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This is for people taking their exams in the April/May 2010 testing window.
Recommended prep time for REG is 5-6 weeks @ 20 hours a week.
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The GaJone
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This is my next section, and I made the awful mistake of signing up to take it on April 19th which means I'll be doing all of my studying for this exam during busy season while working about 60 hours per week. Not sure how I'm going to pull this one off...I guess I just won't be getting too much sleep here in the next 7 weeks!
financeguy
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I'm planning on taking this sometime in May. Just watched the first lecture last night. Everyone on here talks about what a beast REG is. Fortunately I find business law very interesting (one of my fav classes in college) and I also like taxes.
FL_CPA2010
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I just took REG on Monday, March 8th, and I didn't find it to be that bad. I do have a tax background, but I don't think it helped me through it. Becker did, though, and I studied for about 2 months. I think if you put in an honest effort of studying, it shouldn't be too bad. Now to find out if I passed...
Jamie
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I plan on surviving busy season and then will sign up for REG. I have Becker and Becker's final review. Have yet to touch the final review and have passed both AUD and FAR in January and February respectively. Taking FAR in the middle of busy season with a newborn at home was crazy, but it paid off luckily. What does the final review provide? Is it worth using?
Also how does everyone get their scores to show up and stay for their posts? I hate hand typing them.
AUD-93; FAR-79
AllenA
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The trick to getting your scores to post is to go to your profile and include your scores with your signature. I think you can access it by going to "profile" and then "edit."
REG is going to be my last section (4/6). I took the other three all in February (and BEC March 8th). I definitely need some motivation right now. I 've been doing nothing but studying for the past three months!
Good luck to everyone. The pain will be over soon enough...
No2pencil
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Jamie -- Congrats on passing AUD & FAR so quickly (and with a little one besides your full workload). I took FAR first out of the gate, and I purchased Becker's Final Review along with their review course. I wished I hadn't because I didn't have time to get to it. I've survived without buying the Final Reviews for BEC and AUD. Just REG to go............
Good luck the rest of the way!
mh1086
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I too am very behind in studying for REG due to the anxiety about my AUD score this week and the NCAA tournament. Until I received my score last night, I was feeling very burned out about whether or not it was all worth it or not. Has anyone used just the regular Becker materials, not including the final review? So far, Becker live class and materials have worked well, but I am nervous about the tax content of this exam.
AllenA
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wheresmyscore,
I'm taking the test this week, too. I am really nervous about it because there is so many tiny details to memorize. Which program are you using to study?
This is my last exam. I am so excited to go back to real life. One more week...
wheresmyscore
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Im using Becker. But I found it so hard to concentrate during the last three chapters being that its so much theory and so boring! This is my second part! Im taking it saturday, so I hope that I'll be able to memorize this stuff in the 5 days I have left! Think its possible?
I feel like I know the first 4 chapters my heart already, Its the business law part that really annoying me! Cant wait for it to be over, but then I have two more parts to go still, that is if I pass, which hopefully I will!
Determined2bCPA
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This is my last section...already daydreaming how I will break the news to my co-workers! I think the envious look in their eyes will be priceless :) Well, I should concentrate on the study. I am using Becker; it has worked for me so far so will not try something else at this point.
To any of you who have passed both FAR and REG, was REG easiet to pass than FAR?
Thanks!
AllenA
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I had a few friends take the REG exam after taking FAR and they said that REG was equally difficult. However, they still both scored in the mid-90s so I don't really know how to assess their opinion on the test. I've heard that it is more difficult because it demands a lot more memorization of specific numbers (like exemption amount, st. deduction, etc.).
I've come to the conclusion that no one can really tell you which test is hardest or easiest. I thought FAR was the most difficult and ended up doing the best on it. I thought BEC was the easiest and got the lowest score (so far). No one receives the same exact exam either.
I take the test this Saturday and will be promptly cracking a beer (most likely more than one) upon completion...
Good luck everyone!
AllenA
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KCJayhawker,
Yeah, that's what my study course told me, too (BISK). However, a lot of the questions I've gone over assume that you know the amount of excludable unemployment for the year ($2,400), unified tax credit ($3.5M), adoption deduction (up to $12,150), dividend received deduction, different percentages for charitable contributions, and so forth. I don't know if these numbers are only important if you get really hard questions or not though but my brain feels like it's about to explode.
I completely agree about memorizing numbers though. The point of the exam is to test your understanding of the concepts, not minute and ever-changing details. I guess I'm just trying to prepare for the worst-case scenario.
Are you taking the test soon?
KCJayhawker
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I just did Becker part 1 (lecture/homework) on REG last weekend and am completing lecture 2 this weekend. I'll probably take the test in early May. Would be earlier, but I'm having Lasik touch up in a couple weeks and from past experience that delays my studying for a couple weeks. After REG it's FAR and a I'm done.
AllenA
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This is my last one and then I can breathe a big sigh of relief (as long as I feel good about the test). It's going to be awful to have to wait for nearly a month-and-a-half to get my score. Oh well, when it's done, it's done. At least that's what I'll tell my self for the next eight weeks.
Good luck on the exam! FAR is tough but I feel like it was the easiest to study for (I don't know why). Maybe because it doesn't get too in-depth?
wheresmyscore
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Im taking it on saturday too! I really hope I do well, I studied for a month and just like some of you i've been memorizing some numbers.
However, the Elderly or permanently disabled credit numbers I did not memorize! I just memorized the formula! And the AMT for individuals I know the formula as well, but didnt memorize the numbers for the Exemption b/c they are not numbers that are easy to memorize and they vary depending on ur filing status (single ,mfj , etc.) are you guys memorizing those too?
AllenA
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Yeah, I skipped memorizing those parts, too. (This is probably a quitter mentality) but I just memorized the numbers that were easy enough to remember. Otherwise, I tried to understand the basic principal or formula. There is just way too much to remember for this section.
Business law is going to give me hell. Business law is so boring that it makes the tax portion seem like fun. If I get a business law-based simulation, I'm screwed. Fingers crossed that I won't.
BShep
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I'm taking REG the end of April. I was pretty excited, because I've already passed BEC (7/09) and FAR (11/09)... until I got my AUD (02/16/10) scores a week or so ago. Looks like I'll be re-taking AUD. Now I feel like I need to hammer down on REG so I can re-take AUD the end of May. I've made it through R1-R4 with Becker and should be starting the law part this weekend. I feel pretty confident with individual tax, but corporate tax makes me nervous. Any pointers?
wheresmyscore
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Dont worry BShep! You'll nail it down when you start going through the review process!
AllenA- I get what ur saying! WHo would've thought tax would be interesting? this only happens when u can only choose from tax or business law! But from what Ive heard they dont tend to do sims on the Business Law parts!
mh1086
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Allen - Just wondering...I noticed that you have taken 3 exams in the time that I have taken 2 exams. What study method are you using and how much for each test have you been studying? I am scheduled to take my last two exams in this next testing window, but am anxious to finish.
AllenA
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mh1086,
I am using BISK for each section. I use online access, books, and video lectures. I make sure to do every MC question in the text and online. It can get a little redundant, but that's the way I learn best.
I have given myself four weeks for FAR, three weeks for audit, and a week for BEC. I really rushed BEC because the window was extended into March. Some people will probably get mad at me for saying this, but BEC was extremely easy, in my opinion. I received the lowest score on that exam though.
I've been studying REG since the 15th of March and am now into the cram-and-review-mode of my studies. I'd honestly say that you can pass BEC easily with no more than 40 hours of study (I'm gonna get hate mail for this one).
Which study materials are you using?
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