Friday, February 22, 2008

The time allocated for completing the Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR) section of the CPA Exam is 4 hours.

About how many hours did everyone spend studying for this section? I know it takes more preperation than the others, but how much more?

By Anonymous, At February 26, 2008 10:52 AM
I spent 100 - 120 hours and passed fairly easily. This was a hard test though. I actually hit my time limit at the end of this test.

By 1more2go, At February 26, 2008 5:45 PM
I felt most pressed for time on the FAR exam. I studied the same for both FAR and REG, about 150 hours each.

By Anonymous, At March 14, 2008 3:33 PM
Financial is the most difficult test for two reasons. First, financial has more material than any other exam. Just look at your Becker review books. Financial has the biggest book. Second, 80% of my multiple choice questions on the exam involved calculations. Every question was tricky and every question had a lot of distracting information in it. I found it very difficult to answer those questions in two minutes. Remember, you are not only fighting to get the correct answer. You are also fighting the clock.

By Anonymous, At September 6, 2008 9:22 AM
I spent well over 200 hours studying for FAR. This was by the most difficult section because there was so much material to cover. By the 3rd testlet in multiple choice I was drained. I barely had any time to complete the remaining simulations. This is the hardest section.

By Anonymous, At September 18, 2008 3:00 PM

Sponsor Links