About CPA Exam Lab

A free, no-paywall study platform for the Uniform CPA Examination.

Why this exists

Commercial CPA review courses cost $1,500–$3,000 — a real barrier for many candidates, especially career changers, international candidates, and anyone paying their own way. CPA Exam Lab was built on a simple premise: the knowledge tested on the CPA exam is public, so high-quality preparation for it should be accessible to everyone. Everything on this site is free, with no registration, no trial windows, and no locked content.

Who builds it

CPA Exam Lab is created and maintained by Burak Genc, founder of Arc & Ledger LLC, an accounting and advisory firm. Arc & Ledger publishes the site and funds its ongoing development as a public resource for CPA candidates. The platform is built “by students, for students” — the lessons, question banks, and study tools grew directly out of preparing for these exams, not out of repackaging a textbook.

You can reach the team any time at [email protected] or through the contact page.

What's on the site

FAR — 34 interactive topics with 179+ practice MCQs, worked examples, and simulation strategies.
AUD — 18 interactive topics with 180+ practice MCQs, plus the AUD Trainer: study sprints, daily challenges, and gamified practice modes.
Timed mock exams for FAR and AUD, sampled proportionally to the AICPA section weights.
Spaced repetition — questions you miss automatically resurface at increasing intervals.
Progress tracking — mastery levels, study streaks, and weak-area detection, stored privately in your own browser.
REG and BAR are in active development.

How the content is made

Every lesson is original work, written and structured around the AICPA exam blueprints — the official specification of what each section tests. Practice questions include a full explanation for every answer choice, correct and incorrect, because understanding why a distractor is wrong is half the battle on this exam. Content is reviewed against authoritative sources (FASB ASC, auditing standards, AICPA materials) and corrected promptly when errors are reported.

Found a mistake? Please tell us at [email protected]. Corrections are taken seriously and shipped quickly.

Independence

CPA Exam Lab is an independent study resource. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the AICPA®, NASBA, or any state board of accountancy. See our Terms of Use for details.

How it stays free

Development is sponsored by Arc & Ledger LLC and supported by voluntary Pay It Forward contributions from candidates who found the site useful. The site may also display advertising. None of this changes what you can access — every lesson, question, and tool is free for everyone, always.