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		<title>So this is what BEC looks like&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I finally sat down and got started reviewing for BEC this weekend. So far, chapter 1 hits on a lot of topics that are familiar from studying for REG, like partnership formation and authority.
Flipping through and seeing what the other chapters cover, it looks like quite a mish-mash of topics. I&#8217;ve studied a lot of [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.accountingelf.com/why-is-accounting-so-useful/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Why is accounting so useful?'>Why is accounting so useful?</a> <small>I decided to study accounting because I knew I wanted...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.accountingelf.com/progress-report-week-6/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Progress Report: Week 6'>Progress Report: Week 6</a> <small>So this progress report is almost a week late&#8230; I&#8217;ve...</small></li>
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		<title>Consolidation Accounting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m currently taking an Advanced Accounting course at my university, which covers consolidation accounting, governmental accounting, and accounting for foreign currency exchanges.
All of these were topics on the FAR section of the CPA exam, and now that I&#8217;m learning them in depth, and seeing how confusing they are, I am ever more grateful to Roger [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.accountingelf.com/celebrating-the-4th-with-governmental-accounting/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Celebrating the 4th with Governmental Accounting'>Celebrating the 4th with Governmental Accounting</a> <small>Happy 4th of July! I&#8217;m getting close to the end...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.accountingelf.com/cpa-review-practice-exams/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: CPA Review: Practice Exams'>CPA Review: Practice Exams</a> <small>Along with my Roger CPA preparation materials came a Wiley...</small></li>
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		<title>Al Koch and General Motors Liquidation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I was lucky enough to get to see Al Koch speak. He is very much involved in the restructuring of General Motors, and has been for the past year or so. He started out as an public accountant, so it is very interesting to see where he ended up.
To relate this all back [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.accountingelf.com/the-key-to-investing-its-simple/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Key to Investing: It&#8217;s Simple!'>The Key to Investing: It&#8217;s Simple!</a> <small> Credit: sxc.hu/somadjinn Sure, there is plenty to learn about...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.accountingelf.com/my-general-cpa-study-strategy/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: My General CPA Study Strategy'>My General CPA Study Strategy</a> <small>So, my non-accounting-related life has been pretty fun and interesting...</small></li>
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		<title>Accounting For Investments &#8211; Quick FAR Refresher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Luckily, I passed FAR several months ago. However, for those of you getting ready to take FAR, the Roger CPA Review course blog has a free cpa review video of how to account for investments.
If you want to get a taste for what Roger CPA Review videos are like, or just get a quick review [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.accountingelf.com/my-first-hour-of-reg/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: My first hour of REG!'>My first hour of REG!</a> <small>I had a spot of trouble when I went to...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.accountingelf.com/deferred-taxes/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Deferred Taxes'>Deferred Taxes</a> <small>Just finished watching the Roger CPA Review video that covered...</small></li>
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		<title>How financial statements should be more like blogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In class today, we discussed the issue of &#8220;disclosure overload.&#8221; This is an issue that standard setters and financial statement users have been discussing for years (the article we discussed in class was written in 1994.) The basic problem is that there is so much information disclosed in financial reports that the footnotes begin to [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.accountingelf.com/the-seven-deadly-myths-of-accounting/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Seven Deadly Myths of Accounting'>The Seven Deadly Myths of Accounting</a> <small>A quick update: I got in touch with the website...</small></li>
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		<title>CPA Practice Results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yay! 3 down! I hope I passed Audit on Saturday, but it was more difficult than I expected. On my first two sections of the CPA exam (FAR and REG) I didn&#8217;t really think that the testlets got harder as I progressed through the exam, which they&#8217;re supposed to if you do well on the [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.accountingelf.com/reg-now-we-wait/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: REG &#8211; Now we wait'>REG &#8211; Now we wait</a> <small>Edit: I&#8217;m studying for my tax exam tomorrow, and I&#8217;m...</small></li>
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		<title>How well is Making Home Affordable doing its job?</title>
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Last week I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to listen to Eric Schuppenhauer, Senior VP of Fannie Mae, talk about the mortgage crisis his current role in running HAMP (President Obama&#8217;s Making Home Affordable initiative.)
Mr. Schuppenhauer was quite positive about the changes his team [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.accountingelf.com/packed-for-italy/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Packed for Italy!'>Packed for Italy!</a> <small>Well, tomorrow at 5:00 pm I&#8217;ll be on a plane...</small></li>
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		<title>Back to the books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been neglecting my Roger CPA Review materials over the last few weeks, but I&#8217;ll be taking AUD in less than 2 weeks, so it&#8217;s back to multiple choice questions!
It&#8217;s the time in the semester where the first big tests are happening, and the first big cases are due, so there is plenty to distract [...]


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		<title>The Seven Deadly Myths of Accounting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A quick update: I got in touch with the website that published the article that I talked about in a previous post. This article talks about the misconceptions that accounting students have about the subject they are studying.
The article is titled &#8220;The Seven Deadly Myths of Accounting&#8221; and was written by Dr. Pava, who currently [...]


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		<title>Accountants&#8217; Liability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In one of my classes, we are required to bring in articles each class to stimulate class discussion. I brought in one of the front-page articles from CFO.com &#8220;Could New Regs Bring More Lawsuits?&#8221;
That link is most likely quite temporary folks, as the permalink function gave me an error message when I tried to use [...]


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