CPA (CPA Exam) study plan

Diagnose your FAR baseline by taking an untimed 40-question mixed set and tag every miss to a blueprint area

Rank your five weakest FAR topics and rewrite them as specific weekly study targets

Drill 120 multiple-choice questions across revenue recognition, leases, and bonds, logging each miss with a root cause (concept gap, careless read, or calculation slip)

Construct a single-page reference sheet covering present value factors, bond amortization, and lease classification tests from memory first, then correct it against authoritative guidance

Recompute shareholders' equity transactions (stock issuance, treasury stock, dividends, EPS) across 25 practice items until each is error-free

Prepare consolidated statement mechanics for intercompany inventory and land transfers in three worked scenarios

Reconcile deferred tax balances from book-to-tax differences in four practice fact patterns

Complete two FAR task-based simulations under a 25-minute-per-simulation clock and self-score against the published scoring rubric

Reconstruct the individual tax formula from gross income to taxable income and apply it to six fact patterns

Compute basis, gain recognized, and character of gain across like-kind exchanges, involuntary conversions, and installment sales in ten items

Apply the rules of professional conduct and circular authority to fifteen ethics scenarios and justify each answer in one sentence

Build a decision tree for property transaction character (ordinary vs. capital vs. section 1231) and test it on twenty questions

Compare C corporation, S corporation, and partnership taxation by computing entity-level and owner-level tax consequences for the same fact pattern three ways

Apply basis, distribution, and loss-limitation rules to twelve partnership and S corporation items

Summarize the business law rules governing contracts, agency, and negotiable instruments into a two-page outline built from your own practice misses

Complete a 60-question mixed REG set under exam-paced timing

Apply the audit risk model to eight fact patterns, stating for each how risk of material misstatement and detection risk drive the nature, timing, and extent of procedures

Distinguish the five evidence assertions and match at least three procedures to each across a 30-question set

Identify control deficiencies and classify their severity in six internal control scenarios

Interpret each audit report modification type and select the correct report for fifteen independent situations

Work through sampling, estimates, and subsequent-events questions until you can compute sample size and projected misstatement without notes

Re-attempt every previously missed REG item from weeks 3 and 4 and confirm each is now answered correctly with reasoning

Draft a personal list of the ten audit and tax rules you most often invert, and recite them daily

Complete a mixed 50-question set split evenly between AUD and REG under exam timing

Select your discipline section and map its blueprint to the hours you have left, prioritizing the highest-weighted content areas

Complete 100 multiple-choice questions in your discipline section and tag every miss by sub-topic

Build a formula, ratio, or rule sheet specific to that discipline and test yourself on it without notes

Answer four discipline-section task-based simulations under timed conditions

Sit two full-length simulated exams under real timing and conditions, including breaks

Analyze each mock by domain and sub-topic, then spend remaining hours only on the three lowest-scoring areas

Re-drill every flashcard and error-log entry created across weeks 1-7

Taper to light review and confirm exam-day logistics (appointment time, ID, testing location rules)