How to prepare for the CPA exam

Accounting. Accounting is more difficult and examines a lot of knowledge points, so it takes a lot of time to review. After reviewing each chapter, it is consolidated with the supporting exercises, so as not to forget the knowledge points, and at the same time ensure that the accuracy of the questions is improved.

For the wrong part, you should review it in time the next day after the correction until you can get it right the first time, and comprehension is very important for accounting subjects.

Audit. Auditing is a subject that grasps key words, but often you don't have a suitable method to grasp it inaccurately, plus the audit needs a lot of memory points, if you simply rely on understanding, it will definitely not work! I was deeply affected by the loss of not being able to understand the audit, and in the process of preparing for the exam, I planned to give up the textbook and only listen to the teacher's lectures!

However, the teacher of Gordon CPA emphasized that the textbook must not be abandoned, the textbook is very important, if you don't even read the textbook, the note will definitely not pass!

Financial cost management: The subject of financial cost management focuses on understanding, and it is important to do a few more classic questions in the past exam questions to find the solution ideas. Of course, the formula of this memorization cannot be relaxed, and keeping in mind the formula is the foundation.

This subject is a large amount of calculation, and it is often the case that candidates cannot finish the paper, so it is necessary to focus on improving proficiency during the preparation process.

Tax law: In subjects with a lot of memory and calculation, subjective questions, such as calculation questions with relatively high difficulty, it is easy to affect the whole body, and a wrong knowledge point will lead to the loss of the whole situation. When you make a mistake, you should first look at the answer by yourself, sort out the correct method, and continue to see the wrong question the next day, and if you still make a mistake, continue to do it on the third day until you can do it.

Economic. Partial memory knowledge, after remembering, it is easy to forget. First of all, it is necessary to establish a structural framework for the knowledge points of the whole book, and then distinguish the important and difficult points and simple knowledge points, focus on memorizing the important and difficult points, and then review the simple knowledge points before the exam.

Secondly, the repetition rate of the subjective questions of economic law over the years is very high, almost close to 80%, so taking the past questions seriously is of great help to the review of economic law. Objective questions require candidates to spend more time memorizing and memorizing in order to improve their pass rate.

Corporate Strategy and Risk Management: Strategy subjects are also memorization, so candidates need to take time to memorize them, and pay more attention to some cases.

01 Firm faith.

Before you start preparing for the accountant exam, you must be clear about why preparing for the accountant exam is a difficult exam, and have a clear goal to motivate yourself to better persevere.

In recent years, the number of candidates applying for the accountant examination has increased year by year, and most of the zero-based candidates are inter-professional candidates, who want to have more choices in their career development.

Therefore, as long as you build confidence, use the right method, and persevere, you will definitely pass the exam.

02 Learn about the accountant exam.

The Accountant Exam consists of a Professional Stage Examination and a Comprehensive Stage Examination. The professional stage includes six subjects: accounting, auditing, financial cost management, economic law, tax law, corporate strategy and risk management.

You need to pass all six subjects in the professional stage within 5 years, and then you can apply for the comprehensive stage exam.

Let's talk mainly about exams at the professional level. Every year, the China Note Association announces the syllabus, registers in April, and takes the exam in mid-October.

03 Decide on the subjects to prepare for the exam.

Subject collocation:

Recommendation for taking a subject: Accounting.

It is recommended to apply for two subjects: Accounting + Tax Law, Accounting + Auditing, Accounting + Financial Management.

Suggestions for applying for three subjects: Accounting + Auditing + Tax Law, Economic Law, Accounting + Financial Management + Strategy.

Suggestions for applying for four subjects: Accounting + Auditing + Tax Law + Economic Law, Accounting + Financial Cost Management + Strategy + Tax Law Economic Law.

Suggestions for applying for five subjects: Accounting + Auditing + Tax Law Economic Law + Financial Cost Management + Corporate Strategy and Risk Management.

Apply for six subjects. If you don't have enough time, it is recommended that you don't apply for six subjects a year, because the pressure is too great, and you can do what you can according to your actual situation.

Preparation time: Generally speaking, 350-400 hours for accounting subjects, 300-350 hours for auditing, 300-350 hours for financial management, 250-280 hours for tax law, 200-250 hours for economic law, and 180-200 hours for strategy.

It is recommended that candidates should give priority to accounting subjects no matter how they choose, because accounting subjects are a core and basic discipline in the CPA examination, and they are the basis for candidates to learn other subjects in the CPA examination. Here are a few common ways to prepare for the CPA exam: CPA.

1.Accounting + Auditing + Strategy: Apply for two difficult and one easy subjects in one year, and use auditing as a bridge to associate accounting and strategic operations, which reduces the learning pressure of repetitive content to a certain extent.

2.Accounting + Tax Law + Economic Law: Accounting and tax law are closely linked, economic law is not difficult, and it is more friendly to candidates with zero foundation. Learning is characterized by a lot of memorization and a medium amount of calculation and comprehension.

3.Accounting + Economic Law + Financial Management: Accounting and financial management are subjects that focus on calculation and comprehension, and economic law is a subject that focuses on memorization and writing; The combination of these three subjects can improve learning efficiency and also reduce the difficulty of the exam in general.

Do I need to do a lot of questions to prepare for the CPA exam?

