[needhelpnow]

Anyone who has PASSED their Regulations exam, could you please approximate how many hours did you spend studying/preparing for it? I feel like I have to read something multiple times before I get a good understanding of it. So I envy the ones who only put in 80 hours and pass. Please share your experience. Currently I am using Roger CPA and WileyCPA for MCQs. Thank you in advance!

[Lindrobe]

I probably over studied for all my sections, but spent 233 hours on REG.

FAR 12/3/14, 87
AUD 2/3/14, 90
BEC 4/1/14, 88
REG 5/27/14, 94

Licensed CPA, Indiana

"Successful people do things that unsuccessful people don't want to do"

[jopa16]

I use Becker. 220 hours or so.

REG 2/26/14 - 90
BEC 4/08/14 - 92
FAR 5/31/14 - 90
AUD 7/09/14 -

[Sandro]

REG was the topic that I had my most background in but I still ended up studying 150-200 hours with Yaeger and Jeff's notes and audio. I am not sure if you have passed any other sections and if you have every use Jeff's audio but it really helped me a lot.

[golfball7773]

Cpaexcel and Ninja MCQ – 85ish hours

AUD - NINJA in Training
BEC - 86
FAR - NINJA in Training
REG - NINJA in Training

AUD - 71, 73

BEC - 74, 86

REG - 77*

FAR - 57

*expired

(I have been trying to become a CPA since 2013). only one test down.......

FAR: 63, 55, 62
REG: 65, 77*
AUD: Fail, 64, 71
BEC: 72, 74, 81

*expired

[sep7uakron]

I spent around 200 hours and came out with an 87.

AUD: April 2014 - 85
REG: May 2014 - 83
BEC: July 2014 - 82
FAR: August 2014 - 83

I'M DONE!!

[Anonymous]

I spent around 30-40 hours preparing for REG using the NINJA Notes and MCQs. I was coming off of a break from studying because of tax season and didn't start to seriously study until 3 weeks before my exam. I do have some tax knowledge from work, but sadly nothing that was applicable on my exam, so I credit the awesomeness of the NINJA MCQs with my pass.

[QuesoDip]

I was somewhere in the neighborhood of 150-170 hours.

REG - 88 - 8 Weeks (Becker, Ninja Audio/Flashcards, Wiley TB)
FAR - 87 - 10 Weeks (Becker, Ninja Audio)
AUD - 98 - 6 Weeks (Becker, Ninja Audio, Ninja MCQ)
BEC - 87 - 2 Weeks (Becker & Ninja Audio)

[Ntw6817]

50ish but I work in tax so I only studied the business law portion

[Kls238]

I studied from March till May something. It was awhile due to a vacation I took, and I'm not sure the exact hours. I just studied until I was getting 80s on the MCQs, and I knew enough of the material to pass.

Don't sweat it if it tales you longer than others. Comparisons can get you flustered. Just set a target date that you'd like to take the exam, study till you know the material, then schedule your exam.

Passed all sections.

[Anonymous]

over 200 hours. I passed the 3rd time.

[RIST]

OP:

It depends on your skill level. I, like another poster here, have a tremendous tax background. So I took REG at the busiest part of the year for me since I figured I didn't need to study much. It turned out alright for me.

If you are not a tax guy please put A LOT of time into REG. Tax concepts are counterintuitive and weird. You sit there thinking “wtf” if you are not already used to it.

I'd say the MINIMUM time you should put into REG without significant tax experience is this:

8 Sections of Video: 3.5 Hour of video per section + pause and rewind of 1.5 hours = 5 x 8 = 40

8 Sections of Homework: 15 hours per section x 8 = 120 Hours

2 Practice Finals + review of finals = 10 hours

Final Review = 20 hours

GRAND TOTAL: 190

And that is a MINIMUM. Put in less and you are asking to lose.

[005]

don't know exactly, but just keep cranking out MCQs

BEC - ✔
REG - ✔
AUD - ✔
FAR - 11/29/14

CPAExcel, Ninja MCQs, and a sh*t ton of coffee

[Java230]

150 hrs, 20 hrs a week for week 1 through 3, and 30hrs a week on week 4, 5,6. So 6 weeks for a total of 150hrd using only Becker for a score of 88.

Licensed WA CPA 2/2015
Government Auditor Since 2007

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