How To Pass The CPA Exam: The IPassTheCPAExam.com Guide for International Candidates

Introduction

Dear Aspiring CPAs,

I am Stephanie and I have been running a popular CPA exam preparation site called IPassTheCPAExam.com since January 2010.

I originally set up the site to help candidates pick the most suitable CPA review course, but quickly realized that my readers were looking for something else.

They could not even get past the application. They were highly educated and successful accountants in their respective countries, but somehow, the U.S.-centric system made things very difficult.

I Understand the Frustration

Why? Because I have been there. I was an international candidate myself and spent countless hours of research to come up with a way that I thought would work, but it turned out that a new law had passed and I was back to square one.

Five weeks later when I figured out another path that looked workable for me, it was a hassle to go through the application process, such as getting the transcripts evaluated by what is known as the foreign credential evaluation agencies, and the nightmare of missing deadlines here and there . . .

I burned out before the studying began.

But I was determined to get it done—and, in fact, once I got approved for the exam, I studied hard, took the four parts in one go and passed the four sections of the exam on my first attempt (FAR: 92, REG: 84, AUD: 88, BEC: 87).

It Is Mission “Possible”

The CPA exam requirements are getting stricter since I became a CPA, but every year more than 10,000 international candidates go through ...