A 24-week EA exam study plan covers all three SEE parts at ~6 hours per week (~135 total hours). A comfortable pace with generous buffer. Best if you are prepping all three parts across a full year, are a career-changer new to tax, or want maximum retention.
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A 24-week EA plan walks the three SEE parts module-by-module. Part 2 (Businesses) gets the most weeks because it's the densest content, followed by Part 1 (Individuals) and Part 3 (Representation). Review and mock phases follow.
Filing status, dependents, income recognition, deductions, credits, and AMT. Pub 17 is the backbone. Schedule C, retirement income, and itemized deductions are heavily tested. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Sole props, partnerships, S corps, C corps, and trusts/estates. Pubs 334, 15, 541, 542, 946. Entity-choice frameworks, K-1 mechanics, S corp reasonable comp, MACRS depreciation. The densest SEE part. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Circular 230 line-by-line, the examination/appeals/collection processes, and practitioner duties. Pubs 947, 556, 594. Narrower but heavily memorization-driven. Build flashcards covering every learning objective and quiz yourself before moving to the next module.
Weak-topic drilling. exclam.ai surfaces topics where you underperformed during coverage and re-quizzes them. Daily FSRS flashcard reps across all 3 topics to prevent decay. Start doing timed question batches focused on the heaviest-weight sections.
Full-length EA practice exams under timed conditions. Target one mock every 3–5 days. Same-day error review: for every question you miss, re-derive the solution from scratch. Taper in the final 3 days — light flashcards only.
All three SEE parts in a single plan. Each part has its own exam date and its own set of IRS publications that form the free corpus.
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