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PEP STUDENTS The majority of candidates pursuing the CPA designation are part of the PEP (Professional Education Program) program. This program consists of two Core modules, two Elective modules, Cap...

            Dear Candidates, I would like to invite you to my upcoming free webinar How to Succeed at the CFE: September 2020. This 1-hour webinar will cover the followin...

I chatted with Jonathan, an Honour Roll student from CPA CFE 2019. Below is the partial interview and transcript. PARTIAL INTERVIEW Codeguesser Boden page hereCodeguesser Boden page herePowered by...

Dear Students, I’m excited to announce the release of the CPA CFE Day 1 course: CFE Review: The Honour Roll Prep Program. This is a comprehensive prep and coaching course for CPA Canada Septembe...

CPA Canada has announced that the May 2020 Common Final Exam (CFE) will be cancelled and all registered candidates will automatically roll their exam date to September 2020 CFEs. You can now choose fr...

I chatted with Matt, an Honour Roll student from CPA CFE 2019. Below is the partial interview and transcript. PARTIAL INTERVIEW Codeguesser Boden page hereCodeguesser Boden page herePowered by Emb...

Update: Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the May CFE has been cancelled. Please see the new blog post with the new schedule CPA Canada announced that the Capstone 1 cases in May and September 2020 CFEs are ...

I chatted with a candidate who passed CPA CFE 2019 with Honour Roll – and she has never worked in public practice. About 80% of all Honour Roll students come from the public practice. How did sh...

When you start CPA studies, you learn concepts such as Required, Issue, Depth and Breadth. Becoming familiar with these terms and understanding the difference between a Required and an Issue is key to...

One of the most frequently asked questions from my CPA students is how to write cases on time. Most students go over the time limit by several minutes, even hours. This is especially true if you are i...

If you were unsuccessful at the CPA Common Final Examination (CFE), you may choose to appeal the exam results, purchase a Performance Analysis Review (PAR), or do both.   Appeal is a request to re-...