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CPA Exam REG Section

A full REG plan: the AICPA blueprint and tested tax year checked, the Notice to Schedule and booking sorted, weekly simulations and question sets, a project for every blueprint area, timed mocks and exam day.

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Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for CPA Exam REG 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 REG Section

Studying for the CPA Exam's Taxation and Regulation section: individual and entity taxation, business law, professional responsibilities and simulations.

  1. REG blueprint and exam format check
  2. State board application and Notice to Schedule for REG
  3. Where REG fits in your section order
  4. REG review course and question bank choice
  5. Tax year and law cutoff check for REG materials
  6. Diagnostic REG baseline across the five areas
  7. REG study calendar and weekly hours budget
  8. Booking the REG appointment at a test centre
  9. Weekly REG study block routine
  10. Error log for missed REG questions
  11. REG representative task coverage tracker
  12. Daily tax figures and rules flashcards
  13. Weekly task-based simulation drill
  14. Mixed-area multiple-choice sets
  15. Monthly REG score review
  16. Tax computation flow rebuilt from memory
  17. Circular 230 and practice before the IRS
  18. Tax preparer standards, penalties and federal tax procedure
  19. CPA liability to clients and third parties
  20. Agency relationships and who is bound
  21. Contract formation, performance and remedies
  22. Secured transactions, suretyship and bankruptcy
  23. Worker classification, employment tax and federal business regulation
  24. Business entity selection, formation and termination
  25. Basis, holding period and gain or loss on property
  26. Cost recovery with MACRS, Section 179 and amortisation
  27. Like-kind exchanges, involuntary conversions and related party sales
  28. Section 1231 and depreciation recapture
  29. Federal gift tax and basis of gifted property
  30. Gross income inclusions and exclusions for individuals
  31. Adjustments and deductions from gross to taxable income
  32. Passive activity, at-risk and excess loss limits
  33. Filing status, tax computation and individual credits
  34. C corporation taxable income and book-tax differences
  35. S corporation eligibility, shareholder basis and distributions
  36. Partnership formation, partner basis and distributions
  37. One business taxed three ways comparison
  38. First full timed REG mock exam
  39. Weak REG area recovery plan
  40. Sit or reschedule REG decision
  41. Last 30 days REG revision plan
  42. REG exam day logistics
  43. REG score release and next-section decision
  44. REG during tax busy season at a firm
  45. REG as a final-year accounting student
  46. REG from an audit or industry role with little tax exposure
  47. Sitting REG as an international candidate
  48. REG retake plan after a failing score
  49. Tax research memo from primary sources
  50. Using REG knowledge in your first tax season

Where it starts.

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

REG blueprint and exam format check

Before buying a course or booking a date, read the current REG blueprint and exam pages published by the AICPA, because the section changed substantially when the CPA Exam moved to the core and discipline model and older guides still describe the previous version.

First tasks

  • Download the current REG blueprint from the AICPA website
  • Copy the five content areas and their allocation ranges into your notes
  • Confirm the exam length, structure and passing score on the AICPA or NASBA site
  • List the topics now tested in the Tax Compliance and Planning section instead
  • Recheck the AICPA REG pages for blueprint or policy updates @recurring(quarterly)

State board application and Notice to Schedule for REG

Each state or jurisdiction board sets its own rules for who may sit the CPA Exam, and nothing can be booked until the board, or NASBA acting for it, accepts your application and issues a Notice to Schedule for REG. Applications often stall on a missing transcript or an unpaid fee, so starting early and tracking every document keeps weeks of study from being wasted while you wait.

First tasks

  • Read your board's CPA Exam eligibility page and note the education it requires to sit
  • Request official transcripts from each college the board lists
  • Submit the application and pay the REG section fee
  • Set a reminder for the expiry date printed on your Notice to Schedule
  • Check how many days remain before your Notice to Schedule expires @recurring(monthly:20)

Where REG fits in your section order

Candidates may take the sections in any order, and REG is a common first or last choice for different reasons: tax staff who prepare returns every day often start with it, while auditors frequently place it after FAR because the entity and property topics overlap. Choosing the slot deliberately, with your credit window and work calendar in view, keeps the tax law in your materials current on the day you sit.

First tasks

  • List the tax and law modules you have taken and the tax work you do now
  • Mark your employer's busiest months on a twelve-month calendar
  • Write down the section order and the reason REG sits where it does
  • Check which tax year will be tested in the quarter you plan to sit

Make it yours.

Install CPA Exam REG 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

Blueprints are general information to help you organise your own work. They are not medical, financial, legal or other professional advice. See the Terms.