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The new computerized CPA exam became effective in 2004. Focus Notes provides a review of all the basic skills and concepts tests on the CPA exam and teaches important strategies to take the exam faster and more accurately. The FAR section of the exam will cover accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for businesses, not-for-profit organizations and governmental entities. Wiley Focus Notes are designed to provide that knowledge in formats that are easy to understand and remember.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #58161 in Books
• Published on: 2005-12-23
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 272 pages

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The new computerized CPA exam became effective in 2004. Focus Notes provides a review of all the basic skills and concepts tests on the CPA exam and teaches important strategies to take the exam faster and more accurately. The FAR section of the exam will cover accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for businesses, not-for-profit organizations and governmental entities. Wiley Focus Notes are designed to provide that knowledge in formats that are easy to understand and remember.

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Pocket-size study guide provides a review of all the basic skills and concepts tested on the Financial Accounting and Reporting CPA exam, and teaches important strategies to take the exam faster and more accurately. Previous edition not cited. Landscape format with top wire-spiral binding.

About the Author
Less Antman, CPA has been preparing individuals for the CPA exam since 1979. For many years, he taught CPA review classes on a full-time basis for various programs, including Mark's CPA Review Course and Kaplan CPA Review. He currently operates his own CPA review program in the state of California, under the name Antman CPA Review, located in Arcadia, California. He has taught more than 5,000 totally live CPA review classes, more than any other CPA review instructor in the United States, and his written materials have been used in several different instructor-based CPA review programs.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful study tool
These focus notes are a wonderful tool. There are two major reasons why I suggest buying them.

1) It will save you from writing your own flashcards (which would take a whole lot of hours to do (probably many many days)

2) It beats flashcards. I have purchased flashcards before, and the Focus Notes are much better. You tend to get flash cards out of order...or you may lose some of them. The flashcards I bought did not have many examples, just definitions. The focus notes have definitions and examples.

The only caveat. If you are using Becker, I'd buy their flashcards, because they are geared towards their materials. And their materials are excellent, even though expensive. Probably worth it if you have the money.

The Focus Notes correspond to modules in the Wiley Books. However I am using them with Bisk. I just found the chapters in my Bisk books that correspond to the pages in the Focus Notes. It took a few hours to do this, but it wasn't a big deal. Hope this review helps other CPA candidates.