Which section do you guys think is more difficult? I just took FAR in Feb. ( Passed with 81) I thought the studying was pretty rough, but the exam itself wasn't as bad as I had feared. Do you think REG is more difficult, less difficult, or about the same as FAR?
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Soanxious
offlineMemberI vote for FAR being more difficult than REG. I work in Financial Reporting, but I am not exposed to all of what the FAR exam includes. For REG I don't do tax, and I am exposed to only limited areas here, but I am already certified in ethics, have SOX experience, and do well with business law. I think it depends on your strengths / weaknesses which tests seem harder.
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NJTProadwarrior
offlineMemberRski, FAR was definitely the most difficult for me next to BEC.. REG and AUD weren't that bad to grasp...
I do individual taxes on the side and I do have limited partnership income so that helped me out with grasping the concepts, plus my review course provider did an excellent job on the business law components and the professional responsibilities part..
AUD: 79 - BEC: 74, 74, 76 - REG: 80 - FAR: 81 = DONE!
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starrman813
offlineMemberStrange....I felt coming out of FAR that it was extremely difficult and that I did poorly, however, I work in the FAR environment daily as a C-Level manager. The Breadth of what they test on is huge, so again, I felt this was toughest. I scored a 93.....
But that was until REG....I think the FAR exam itself was tougher on MC due to time constraint and number crunching, but REG tests a lot of exceptions, and the simulations were a bit tougher than FAR.
REG is more strict memorization of terms, where FAR requires memorization of more complex calculations. So I'd say in finality 70% of it is based on your comfort level 30% of the toughness is in the exceptions to the rules.
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I just finished with FAR and feel like crouching in the corner and whimpering. REG was rough but nothing compared to what FAR was like.
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Desert_Life
offlineMemberI vote FAR altho my vote should not be weighted too heavily since I have only taken FAR.
I am prepping REG now and at a decent way in i feel way better about it than FAR....of course i have had a lot of exposure in the tax world so that may help
However, FAR is just such a big topic and since they can test any of it, you dont know where to really focus.....
Funny thing is tho, i felt the actual FAR exam was not as bad as anticipated...sims were rough but mc's felt pretty good and I might have to thank Becker for that
Another guy i work with took FAR recently and felt the same way...mc were easier than becker and the sims were a bit hard and all over the place...he got a 96
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kewinnett
offlineMemberAs a Controller, I thought FAR would be my easiest section and REG my toughest. Boy was I WRONG! By far the most difficult is FAR. The volume and subject matter are off the charts (I think). I have little tax experience so was super worried about REG. Don't get me wrong, it was hard, but I actually enjoyed it the most (over BEC, FAR, and now Audit - but I knew I would hate audit).
Everyone is probably different in their thoughts of which is the worst. They are all bad, I just think that FAR is really hard.
REG 89 FAR waiting BEC 80 AUD 05/15/10
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