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Im sitting for it on the 1st July. Ive heard its more difficult than you would exect - the questions were asked in very complicated way and the correct and wrong options were extremely similar so you should take your time reading everything. Also, the simulations were more complex than the practice ones on Becker and you should see the actual posted exam on AICPA wrbsite to evaluate how the real exam would be.

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