For those that took the EA exam what review course did you use how long did it take you to pass

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Gleim, passed all 3 parts in a month. I didn’t bother with the videos or reading much. Hammered the MC each day for a few hours and I was ready.

I do come from a partnership and corporation compliance background from work and knew a decent amount of individual tax from personal filings over the years.

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Do you find out right away if you passed?

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Fast forward academy, I passed all 3 in 3 months.

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Fast Forward Academy, I passed each section on the first try over the course of two years. I kept taking long breaks in between sections, but the exams are relatively easy (Businesses is by the far the most difficult of the three, but still not that bad), and you can easily pass them all in just a few months.

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2 months. Surgent. I didn’t even study for the entities section. I just went in and passed it. I got lucky but it really wasn’t that bad if you have experience already. Don’t take that as excuse to not study material tho. I still was grinding it out. I also took REG before it so I’m probably not a good example for it lol.

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Same as Kpmg 1

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Surgent and it was so close to the exam itself

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What did you decide?

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