Your CPA FAR study plan, week by week.

FAR (Financial Accounting and Reporting) is one of the three core CPA sections and usually the one people find longest. It has multiple-choice questions and task-based simulations, so the plan adds simulations once you’ve covered the content.

1. Content review, a bit over half. One or two topics a day, each ending with multiple-choice questions on what you covered.
2. Practice, the rest. Timed practice exams every other week, simulations on your weak topics, and mixed question sets.
3. Final week. Light review, nothing new, and a day off before the exam.

Topic hours follow the rough midpoints of the three FAR content areas in the AICPA blueprint. Any area you tick as shaky gets 50% more time. These shares are rough, not official.

Check the current blueprint at aicpa-cima.com before you rely on it.

A plan that survives week two beats a perfect one that doesn’t.

• Study at the same time each day. Your phone goes in another room for that block.
• Keep a log of every miss and why. Re-read it before each study day.
• When you miss a day, don’t double up. Carry on from where the plan says you are.