Mishka, CPA

Mishka

posted: 12/19/2007 at 8:24 AM

Got my score on the last part of the CPA exam this morning, after just over 7 weeks of waiting. Somehow, I passed. There are 4 sections that are tested, and the initials spell out "BARF," and that pretty much summarizes the last 6 months of my life. There was no warm fuzzy feeling when I left the exam...I was almost resigning myself to a retest in January. But instead, I get to have a life again!

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 12/19/2007 at 8:39 AM

Yay! Now you can enjoy the holidays and celebrate passing. Smile

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

tuf_aint_enough

posted: 12/19/2007 at 8:51 AM

Congratulations.

Sockoni

posted: 12/19/2007 at 8:52 AM

Quote from Mishka on 12/19/2007 at 8:24 AM:

I passed. There are 4 sections that are tested, and the initials spell out "BARF," and that pretty much summarizes the last 6 months of my life.

Congrats Mishka!! I'm still laughing at the BARF.

DrewEOB

Idiot

posted: 12/19/2007 at 9:00 AM

Congratulations, dude. Tax season is right around the corner. Evil grin

Yes, I do "run in this." So should you. The weather is never as bad as it seems from behind your office or car window.

HurricaneShaunna

posted: 12/19/2007 at 9:18 AM

wooohooo.... congrats Mishka! Big grin

Mishka

posted: 12/19/2007 at 9:20 AM

Thanks everyone. Drew, the funny thing is...our company outsources its tax work to local CPAs. Our tax issues are too complicated for the resources we have here. My responsibility is getting the "book" income straight before the audit work in February and post-extension tax work in September and October. Translation: I have just about the easiest March/early-April for a CPA.

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Blaine Moore (MM#2867)

posted: 12/19/2007 at 9:30 AM

Congratulations!

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Mile Collector

Abs of Flabs

posted: 12/19/2007 at 9:40 AM

Congrats Mishka! Does that mean you can do my taxes?

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Davdaws

Swadvad

posted: 12/19/2007 at 10:00 AM

Congrats Mishka! Many folks don't understand how horribly difficult that exam is. My wife was a straight A student, top graduate in the entire business school, yet it took her twice to pass all four parts. You are in elite company! Good for you!!!

modal

posted: 12/19/2007 at 10:35 AM
modified: 12/19/2007 at 10:35 AM

Congrats! How does this fit into your alpaca farming endeavors?

Vim

Mishka

posted: 12/19/2007 at 10:36 AM

Quote from Mile Collector on 12/19/2007 at 9:40 AM:

Congrats Mishka! Does that mean you can do my taxes?

Sure, how much do you want to pay in taxes this year? Evil grin

Kidding (I still have to take a short ethics exam)! Apparently I can't be trusted to represent the profession ethically until I've passed the ethics exam. Davdaws, I heard the new format is easier than it used to be. I took the 4 parts separately. I can't imagine taking all 4 parts in 2 days under the old format. I certainly wasn't the student your wife was in school, if that's any indication.

Mile Collector

Abs of Flabs

posted: 12/19/2007 at 10:39 AM

Quote from Mishka on 12/19/2007 at 10:36 AM:

Sure, how much do you want to pay in taxes this year? Kidding (I still have to take a short ethics exam)! Apparently I can't be trusted to represent the profession ethically until I've passed the ethics exam.

Even better that you have no ethics yet! If that would get me to avoid all taxes, I'm all for it Big grin

Just kidding! I love paying taxes that help pay for the FBI and IRS that's probably looking into my financial records right now. Can you ever trust someone with a fondness toward llamas?

Beantown Runners | On the Bench

Bonkin

posted: 12/19/2007 at 10:47 AM

Congrats, Mishka! Yeah - I'd like to sign up to have you do my taxes before you take that pesky little "ethics" exam, too.

Passion is a rather frightening thing because if you have passion you don't know where it will take you.

When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?

Mishka

posted: 12/19/2007 at 10:54 AM

"Avoiding" taxes is perfectly legal. We'll leave the question of the ethics of that to Jeff. It is the "evasion" of taxes that gets you that pretty orange outfit and a man-friend named Hammer. What's so shady about llama-fondness? I love those cute little bastards. Another to-do before the ethics exam...scheming the wife into allowing an alpaca farm...hmmmm.

Mishka, CPA (Read 2171 times)

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