Area I FREE
Ethics, Professional Responsibilities & Federal Tax Procedures
Circular 230, preparer penalties, the tax authority hierarchy, and IRS procedure.
REG · the section everyone fears
Terrified of tax? I passed REG in three weeks with a 91.
I’d never taken a real tax class — no background, no clue where to start. What got me through REG wasn’t more lectures. It was a set of mnemonics I built so the entire section could be dumped onto the Prometric scratch paper from memory. Every one of them is in here.
No tax background. Three weeks. A 91 on the section most people fear most.— Grace, founder
✓ Built with zero tax background — if I could learn it this way, so can you
✓ Original REG MCQs with full explanations
✓ Mapped to the 2026 AICPA REG Blueprint
No tax background? That’s exactly who this is for.
REG feels impossible because tax is a wall of rules, limits, and exceptions with nothing to hang them on. Mnemonics give you the hooks. Instead of rereading the same pages, you memorize a handful of keys — and each one unlocks a whole topic the moment you write it down.
Your REG arsenal
The mnemonics that get you through REG.
These are real mnemonics from the REG notes. Once the section is open and note-taking is permitted, you write them onto the scratch paper — then work the exam from your own cheat sheet, pulled from memory.
ASS HAT MEDSFor-AGI (above-the-line) deductionsIndividuals
DIRTY SINTax-preparer penalty triggersEthics
REPWhen contingent fees are allowedCircular 230
MAIDSElements of common-law fraudBusiness law
SLUTSWhen a CPA may disclose without consentEthics
MTICCOItemized deductionsIndividuals
HIM DEAD TEDEarly-IRA-withdrawal penalty exceptionsIndividuals
CARESThe qualifying-child testIndividuals
SUPORTThe qualifying-relative testIndividuals
RAWDisallowed lossesProperty
And many more across all five Areas. Read REG Area I free →
What’s inside REG
Five Areas, each with full mnemonic-driven notes and 30 original practice MCQs. Area I is free to preview.
Area II
Business Law
Agency, contracts, sales, secured transactions, and debtor-creditor relationships.
Area III
Federal Taxation of Property Transactions
Basis, holding period, capital gains & losses, §1231, and cost recovery.
Area IV
Federal Taxation of Individuals
Filing status, gross income, adjustments, itemized deductions, QBI, and credits.
Area V
Federal Taxation of Entities
C corps, S corps, partnerships, the DRD, book-vs-tax (M-1/M-3), and exempt orgs.
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