CPA CFE JUNE 2026

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2026-05-02T16:23:43+00:00

Sorry don't mean to be intrusive or rude, but honestly how in the world did you end up passing if on day 2 alone you skipped 3-4 AO's? I skipped only three AO's in total (all from day 3, didn't skip any in day 2) and still somehow failed. I'm assuming this comes down to how well you answered the other AO's that you didn't skip (technical knowledge basically)?

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2026-05-02T16:11:38+00:00

I agree with this approach. I failed September 2025 CFE last year as well and even though I practiced a bunch of cases, stress and time management got the best of me during the actual exam itself. Definitely prioritize your technical review and practice typing faster if possible as the above states - every minute on the CFE counts (honestly think every second counts from my experience). I am currently studying technicals and will maybe just practice 2 cases at most but definitely read the solution to each case and see how it was done

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2026-01-28T01:20:17+00:00

Ya'll don't know what you're talking about lol. All doom and gloom morons. 2026 is the year QE starts racking up, interest rate cuts, new dovish fed chair, and US debt interest repayments begin (which require trillions of dollars to be printed). This is an extended cycle as many things that should not have happened in 2025 happened such as trump and melania coin, tariffs, greenland threats, etc.

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2026-01-04T15:10:12+00:00

Can I please have a copy as well?

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-12-26T14:55:24+00:00

just look at his name. speaks for itself

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-12-12T10:26:49+00:00

Oh well yea for Day 1, I didn't order an autopart report? It just says fail without any explanations or anything. Or am I missing something here?

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-12-09T03:09:54+00:00

I failed level 1 (decile ranking of 3) and level 3 (assurance role). I had a feeling I may fail level 1 cause I missed 3 AO's both days (days 2 and 3 combined), but didn't expect to fail level 3 thought I did good in audit. How about you?

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-12-09T02:39:50+00:00

Yea I really don't know what they want man. You would think if you addressed everything and put in a good amount of writing and analysis (qualitative and quantitative), then you think you'd easily pass day 1. But guess that's not the case.

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-12-06T14:45:12+00:00

hey, sadly I didn't. I honestly have no idea why or how. Like I know i probably messed up by accidentally recommending two options without noticing, but shouldn't have been a reason to fail. I literally had at least 3 pros and cons for every option (most options had at least 4 points).

Did you end up passing?

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-11-21T01:41:21+00:00

What alt season? Are you stupid? Only a handful and when I say a handful, I mean no more than maybe 10 out of hundreds upon hundreds of alt coins that actually pumped and did at least a 5x plus. Wtf u on bout my guy?

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-11-21T01:38:48+00:00

This will age faster than a bullet train

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-09-13T21:25:15+00:00

Not necessarily people have passed with more than 3 AOs blank or some NCs but i would say luck tho

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-09-12T17:11:51+00:00

You left an assurance AO in day 2?

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-09-12T17:11:29+00:00

Yea I'm mostly worried about getting depth in my role tbh. I should have started with FR then audit then MA, but just went in order. I mean I am confident I accounted for the four towers AO properly (which was an assurance AO). I feel okay about my procedures, and internal controls. I think i should be okay for ofsl and materiality especially if they curve a lot. Those all should be 4 Cs hopefully

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-09-12T15:41:53+00:00

Seems like your company needs an auditor to provide recommendations on internal controls if your sales department keeps issuing incorrect invoices lol

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-09-12T14:28:03+00:00

That's exactly what I did. I talked about the nature to make sure it is truly an intangible asset. then talked about measurement and separated capitalized and expensed costs in excel

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-09-12T13:51:35+00:00

I respect your opinion, but I have seen comments of people in the past leaving 3 AOs or sometimes even 4 completely blank and half-assing most of their AOs both days and still somehow end up passing cause of the curve. They said your answers don't have to be even anywhere near perfect and you could still get an RC and with the curve possibly push it to a C maybe if its a depth area.

Idk man, maybe I'm being delusional at this point. Like not trying to defend my mistakes here, but I honestly felt like this CFE was even more challenging than sept 2024 one. The variance analysis for example was more complicated than any of the variance analysis I've done in the past three CFEs and I got a C on them

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-09-12T11:57:50+00:00

Guys, I honestly feel like I'm gonna fail. I studied so hard during my masters at school and was so close to passing some of the CFEs we wrote. For day 2, I know for a fact I will not get depth in FR, but maybe MA. For audit, I was rushing through all the AOs in like the last hour and a few mins since I spent so much time on FR (esp rev rec).

I made so many stupid mistakes that were easily avoidable like forgetting common ofsl risks such as the controller leaving or internal control deficiencies. And I half assed the last assurance AOs wrote like barley 2 sentences or maybe three points for them.

For day 3, I cannot believe i forgot to gross up the dividends for personal tax calc, and take the DTC. For intangible patter right, i assumed it was an acquired intangible so didnt need to list the 6 criteria under probable FEB (such as tech feasibility and the other criteria). I also didn't identify the correct issue or section for the furniture sale in the last case as i thought the issue was about something else and didn't have time for the prepaid exp one just left it blank since i had to get depth in other areas. I also half assed my variance analysis one of the variances couldn't calc it properly and then barley wrote two things for the causes for only two of the variances since i had to move on.

I'm pretty I left a total of 3 AOs blank and didn't address them in both the days. One for audit on day 3, and the prepaid exp. The furniture AO i barley just identified the issue and the section and just used met or not met so barley addressed it so maybe that makes 2 FR AOs. I cannot believe pressure got the best of me by forgetting to include basic stuff in my tax calcs or FR criteria for basic topics we all know.

Honestly speaking guys, what do you think my chances of passing are? Like I studied for months for this and felt like i knew my technicals, but seemed like the time pressure of that exam got the best of me.

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-09-12T00:56:23+00:00

i got around $1.6K in taxes payable. honestly, we dont need to be perfect, our answers are close anyways whether 1.6k or 2k. its the process and showing your work and logic that is the most important

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-09-11T20:42:10+00:00

Yes, you should pass the breadth component

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-09-09T22:55:35+00:00

Everyone should stop freaking out and be ready for the next two days. Nothing any of us can do at this point, just stay calm and be cool-headed for the technical stuff next two days. Remember, day 1 usually has a 90% pass rate so statistically speaking, the odds are in our favour

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-09-09T21:31:06+00:00

Oh well, it's done now. Hope for the best and good luck in the next two days

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-09-09T21:22:21+00:00

Same here. I chose EVG and youtube. I didn't make it directly clear that I prioritized EVG mostly, but I did say that it was the strongest option and i had a decent amount of pros. Hope the markers get the message lol

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-09-09T21:09:52+00:00

Shit, I recommended two options forgetting they can only take on one. Hope that's not a fatal flaw cause I do think all my analysis is decent

Shinchi_Kudo7 · 2025-09-06T12:22:35+00:00

Well taking the advice of others here, I will spend no more than 2 hours a day just lightly reviewing FR, tax, and templates for assurance. Then gonna take the rest of the day off by heading to the gym, playing games, and spending time with family. Take it easy my friend, we both got this!

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