Short-term leases, presentation & disclosure on the FAR CPA Exam
Short-term leases, presentation & disclosure is tested on the FAR section of the CPA Exam. It is a named topic of blueprint group FAR.III.F, Leases, which sits in FAR Area III, Select Transactions, at 25 to 35% of the section.
- Section
- FAR, Financial Accounting and Reporting
- Area
- FAR.III, Select Transactions, 25 to 35% of the section
- Group
- FAR.III.F, Leases
- Authoritative literature
- ASC 842
- Skill levels tested
- Remembering, Application
Which standard covers Short-term leases, presentation & disclosure on the CPA Exam?
Short-term leases, presentation & disclosure is tested against ASC 842.
At what skill level is Short-term leases, presentation & disclosure tested?
Short-term leases, presentation & disclosure 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 Short-term leases, presentation & disclosure tested outside FAR?
Yes. The same literature is tested outside FAR: ASC 842 in BAR.II.I (Leases).
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 Short-term leases, presentation & disclosure tested on the CPA Exam?
Short-term leases, presentation & disclosure is tested on the FAR section of the CPA Exam. It is a named topic of blueprint group FAR.III.F, Leases, which sits in FAR Area III, Select Transactions, at 25 to 35% of the section.