CPA FAR Score Release Dates: Late 2026 to Mid-2027

The AICPA table for the Core sections (AUD, FAR and REG) has two columns. The first is the date by which the AICPA receives your exam data file. The second is your target score release date.

That first column is easy to misread. It is not the day you sit for FAR. Prometric, the company that runs the test centers, sends your exam file to the AICPA, and the AICPA notes that your exam cannot be scored until it has that file. So the row that applies to you depends on when the file arrives, not on when you finished the exam.

The practical meaning: if you test right before a cutoff, the file may arrive after it, and your score would follow the next row in the table. The AICPA does not say how long the transfer takes, so do not plan on testing on the cutoff day itself.

These are the AICPA's 2026 Core rows that are still ahead as of October 30, 2026. The counts in brackets are days from October 30, 2026, the date this page was published.

• File received by November 15 (16 days) → target release November 24 (25 days)
• File received by December 8 (39 days) → target release December 16 (47 days)
• File received by December 31 (62 days) → target release January 12, 2027 (74 days)

One more row, file received by October 23 with a target release of November 10, has already closed for receipt. If you tested in October and the file reached the AICPA by October 23, November 10 is your target date. If it arrived later, look at the November 24 row.

Notice how the gaps differ. A file that arrives by November 15 has a target release only 9 days later. A file that arrives by December 31 waits 12 days, until January 12, because the release crosses into the new year.

The 2027 Core table uses the same two columns. Here is the full list for the first half of 2027:

1. File by January 23 → release February 9
2. File by February 14 → release February 23
3. File by March 9 → release March 17
4. File by March 31 → release April 9
5. File by April 23 → release May 11
6. File by May 16 → release May 25
7. File by June 8 → release June 16
8. File by June 30 → release July 13

That is eight release dates in about six months. If you want a quick result, some rows are shorter than others. For example, a file received by February 14 has a target release 9 days later, while a file received by April 23 waits until May 11.

The AICPA says the CPA Exam moves to a new technology delivery platform beginning in July 2027, with changes to the user interface. It has published an adjusted schedule for the year after that change, and it looks very different for FAR.

Instead of a rolling table, each quarter has a testing period and one target release date:

• Test July 12 to September 30, 2027 → release October 19, 2027
• Test October 1 to December 15, 2027 → release December 28, 2027
• Test January 1 to March 15, 2028 → release March 28, 2028
• Test April 1 to June 15, 2028 → release June 27, 2028

Two things stand out. First, a FAR exam taken early in a period, such as mid-July 2027, has a target release in mid-October, about three months later. Second, the listed Core testing periods leave a gap: the 2027 rolling table ends with files received by June 30, and the next period starts July 12. After the first period, each one ends on the 15th of the quarter's last month (December 15, March 15, June 15).

If a fast FAR result matters to you, the rolling rows before July 2027 give you more release dates to choose from. The AICPA marks all of these dates as subject to change, so check the schedule again before you book.

You have to pass all four sections (three Core sections and one Discipline section) within a credit window. The AICPA describes that window as at least 30 months, and as long as three years in some states. Your state board of accountancy sets the exact rule, including when the clock starts, so check it directly.

The release date also tells you when you will know what to study next. FAR has the lowest pass rate of the three Core sections in the AICPA's 2026 figures: 43.46% in Q1, 42.47% in Q2, and 44.49% in Q3, or 43.54% for the year so far. If you do not pass a section, you also receive a Candidate Performance Report that assesses your performance on that section. Knowing the release date ahead of time lets you decide whether to start the next section while you wait or keep FAR material fresh in case you need it again.

1. Pick the release date you want from the lists above. Choose it by what it lets you do: start a job, meet a state deadline, or schedule the next section.
2. Look at the cutoff on that row and book well before it. The cutoff is when the AICPA must have your file, not your test day. Leave yourself room for the file transfer.
3. Check the AICPA page again before you book and before test day. These are target dates, and the AICPA says they can change.

While you wait for your score, short practice sets help you keep the material fresh. On this site, the FAR practice covers the multiple-choice part only, grouped by the three blueprint areas: Financial Reporting (30–40%), Select Balance Sheet Accounts (30–40%), and Select Transactions (25–35%).