if anyone had a chance of taking a CPA review course from Becker or any other organizations please give me some advise and recommendation, to which course and what material to buy or choose.

thank you..

if anyone had a chance of taking a CPA review course from Becker or any other organizations please give me some advise and recommendation, to which course and what material to buy or choose.

thank you..

I had Becker. If you sign up with any CPA review courses (ie Becker, Person Wolinsky, or Kaplan) they provide the material (review books) to you. You do not have to buy anything else other than paying the fee to the review course provider.

A point to consider, many accounting employers pay for the course on your behalf. So my suggestion is to ask your employer if they subsidize the course and if you are not employed yet, to wait till you have a job and then ask them to pay for you. If you feel that you want to take the exam before you start with anyone, you should think carefully if you really need to be certified. It is one thing to prepare and to pass the exams. It is another to get certified and to maintain the license. You must have 1-2 yrs of audit experience for this. Regular accounting or tax work doesn't count. Then after that you need 120 credits of CPE (continuing professional education) hours for each of the three year rolling period. If you don't find a company that will pay and endorse you for these credits that is an additional time and expense every year. If for any year a CPA fails to keep this education up he/she might lose the license. So think if you really want to get into this and the benefit outweighs the cost.

I had Becker. If you sign up with any CPA review courses (ie Becker, Person Wolinsky, or Kaplan) they provide the material (review books) to you. You do not have to buy anything else other than paying the fee to the review course provider.

A point to consider, many accounting employers pay for the course on your behalf. So my suggestion is to ask your employer if they subsidize the course and if you are not employed yet, to wait till you have a job and then ask them to pay for you. If you feel that you want to take the exam before you start with anyone, you should think carefully if you really need to be certified. It is one thing to prepare and to pass the exams. It is another to get certified and to maintain the license. You must have 1-2 yrs of audit experience for this. Regular accounting or tax work doesn't count. Then after that you need 120 credits of CPE (continuing professional education) hours for each of the three year rolling period. If you don't find a company that will pay and endorse you for these credits that is an additional time and expense every year. If for any year a CPA fails to keep this education up he/she might lose the license. So think if you really want to get into this and the benefit outweighs the cost.

well good point, but by 2009 i would need more credits of college course more than 120 because of the change in accounting rule, and plus i can deduct the expenses for review course and the exam itself for tax purposes.

well good point, but by 2009 i would need more credits of college course more than 120 because of the change in accounting rule, and plus i can deduct the expenses for review course and the exam itself for tax purposes.

Who said that they are deductible? According to many accountants the review courses such as these are questionable if they are deductible or not...just an FYI