Preparing for the CPA exam requires a lot of questions, but it is not recommended that candidates blindly brush the questions. Candidates should avoid directly brushing the questions without learning the basics, so that a solid knowledge foundation can give full play to the effect of doing the questions. Candidates can be divided into the following three stages:

1.Consolidation: After learning the knowledge points of each chapter for the first time and being familiar with them, you can do the exercises corresponding to the chapters to consolidate the knowledge points you have learned, and learn the weak points in one step;

2.Detectable questions: After the content of all chapters is completed, do a set of test questions, experience the difficulty and focus of the test by doing test questions, and explore the rules of the question;

3.Scoring questions: In the sprint stage before the exam, check the situation you are currently in by doing mock test questions, and feel the real situation of the exam and find the feeling of the exam room.

The CPA exam preparation methods are:

1. Mainly based on tutorial books, supplemented by teaching materials. There are many teaching materials related to the CPA exam in the market, but candidates should not rely solely on the teaching materials. The CPA exam does not jump out of the exam textbook, so the first step candidates need to do in the early stage of preparation is to read through the textbook, and on the basis of reading through the textbook, they will study tutorials, do exercises, and do mock questions.

2. Do more exercises and observe more exam questions. Whether the candidates have a complete grasp of the knowledge points of the exam, which is reflected in the candidates' questioning, which is an indispensable part of preparing for the primary accounting title exam, candidates need to do a chapter of practice to consolidate the relevant knowledge points in a timely manner, and clarify the steps and ideas for solving the problem.

3. Summarize the wrong questions and get twice the result with half the effort. When preparing for the exam, candidates will have to do the wrong questions and then do them wrongly, so they need to take the initiative to summarize the wrong questions, keep the knowledge points in mind, be familiar with how the knowledge points will appear in the exam, and thoroughly understand the knowledge points.

There are several subjects in the CPA exam.

CPA exam subjects include Financial Cost Management, Corporate Strategy and Risk Management, Tax Law, Economic Law, Accounting, and Auditing. These 6 subjects are examined at the professional level. The 1 "Vocational Ability Comprehensive Test (Paper 1) and (Paper 2)" is the subject of the comprehensive stage examination.

2023 CPA Registration Time.

Fill in the relevant information truthfully according to the registration guidelines, and during this period, candidates can adjust the subjects and places of application according to their actual situation. First-time registrants need to register and upload their 1-inch bareheaded white background documents that meet the requirements in the last 1 year**. If there is a change in the relevant information of the non-first-time applicants, it shall be updated in a timely manner.

Registration for the CPA Exam**.

Applicants for the National Unified Examination for Certified Public Accountants shall pass the online registration system for the National Unified Examination for Certified Public Accountants.

To prepare for the CPA exam, you first need to make a study plan, and candidates can divide their time to study according to the exam syllabus. Secondly, candidates can choose the official textbook to prepare for the exam, which contains all the knowledge of the CPA exam, and if the foundation is weaker, candidates can also study in combination with online courses. Finally, be sure to practice more to improve your problem-solving skills.

Study Skills for CPAs.

1. Clarify your goals.

There are 6 examination subjects in the CPA professional stage examination, namely "Accounting", "Auditing", "Financial Cost Management", "Economic Law", "Tax Law", and "Corporate Strategy and Risk Management". Candidates can choose to clear 6 subjects in a year, but most candidates can choose a reasonable combination of test subjects, and they can take a few subjects in a year, because the results of each subject are valid for 5 years. Those who are applying for the CPA exam for the first time can choose to take 2 or 3 subjects.

2. Make a study plan.

Candidates can refer to the experience of passing the exam on the Internet, and combine their personal habits to develop their own study plan. There is also a method for making a study plan, first to work out a framework, candidates can first think about how many rounds of review they plan to make, how long each round of review time and the content of each round of review. For example, some candidates may be accustomed to familiarizing themselves with the textbook in the first round; The second round is to understand the knowledge points of the textbook and start to do practice problems; The third round is to sprint before the exam, do some real mock test papers and sort out and summarize the wrong questions.

Once the general learning framework is in place, candidates should start to make a list of daily plans, for example, a few pages of notebook practice questions every day, a few sets of past questions, and a few pages of textbooks.

3. Have a correct learning attitude.

The preparation for the CPA exam is very long, and in addition to testing everyone's ability, it also tests everyone's perseverance, perseverance and perseverance. Candidates must strictly implement their study plans and correct their learning attitudes, and the most useless thing is to be exposed to the cold for ten days a day. The road to preparing for the exam will not be smooth all the time, and there will inevitably be setbacks.

What we need to do is not to run away, but to overcome setbacks.

What are the requirements for registration for the CPA exam?

1. Those who apply for the professional stage examination of certified public accountants must have a college degree or above, or have an intermediate or above technical title in accounting or related majors.

2. Those who register for the CPA comprehensive stage examination need to obtain the professional stage examination certificate of the CPA National Unified Examination.

Types of questions in each subject of the CPA exam.

The question types of the Accounting and Financial Cost Group Answer Management exams are multiple-choice questions, multiple-choice questions, calculation and analysis questions, and comprehensive questions.

The questions in the Auditing and Corporate Strategy and Risk Management exams are multiple-choice, multiple-choice, comprehensive and short-answer.

The question types of the Tax Law exam are multiple-choice questions, multiple-choice questions, comprehensive questions, and calculation question and answer questions.

The question types of the Economic Law exam are multiple-choice questions, multiple-choice questions, and case analysis questions.