the lack of calculations. To me, FAR seems like a complete nightmare.

AUD-87 (12/5/13)

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