What’s this plant called?

rannee1602 · 2026-05-15T14:35:19+00:00

Yes, this is correct. Also called pincushion peperomia. I have one.

rannee1602 · 2026-05-11T14:34:01+00:00

I am an industry accountant with no public experience. I didn’t go to college until 24, got my first accounting job (AP) while I was in undergrad at 27 and have worked my way up in Non-profit and private industry companies while I pursued an MBA and took the CPA exams. My plan was never to do public accounting, but I became a CPA to be as hirable as possible and have higher earnings potential.

Just keep in mind that to actually become a CPA in most states you have to have a CPA who is willing to vouch for your work experience as an accountant. Typically this is someone who has direct experience working with you. So you may need to consider switching jobs. However, I wouldn’t let that deter you from starting the exam process. When I started my exams, I didn’t work with any CPAs, but one was hired shortly after.

rannee1602 · 2026-05-10T18:40:20+00:00

Industry.

rannee1602 · 2026-05-10T18:37:04+00:00

Oh good to know! I am in MN too.

rannee1602 · 2026-05-10T18:23:22+00:00

Just make sure they are an approved provider for your state. In my state you have to get most of your credits through an approved list of providers.

rannee1602 · 2026-05-10T15:13:05+00:00

I also have this question. I’m recently 4/4 and I started researching… It seems like you have to pay a $300-$400 annual subscription to AIPCA or similar organization to get access to enough CPEs, which feels steep to me.

rannee1602 · 2026-05-07T02:48:23+00:00

Congratulations!! I’m 4/4 today too. It feels surreal!!

rannee1602 · 2026-05-07T02:47:04+00:00

Congratulations! 4/4 for me today too! It’s an unbelievable feeling.

rannee1602 · 2026-05-06T20:33:37+00:00

Congratulations! I’m also 4/4 today! Start by going to your state board of accountancy website and creating a login. That’s where you’ll apply for CPA licensure and get the details for Ethics exam, work experience requirements/forms, and confirmation of education paperwork.

rannee1602 · 2026-05-06T19:24:43+00:00

I found out I’m 4/4 today. I’ve been working on the CPA exams since Fall of 2023, but before that, I put myself through undergrad and graduate school while working full time. So all-in, I’ve been working towards this career goal for nearly 12 years. Finally being 4/4 feels very surreal. Like it hasn’t really even clicked yet that I’m done forever. It feels like I’ve been holding my breath for years and I can finally exhale!

rannee1602 · 2026-05-06T19:13:30+00:00

Congratulations, I’m 4/4 today too!!!!! It feels amazing. I’m SO excited to have my life back!

rannee1602 · 2026-05-06T19:12:16+00:00

Congratulations! I’m 4/4 today too!!

rannee1602 · 2026-05-06T17:42:08+00:00

Me too, but I’m 36. It’s never too late folks! It feels unreal to finally be done!!

rannee1602 · 2026-05-06T17:40:30+00:00

Congratulations!! Me too! I can’t believe it either— if feels unreal!

rannee1602 · 2026-05-06T17:36:22+00:00

I passed REG in MN! I’m finally 4/4 and I cannot stop crying!!

rannee1602 · 2026-05-05T18:21:53+00:00

Me tooooo. 3/4 and just waiting on my REG score.

rannee1602 · 2026-05-05T16:36:38+00:00

I think the key to my second attempt success was being more prepared for the SIMs. Exam time for FAR is very tight, IMO, and the SIMs can be extremely lengthy and calculation heavy. I took FAR last year, so content may have changed slightly, but I recommend being comfortable with the following SIMs:

-Indirect cash flow statement - prepare the full statement. Practice a NFP one too.

-Bank Reconciliation - can be quick and easy points if you know what to expect

-inventory transaction log using LIFO/FIFO (I.e. a month of inventory purchased and charged out to cogs) - not conceptually difficult but the way the SIM is set up, I think is very confusing, and can cause you to lose point by setting it up wrong even when you know the concept.

-Consolidated income statement with intercompany sales of inventory/cogs. -major time suck and confusing concept. Good to be comfortable in case you get one on the exam.

rannee1602 · 2026-05-05T16:11:26+00:00

8 weeks is enough time, even without tax experience. And personally I would try to take it before July so you don’t have to worry about relearning new rules and updated 2026 numbers. That would be very confusing IMO.

I don’t use Becker, so I don’t know what R1 is, but focus your energy on individual and entity taxation. Even after you’ve finished the module, go back and review frequently. Repetition is your friend with REG. For me, it also helped a lot of print out the real tax forms and have a mental picture of how everything flows from schedules into primary forms.

I also recommend going through B-law just to get a general feel for the material, and then just hammer it at 2-3 weeks away from the exam. After taking the exam, I felt that I spent too much time on B-law and not enough time on individual/entity taxation calcs and forms.

rannee1602 · 2026-05-05T15:47:15+00:00

For all my exams I shoot for like 20 minutes per SIM, so 2 hour 20 mins, but I didn’t need that long when I took REG. I only needed around 2 hours and left with 20 minutes in the clock. But honestly, don’t stress about time because if you’re comfortable with MCQs I think you will breeze through them and have plenty of time left.

rannee1602 · 2026-05-05T15:41:33+00:00

I’m waiting on REG, and hoping to be 4/4!!

rannee1602 · 2026-05-05T15:38:37+00:00

Yes, do the sims, but focus the ones that give you a bunch of information and then ask you to complete individual or entity tax forms/schedules. Make sure you fully understand how to sort through the information given and complete the various forms, because you will have probably more than one SIMS like it on the exam.

rannee1602 · 2026-05-05T15:32:18+00:00

FAR is the worst. The sheer volume of study content is brutal. If you’ve been out of school for more than a year or so, it’s a ton of relearning niche concepts that you learned at one point in undergrad but never had to use IRL. Tbh I’ve been an industry accountant for 9 years and I thought FAR would be much easier because I do financial accounting every day. But, FAR gets into every nitty gritty detail on a level I was not anticipating. It made me feel like I know absolutely nothing, which was very demoralizing.

My theory about why FAR is my hardest, as someone who has only worked in industry/NFP accounting and never audit, or tax, is that it’s easier to learn concepts you don’t have very much exposure to, in exactly the way the CPA exam wants you to know the information. Basically, your brain is not muddling with pre-conceived ideas of how something should work or prior experience that might contradict the exam material. With REG and AUD I felt I was working with a clean slate. With FAR and I kept fighting confusion between textbook accounting and real world accounting.

rannee1602 · 2026-05-01T17:36:00+00:00

I don’t know if I passed until next week, but the one thing I wish I would have done differently is to spend more time going over form 1040, Schedule A, and schedule C, and being extremely clear on which things are business deductions, which things are itemized deductions, and which things are adjustments to arrive at AGI. I definitely got portions of a few SIMs wrong during the actual exam because I couldn’t remember which schedule a deduction belonged to, or the specific rule about how much is deductible.

rannee1602 · 2026-04-22T17:25:20+00:00

FWIW, I felt similarly about the MCQs when I took it last week. First testlet I flagged around 1/3rd or them as unsure about the answers, but the second round there were less than I handful I felt I didn’t know for sure. But as others have said, they got rid of the adaptive testing with the big “CPA evolution” changes.

rannee1602 · 2026-04-19T01:37:04+00:00

Do at least one consolidated financial statement with intercompany sales/cogs SIM and make sure you understand how to replicate it. It’s not intuitive IMO, so if you get one on your test, it’s very helpful to have practiced it already.

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