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CPA Exam FAR Section

A route through CPA FAR: the current Blueprint, application and booking, a dated calendar, every US GAAP, governmental and not-for-profit topic, simulations, mocks, test day and the retake or next section.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for CPA Exam FAR Section, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

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🎓 Finance & Business Certifications

CPA Exam FAR Section

Studying for the CPA Exam's Financial Accounting and Reporting section: US GAAP, governmental and not-for-profit accounting, task-based simulations and a long study plan.

  1. Current FAR Blueprint and exam format check
  2. FAR scope map against the BAR discipline section
  3. Deciding where FAR sits in your section order
  4. FAR exam application and Notice to Schedule
  5. Choosing a FAR review course
  6. Intermediate accounting gap check before FAR
  7. FAR study calendar counted back from the test date
  8. Booking the FAR testing appointment
  9. Baseline FAR diagnostic in the first fortnight
  10. Practising with the AICPA sample test and exam tools
  11. Weekly FAR study blocks around work
  12. Daily FAR multiple-choice set
  13. FAR error log by topic and mistake type
  14. FAR score log for practice sets and simulations
  15. Journal entry flashcard deck for FAR
  16. Weekly task-based simulation session
  17. Monthly study calendar check against the test date
  18. Conceptual framework and financial statement presentation
  19. Statement of cash flows, indirect and direct
  20. Revenue recognition under the five-step model
  21. Receivables, cash and current expected credit losses
  22. Inventory costing and measurement rules
  23. Property, plant and equipment from purchase to disposal
  24. Intangible assets and long-lived asset impairment
  25. Investments in debt and equity securities
  26. Lessee accounting under ASC 842
  27. Bonds payable and long-term notes
  28. Accrued liabilities, contingencies and subsequent events
  29. Income taxes and deferred tax balances
  30. Stockholders' equity, dividends and treasury stock
  31. Accounting changes and error corrections
  32. Governmental fund accounting and modified accrual
  33. Government-wide statements and the reporting model
  34. Not-for-profit financial statements and net assets
  35. Financial statement ratios and performance metrics
  36. Switching to practice-first study at the halfway point
  37. Two-week repair sprint on your weakest FAR topic
  38. Task-based simulation working method
  39. Deciding whether to move your FAR date
  40. Two full timed FAR mock exams
  41. Final four weeks of FAR review
  42. FAR test day checklist
  43. FAR score release and the next step
  44. Studying FAR through busy season in public accounting
  45. Studying FAR around children or caring duties
  46. Sitting FAR as an international candidate from the Caribbean
  47. FAR retake plan after a failed attempt
  48. Writing your own simulations from public company filings
  49. Turning FAR notes into a US GAAP desk reference
  50. Coaching a newer FAR candidate

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Current FAR Blueprint and exam format check

Review courses, forum posts and older textbooks still quote FAR formats from before the CPA Evolution changes, and the AICPA updates the Blueprint as new standards become testable. Saving the current FAR Blueprint, the sample test and the AICPA's pages on question types and testing windows, with the date you checked, gives every later project an official source instead of a colleague's memory.

First tasks

  • Download the current FAR Blueprint from the AICPA website
  • Write FAR's content areas and skill levels on one page in the Blueprint's wording
  • Note the question types and testing window rules from the AICPA or NASBA pages
  • Recheck the AICPA's FAR pages for Blueprint updates and new testable standards @recurring(quarterly)

FAR scope map against the BAR discipline section

Since CPA Evolution, some advanced financial reporting topics that FAR once covered sit in the Business Analysis and Reporting discipline instead, and older review material does not always make the split clear. A topic-by-topic map of what the current FAR Blueprint tests, and to what depth, stops you spending weeks on content FAR no longer examines or skipping something it still does.

First tasks

  • List each FAR content group and skill level from the Blueprint
  • Mark the topics your review course labels as BAR content
  • Compare the FAR and BAR Blueprints for topics that appear in both
  • Pin the finished scope map at the front of your FAR notes

Deciding where FAR sits in your section order

Candidates argue about whether to take FAR first while intermediate accounting is fresh or later once exam technique is settled, and the right answer depends on your credit window, your job's busy season and which discipline you plan. Making the decision on paper, with the credit rule and your work calendar in front of you, keeps one demanding section from squeezing the time left for the others.

First tasks

  • Read your board of accountancy's current rule on how long section credit lasts
  • List your four sections with a target month for each
  • Mark busy season and other heavy work months on the same calendar
  • Choose a fallback month for FAR in case it has to be sat again

Make it yours.

Install CPA Exam FAR Section, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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