In my opinion I belief FAR is the most difficult. If you are an auditor, or have an affinity for numbers then this section shouldn't be too difficult and you should then concentrate on the REG, which is the next most difficult.
As a CPA, I would say that it is difficult to judge something like that, because everybody's testing experience is relative. For example, I found the CPA exam to be difficult, but not nearly as tough as my peers led me to believe it would be. However, the pass-rates are less than 50%... I'd say this is most likely to both the quantity of the material, and the fact that most people studying for the exam are working long hours at full-time accounting jobs.
The CPA is harder than the CMA. The CMA exam has a 2 part process and the CPA exam has a 4 part process. A CPA is a license, issued by a state, via statutory law, whereas the CMA is a certificate from a private association (IMA).
The CPA exam is too complex to pass.
It is possible to find practice questions for a CPA exam course on the internet. Websites such as Schweser and CPA Excel offer CPA style exam practice questions for free.
You will often have some freedom in actually scheduling the exam itself. But once that's done, expect to put a lot of work into the process of studying for it.
Yes, because of this learning framework, many CPA exam providers adopted this kind of technology for education. Online CPA CPA exam is offered through the web along with study guides, preparatory courses and other resources.
You will often have some freedom in actually scheduling the exam itself. But once that's done, expect to put a lot of work into the process of studying for it.
Most states require that you have a bacholers in Business Administration to even take the CPA exams your basicly moving from an entry level of $30K to $47K. Also it would be stupid to have your BA and not take the CPA exam. Why go 95% of the way and not finish off with the most important part?
You can get a cpa exam schedule on the following site: http://www.ais-cpa.com/dates.html. They have useful infor as well.
On average, about 50% of candidates pass the CPA exam each year on their first attempt. The pass rates vary slightly for each section of the exam (AUD, BEC, FAR, REG), with some sections having higher pass rates than others. Overall, passing rates tend to be higher for candidates who are well-prepared and dedicated to studying effectively.
AUD is short for Auditing and Attestation. It is one of the four sections of the CPA Exam. A person needs to pass all four sections of the CPA Exam before they can be licensed as a Certified Public Accountant.
US CPA stands for Certified Public Accountant exam. Accountants take this exam to enhance professional credentials as a nationally recognized accountant.