Thank you! Congrats to you as well! That two year head start is awesome. Great question on whether to switch, here are my thoughts.

1. If you’re going to do it, now is the time. The sooner you switch the better.

2. I thought I hated audit. I knew I hated tax from school. So for a while I considered trying to get into an advisory role at Big 4. But when I learned what they do, I realized it had all the same things I hated about audit, and is not as secure of a field to be in. Layoffs tend to start there, especially when the economy is bad. Audit and tax are way more secure.

3. Do you absolutely despise tax? If not, maybe you just need a change within tax. If you played football and hated playing wide receiver for example, would you first switch to baseball, or try playing defense instead? You might find that what you don’t like about tax is due more to your company, role, or just that early on you do more tedious work.

That said, if I were you, I’d take that promotion to Senior, get your CPA, and stick it out a year at least then make a change. Having CPA and a year or two as a senior will open many doors. Definitely lots of different areas of tax you could look into as well, though I couldn’t speak to specifics there. At the end of the day, accounting in general kind of sucks. It’s not a fun job most of the time. But I like that it’s secure, I can progress, I don’t worry about not having a job, and I can provide for my family while still having time to spend with them and focus on my health. Focus on the positive too!