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For this particular post, as much as I would love to throw my experience with CPA exam candidates and children (sometimes interchangeable, mind you) around, I\u2019m going to do something a little bit different. Would any of you<\/strong><\/em> with experience in the following care to weigh in and help?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the question via a CPA Exam Club<\/a> member:<\/p>\n

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I am having a baby in 2 months and wasn\u2019t planning on taking any parts of the exam until 2011, when I will hopefully have more rested nights and energy to study. However, after starting to do research about the CPA exam I discovered all of the changes taking place in 2011 and decided that it seemed prudent to get FAR out of the way in 201 and can basically devote all of my time to studying until I have the baby and after I have the baby in order to take the exam in November. I am a pretty disciplined person with good time management. I am pretty quick at getting things done. I also got a 2nd bachelors in accounting and just completed a masters in accounting as well. Do you think I am being unrealistic in my pursuit of passing FAR in 2010?<\/p>\n

If you think I can achieve this goal, what do you advise CPA hopefuls to do in order to pass? I am very determined to try and pass on the first try and would do whatever it takes in order to do so.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

First of all, I remember what being 7 months pregnant felt like and while I loved being pregnant with my son, at that point the very last thing I would have been able to do would have been to study. So my first piece of advice not just to our little CPA exam candidate friend above but all of you with family plans on the horizon is to WAIT until you have passed the CPA exam to start cranking out the tax deductions. The exam is hard enough on its own, add a career and kids into the mix (especially for Moms) and you have a recipe for disappointment. Or at least a nervous breakdown, which you probably don\u2019t want either.<\/p>\n

I often tell candidates to be prepared for any and every possible thing to go wrong and mess up their perfect plans along the way. For parents, it\u2019s almost a guarantee that even our best-laid plans will somehow be ruined, delayed or otherwise compromised.<\/p>\n

Discipline is a requirement to get through the exam but even your best intentions can\u2019t fight the inevitable. I could barely function once my son was born (waking up every 2 hours to feed will do that to you), let alone actually do anything productive.<\/p>\n

So my advice to you is to wait. Wait until your child is a little older (or at a minimum sleeping through the night) and hopefully you have a supportive partner who will happily babysit while you head off to live CPA review classes. I can\u2019t tell you how many Moms I have seen in live classes, most of whom refuse to take advantage of the convenience of online, on-demand review simply because they are desperate for a break. You know it\u2019s bad when you\u2019d take 8 hours of government and non-profit accounting over being at home with your brood but let\u2019s face it, this Mom thing is the world\u2019s roughest gig.<\/p>\n

It sounds to me like you have a plan and that\u2019s awesome but be sure you are being realistic. It\u2019s already almost September, meaning the last window of 2010 is close upon us and if you haven\u2019t already made an appointment at Prometric, you might run yourself into the ground trying to squeeze FAR in (that\u2019s if<\/strong><\/em> you can even get in to schedule). And let\u2019s just say you pass (which I\u2019m confident you will once you get off the ground) and then have the baby. What happens when motherhood takes its toll and you aren\u2019t able to resume studying until your child is a year old and your 18 month window is fast approaching?<\/p>\n

Enjoy these last two months, take care of yourself and bask in your baby once he or she arrives. The exam will be here waiting patiently in the meantime and by then maybe the AICPA BoE will have ironed out all the IFRS kinks or thrown out new content altogether. Trust me, the changes next year are not that big of a deal and CBT-e will actually be easier<\/strong><\/em> than 2010\u2019s exam if I\u2019m guessing correctly (I usually do). You will put in no more effort in 2011 to pass than you would have in 2010 so better to spend the energy when you actually have it instead of running yourself into the ground at a time when you need to be in fighting shape.<\/p>\n

Hope that helps!<\/p>\n

If you have a CPA exam question for us, get in touch<\/a> and we\u2019ll do our best to answer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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