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Archive for August, 2007

Revisions based on final EA-2A exam syllabus

August 6th, 2007

I’ve finished making the changes to reflect the final EA-2A exam syllabus. The files should be posted to the web site by Tuesday.

Updates

2007 EA-2A Syllabus – compared to my “best guess”

August 3rd, 2007

I sent out the EA-2A materials on July 31, the same day the Society of Actuaries published the EA-2A syllabus. I did not want to wait forever for the publication date, so I had to make a guess as to what would be included. Of course the materials were printed and the CD-ROMs were burned prior to July 31.
Since I’m not a member of the Psychic Friends Network, there are a few differences in the published syllabus:

  1. Many of the exam conditions changed
  2. IRC Section 414(l) is not on the syllabus – this is strange, since the 1.414(l) regulation IS on the syllabus
  3. IRC Section 417(e) was added
  4. Most of IRC Section 430(j) is not on the syllabus. Exam condition 44 says you can ignore quarterly contributions and liquidity requirements for the 2007 exam.
  5. IRC Section 436 is NOT on the syllabus
  6. The 401(a)(17) regulation was added
  7. IRS Notices 87-21 and 99-44 are NOT on the syllabus
  8. Revenue Ruling 86-48 was added
  9. Revenue Rulings 81-212, 86-47, 96-20, 96-21, 98-1 and 2002-42 are NOT on the syllabus

I’m already making updates and corrections to the materials to reflect the published syllabus.

Updates

Section 415 now available

August 3rd, 2007

The overheads and discussion files have been uploaded to “part P” of the online course.

New Lessons