Episode Details

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - The EA Part 3 exam contains 100 questions, but only 85 are scored; treat every question as if it counts. - You are allotted 3.5 hours of testing time, and it's critical to manage this time effectively by not getting stuck on any single question. - The passing score is a scaled 500, which accounts for varying exam difficulty to ensure fair and consistent evaluation. - The 2026–2027 exams will test tax law as it existed on December 31, 2025, ignoring any subsequent changes. - Candidates are limited to four attempts per exam part within a single testing window. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep