Common/preferred stock, treasury & dividends on the FAR CPA Exam
Common/preferred stock, treasury & dividends is tested on the FAR section of the CPA Exam. It is a named topic of blueprint group FAR.II.I, Equity, which sits in FAR Area II, Select Balance Sheet Accounts, at 30 to 40% of the section.
- Section
- FAR, Financial Accounting and Reporting
- Area
- FAR.II, Select Balance Sheet Accounts, 30 to 40% of the section
- Group
- FAR.II.I, Equity
- Authoritative literature
- ASC 505
- Skill levels tested
- Remembering, Application
Which standard covers Common/preferred stock, treasury & dividends on the CPA Exam?
Common/preferred stock, treasury & dividends is tested against ASC 505. The wider group FAR.II.I also reaches ASC 260, ASC 718, ASC 805, ASC 845.
At what skill level is Common/preferred stock, treasury & dividends tested?
Common/preferred stock, treasury & dividends is tested at 2 skill levels: Remembering (recall and understanding, which is multiple choice territory), Application (applying a rule to a fact pattern, which is where most simulations sit).
Is Common/preferred stock, treasury & dividends tested outside FAR?
Yes. The same literature is tested outside FAR: ASC 505 in FAR.I.A (General-purpose financial statements: for-profit entities).
Area, group, topic, standard and skill levels are the AICPA published blueprint. Pass rates are the AICPA published candidate pass rates for 2026 through Q2, read from AICPA & CIMA on 2026-08-17. The AICPA publishes them quarterly. Where the same standard is tested outside FAR is PocketCPA's own mapping.
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Common questions
Is Common/preferred stock, treasury & dividends tested on the CPA Exam?
Common/preferred stock, treasury & dividends is tested on the FAR section of the CPA Exam. It is a named topic of blueprint group FAR.II.I, Equity, which sits in FAR Area II, Select Balance Sheet Accounts, at 30 to 40% of the section.