With the coming and going of the April/May 2009 testing window, Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR) exam takers will now have to tackle SFAS 141(R) – Business Combinations and Consolidations starting on July 1, 2009. With FAS 141(R) many of the key terms have changed and it’s a completely new way of consolidating financial statements.

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The Spring 2009 Uniform CPA Exam Alert came out in March, but I was too busy tinkering with my site’s WordPress conversion to write about it. Basically, the new Alert is an update of their release that I wrote about 11 months ago. In short, Ethics and Independence are moving from REG to AUD; Business

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  This is a discussion post for anyone sitting for the CPA Exam in the April/May 2009 window. A follow-up post for score predictions will run early May. You can read rants from previous testing windows here. Good luck everyone (especially those working through tax season)

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