Improvements to your Becker CPA Exam Review Course On November 6th we will be releasing significant improvements to your Becker CPA Exam Review course to better prepare you to sit for the exam in 2015 The purpose of this communication is to provide detail on the changes that we are making Content Changes Audit We have updated four lectures within the AUD course (A1, A3, A4, and A6) and made other minor edits and additions Detail can be found in the pop up that you will see when you click on each updated lecture in the course software If you plan to take the Audit exam in 2015 and you have not started or recently started studying these lectures, we strongly recommend that you start fresh with the new V1.1 lectures Otherwise, you can continue to use your V1.0 version materials until 3/31/15 When you open the updated lectures for the first time on/after November 6th, you will be prompted to choose which material to study from This is not a one-time choice – you can toggle between versions of each lecture at any time Your statistics will reflect your progress in the selected lecture For Becker Promise® purposes, you can combine the Performance Summary Reports for V1.0 with new V1.1 to determine if you qualify If you currently have the V1.0 Audit textbook but want to study using V1.1, you can download a summary of changes or you can request an updated version of the textbook on becker.com for a nominal fee Business We have updated four lectures within the BEC course (B2, B3, B5 and B6) If you have not started or recently started studying these lectures, we strongly recommend that you start fresh with the new V2.0 lectures If you have already studied the updated lectures, you can continue to use V1.0 materials until 3/31/15 When you open these updated lectures for the first time on/after November 6th, you will be prompted to choose which material to study from This is not a one-time choice – you can toggle between versions of each lecture at any time Your statistics will reflect the progress that you have made in the selected lecture For Becker Promise purposes, you can combine the Performance Summary Reports from V1.0 with new V2.0 to determine if you qualify If you currently have the V1.0 Business textbook but want to study using the new V2.0 materials, you should request an updated version of the textbook on becker.com When ordering, you will have to pay a nominal fee Financial We have updated two lectures to the FAR course (F1 and F10) and made other minor edits and additions Detail can be found in the pop up that you will see when you click on each updated lecture in the course software If you plan to take the Financial exam in 2015 and you have not started or recently started studying these lectures, we strongly recommend that you start fresh with the new V1.1 lectures If you plan to take the exam in 2014 or have already studied the updated lectures, you can continue to use your V1.0 version of the FAR materials until 3/31/15 When you open these updated lectures for the first time on/after November 6th, you will be prompted to choose which material to study from This is not a one-time choice – you can toggle between versions of each lecture at any time Your statistics will reflect the progress that you have made in the selected lecture For Becker Promise purposes, you can combine the Summary Reports for V1.0 with new V1.1 to determine if you qualify If you currently have the V1.0 Financial textbook but want to study using the new V1.1 materials you can download a summary of changes or you can request an updated version of the textbook on becker.com for a nominal fee Feature and Functionality Changes Simulation Lectures Simulation lectures have been added to the Financial, Audit and Regulation courses These lectures have been designed to help you master the task-based simulations that are 40% of your score on the Financial, Audit and Regulation exams Digital Flashcards If you purchased the printed version of our flashcards you will now have access to a digital version in the “Review” section of your course software These digital flashcards will automatically update and may come in handy if you have your course software open and just want to spend a few minutes drilling home information and committing to memory the most important principles Best of luck to you on your journey to CPA Exam success!