LearnAI teaches the CPA Exam under the CPA Evolution model — three Core sections plus your chosen Discipline — through conversation, working simulations and journal entries with you instead of making you watch lectures.
The best way to pass the CPA Exam is to master the four sections one at a time — the three Core exams (AUD, FAR, REG) plus one Discipline (BAR, ISC, or TCP) — and to drill task-based simulations, not just multiple-choice, because that is where candidates lose points. LearnAI builds a section-by-section plan around your target sitting, explains why an entry hits the balance sheet the way it does, and corrects your work as you type it.
The CPA Exam changed shape in 2024. Under the CPA Evolution model you sit three Core sections everyone takes — Auditing and Attestation (AUD), Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR), and Taxation and Regulation (REG) — and then choose one Discipline section: Business Analysis and Reporting (BAR), Information Systems and Control (ISC), or Tax Compliance and Planning (TCP). Each section is a separate four-hour exam scored on a 0-99 scale, and you need a 75 to pass. FAR is the volume monster; AUD rewards judgment; REG lives and dies on the tax details.
LearnAI treats the CPA the way it actually rewards you: not memorizing every standard, but being able to work a task-based simulation under time pressure and explain your reasoning. Tell it which section you're sitting first and when, and it builds a plan across the blueprints' content areas, then teaches through problems — you post the entry, reconcile the account, or draft the audit conclusion, and the tutor tells you where the logic broke and why.
24 weeks at 15-20 hours per week across four sections · built by LearnAI, adjusted to your level and goals
This is an example of the course plan LearnAI generates — yours will be personalized from your first message.
Build the conceptual framework and the financial-statement mechanics that FAR tests hardest — the section with the widest content and the lowest pass rates.
Master the fund accounting and reporting models that trip up candidates from a purely commercial background, then close out FAR's select transactions.
Learn to think like an auditor — assessing risk, designing procedures, and forming the conclusions that AUD's simulations demand, plus the ethics and independence rules.
Work individual and entity taxation, property transactions, and the business law and professional-responsibility content that REG weights heavily.
Go deep on the one Discipline you chose — financial analysis and reporting (BAR), IT controls and data (ISC), or advanced tax planning (TCP) — targeted to your career path.
Timed, full-testlet practice for whichever section you sit next, with the tutor scoring your simulations and rebuilding the content areas where you keep leaking points.
The CPA license is still the credential that separates accountants who can sign off from those who can't. It's required to issue audit opinions, it unlocks partner-track roles in public accounting, and it consistently commands a salary premium over non-licensed peers in industry, tax, and advisory. With the profession short on new licensees, firms are competing hard for candidates who finish the exam — and finishing it is the bottleneck, not the coursework.
The exam is also a 30-month race against the clock: once you pass your first section, most jurisdictions give you a rolling window to pass the rest before credit starts expiring. That makes efficient, targeted study the whole game. The candidates who pass aren't the ones who reread the textbook — they're the ones who diagnose their weak content areas fast and drill simulations until the reasoning is automatic.
Task-based simulations are where CPA candidates lose the exam. You build the entry, reconcile the account, or draft the audit conclusion in conversation, and the tutor shows you exactly where the logic broke and how the graders think about that content area.
Tell the tutor which section you're sitting first and your test date, and it sequences AUD, FAR, REG, and your Discipline so you pass before your 30-month credit window puts earlier sections at risk.
Instead of memorizing rules, you learn why a lease hits the balance sheet the way it does or why an audit risk changes the procedure — the reasoning that lets you handle a simulation you've never seen before.
Finish all modules and pass their reviews and you can get a completion certificate you can post or attach to a CV.
Since 2024 the exam has four sections: three Core exams everyone takes — Auditing and Attestation (AUD), Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR), and Taxation and Regulation (REG) — plus one Discipline you choose from Business Analysis and Reporting (BAR), Information Systems and Control (ISC), or Tax Compliance and Planning (TCP). Each is a separate four-hour exam of multiple-choice questions and task-based simulations, scored 0-99, and you need a 75 on each to pass.
Most candidates lead with FAR because it has the broadest content and it's the section most likely to go stale if you save it for last. Others take AUD first since it builds on FAR concepts, or REG first if their tax knowledge is fresh from school. The tutor helps you sequence around your background and your test dates so you protect your credit window.
Passing all four sections is required but not sufficient. Licensure is granted by your state board and also requires meeting the education requirement (commonly 150 credit hours, though some states are adding alternative pathways), an ethics exam in many states, and a period of relevant work experience. The tutor focuses on the exam itself — check your specific state board for the full licensing checklist.
A common benchmark is roughly 300-400 total hours across all four sections, often spread over six to twelve months while working. FAR usually demands the most, AUD and REG somewhat less, and the Discipline varies with your background. At 15-20 hours a week the plan in this course covers all four, but the right pace depends on how much accounting is fresh for you.
The course is open to everyone to browse, account optional, but the tutoring itself is pay-as-you-go rather than free: one-time credit packs start at $5 for 120 credits, most tutoring messages cost about 1 credit, and credits never expire — no subscription.
Yes — simulations are the part traditional prep handles worst because static answer keys don't explain your specific mistake. You work the simulation in conversation, and the tutor traces where your entry, reconciliation, or conclusion diverged from the correct treatment and reinforces the pattern. That real-time correction on your own work is exactly where candidates make the fastest gains.
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