Jonathan Farrar

If you put in the effort, you'll do well in his class.

Very knowledgeable.

He was a good prof. Some people are beating on him because like half the class showed up late the first class and was banging the doors and being noisy and rude and he asked them to be on time or he wouldn't allow them in. It's a tough course but he gives good notes. I used them for the CFE.

Horrible professor. His tests are created to make you fail. He is also passive aggressive and has some anger issues that he seems to take out on students by failing them. Karma will get back to him.

He's hard to hear sometimes, and gentle enough on the surface. However his tests are more like IQ tests rather than testing for any practical application of tax knowledge. I am not sure what a derivative question is doing on a tax exam, and I'm often confused about the rationale behind his evaluation.

Professor Farrar has insisted for him to be called "Professor", then taught the course with a low degree of quality and accuracy. Often we try to correct him in class and by email. However, he does not always share the corrections for the benefit of class. I was not a fan.

I think his strictness comes from a caring place and a need for things to matter; he genuinely wants to get to know students and guide them but he will expect students to meet him half way (respect, preparation for class, all reasonable expectations from a real prof)

The GOAT

I took 742 with him. He teaches alot of the stuff in detail. You will no doubt gain a lot of knowledge from his lectures. But, the problem comes when its exam time. Mind you that there is little concept of part marks. If your answer is wrong, you are losing a good chunk of marks and thats what makes him the hardest marker. Plus lectures are loonng

Exams are difficult, but he covers everything you need to know in his lectures. He helps out with your final mark based on how you do on the final exam compared to the midterm.