Tertiary and Continuing CPA Program

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Starting this next year.

How did people find it ? Suggestions, Tips on approaching it ? Electives worth doing ? Difficult ?

Thanks
 
bgt2110 said:
Starting this next year.

How did people find it ? Suggestions, Tips on approaching it ? Electives worth doing ? Difficult ?

Thanks
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take plenty of time off before the exams to study. it is always easier to pass first time around than having to repeat.
 
How'd everyone go? Passed advanced tax. 3 down for me.

There's an excellent guide on whirlpool for how to approach the exams/order to take the subjects in if you're interested
 

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I did a CA rather than a CPA, but I'd imagine the exams and pass marks would be similar. In CA, only about 20-25% pass all there exams first time around.

work and study is a tough combo to balance
 
Power Raid said:
I did a CA rather than a CPA, but I'd imagine the exams and pass marks would be similar. In CA, only about 20-25% pass all there exams first time around.

work and study is a tough combo to balance
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Yeah. That's the killer, having to do a full working week (can be crazy hours if you're a public accountant) and then motivating yourself to study.
 

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Just as an aside, what are the salary jumps usually expected during and after the CA/CPA program? Currently on 44k a year 6 months into a grad role in public practice which I assume is around the market rate.
 
Golden_6 said:
Just as an aside, what are the salary jumps usually expected during and after the CA/CPA program? Currently on 44k a year 6 months into a grad role in public practice which I assume is around the market rate.
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it was around 20-30% pa with the big pay jump when you left public practice. The timing of when you jumped, and where you jumped, was important as that had a big influence on your salary cap in the future.

After 10 years the pay range would be $120k to $400k. Anything over $200k and you are being likely to be remunerated for management roles rather than just accounting.
 
The thing I hated about the CPA program was the passmark. If it was a straight 50% you would pass every exam easily, however being around 65% puts that little bit of doubt into it.


P.S I know by making it harder to pass, it makes it worth more in the field
 
SherbertLemon said:
And that is an elective.

Comp subjects are ethics, fin acct, man acc and global strat management
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Yeah ok, I forgot that. It's been a couple of years since I did it
 
Abba Lonie said:
SMA is far easier than it was at uni.
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SMA was piss easy at uni, in fact all things to do with management accounting were easy at uni.

Have you done the SMA exam yet?
 
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