CPA BAR: Business Analysis and Reporting Course in Doha, Qatar

AICPA’s 2026 blueprint divides BAR into these areas. The range is each area’s share of the score:

• Business Analysis (40–50%)

• Technical Accounting and Reporting (35–45%)

• State and Local Governments (10–20%)

Source: AICPA’s Uniform CPA Examination Blueprints, effective 1 January 2026. AICPA has published blueprints for 2027 as well; check which applies to your exam date.

• A four-hour exam with 50 multiple-choice questions and 7 task-based simulations.

• Five testlets: two of multiple-choice questions, then three of simulations. Multiple-choice questions and simulations each carry 50% and 50% of the score.

BAR is one of three Discipline sections. You choose one Discipline, alongside the three Core sections (AUD, FAR and REG).

Core sections: AUD, FAR and REG. Discipline sections: BAR, ISC and TCP. For the whole qualification, see US CPA in Qatar.

• CPA candidates in financial reporting roles

• Financial analysts

• Controllers and reporting accountants

Leaders Training Centre teaches CPA BAR in Doha, in the classroom or hybrid. Contact an advisor for the next batch and timings.

You apply to sit the CPA Exam through a US state board of accountancy, which sets its own eligibility rules. Leaders provides the exam review course.