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Statement of changes in equity on the FAR CPA Exam

Statement of changes in equity is tested on the FAR section of the CPA Exam. It is a named topic of blueprint group FAR.I.A, General-purpose financial statements: for-profit entities, which sits in FAR Area I, Financial Reporting, at 30 to 40% of the section.

Section
FAR, Financial Accounting and Reporting
Area
FAR.I, Financial Reporting, 30 to 40% of the section
Group
FAR.I.A, General-purpose financial statements: for-profit entities
Authoritative literature
ASC 505
Skill levels tested
Remembering, Application

Which standard covers Statement of changes in equity on the CPA Exam?

Statement of changes in equity is tested against ASC 505. The wider group FAR.I.A also reaches ASC 205, ASC 210, ASC 220, ASC 230, ASC 235, ASC 275.

At what skill level is Statement of changes in equity tested?

Statement of changes in equity 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 Statement of changes in equity tested outside FAR?

Yes. The same literature is tested outside FAR: ASC 505 in FAR.II.I (Equity).

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 Statement of changes in equity tested on the CPA Exam?

Statement of changes in equity is tested on the FAR section of the CPA Exam. It is a named topic of blueprint group FAR.I.A, General-purpose financial statements: for-profit entities, which sits in FAR Area I, Financial Reporting, at 30 to 40% of the section.