TCP (Tax Compliance and Planning) continues to be the discipline of choice for the discerning CPA exam candidate who just wants to get this shit over with if the latest score release is any indication:
On September 11, NASBA received and processed the following scores from the AICPA: pic.twitter.com/dBasypQQUT
— NASBA (@NASBA) September 11, 2025
712 BAR +1,755 ISC =2,467 combined. Interesting that international exam-takers seem much more eager to tackle BAR.
Today’s batch of scores covers discipline sections taken in July. There’s one more set of discipline sections left in 2025 — test dates of October 1-31 with a target release of December 16 — and we expect it to look the same. Actually, we expect the difference to be more notable and TCP numbers to be higher due to all the people who are just now realizing this is the last chance to sit for a discipline before 2026 choosing it with the hope it’s actually easier to pass than the other two.
As of last score release, TCP had a quarterly pass rate of 81 and a year-to-date pass rate of 79; compare this to BAR at 43 for the year (Q1: 38, Q2: 47) and ISC with 69 (Q1: 61, Q2: 72). For 2024, discipline pass rates were 38 for BAR, 74 for TCP, and 58 for ISC. So it looks like ISC is normalizing a bit and BAR continues to be…BAR.
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