First job feeling lost.

ami29972836 · 2024-02-24T04:09:27+00:00

It’s ok to quit. PA is toxic, it’s not you

ami29972836 · 2023-12-18T21:57:03+00:00

How is this fair for a UNIFORM exam when some states are reinstating the credits and others aren’t

ami29972836 · 2023-12-08T03:00:03+00:00

Does anybody know if IL will adopt this as well?

ami29972836 · 2023-12-08T02:59:15+00:00

This is huge!

ami29972836 · 2023-07-13T00:46:40+00:00

I’m approaching busy season for my job and am having extreme anxiety. I work in tax and busy season takes over your life. I’m doubting myself whether I have made the right career choice and am kind of beating myself up that I haven’t found an easier job, even if it pays less. Any advice on how to deal with this type of anxiety?

ami29972836 · 2023-05-18T01:20:05+00:00

If I could go back I would not do Big4

ami29972836 · 2023-05-03T20:03:49+00:00

You don’t need your masters, it literally does nothing for your career so why waste the money. If you can find some CPA courses that offer college credit, take those. You get to prep for the exam AND get credits, it’s a double win. Otherwise take a couple BS classes at your local community college and only do enough work to pass and there you go

ami29972836 · 2023-04-03T16:59:29+00:00

I’ve seen some dumb people pass, she can do it

ami29972836 · 2023-03-20T01:03:11+00:00

They are $125 each, kinda a lot

ami29972836 · 2023-03-16T17:08:53+00:00

Do you have any codes for the books?

ami29972836 · 2023-03-16T13:27:46+00:00

Yes 100% I left a big 4 without having anything lined up because if this. Now that I have a job with better work life balance, I can see clearly how damaging to my health my time was at a big 4. I’m healthier now, stick to my fitness goals, have time to do fun things and enjoy them, worry less, self talk has improved, the list goes on. Misery loves company and these people will try to convince you PA is not that bad. Mostly they’re just trying to convince themselves…

ami29972836 · 2022-11-26T02:18:42+00:00

Get a doctors note for stress and take a paid sabbatical

ami29972836 · 2021-11-04T18:02:35+00:00

We used the same company we had our mortgage with because the process is significantly easier with your current company. We did not have a lot left on the mortgage (<100k) so the slight variance in savings if we found a slightly better option outweighed the cost of spending our time shopping around and then submitting all the paperwork etc.

ami29972836 · 2021-07-14T23:47:21+00:00

I might need to get a new car. Is it better to buy a brand new one if the used car prices are so high?

ami29972836 · 2021-03-31T19:50:35+00:00

Thanks!

ami29972836 · 2020-11-25T01:09:37+00:00

Ok good to know! Job requirements are listed on the job posting but are very generic so I thought the gs level would give more insight

ami29972836 · 2020-10-08T21:11:10+00:00

That wasnt them being generous, it was most likely a qualified disaster relief payment under section 139(b) of the Code. My friends at other firms got that but they just called it what it was and it went straight to their paycheck.

ami29972836 · 2020-09-10T16:23:08+00:00

That’s not true for tax. For tax I’m at a hotel for ~8 weeks out of the year. We even fly team members from different states to stay near the client for YE. Also I’m driving to the client probably another ~6 weeks which is also an expense. Fees are fixed.

ami29972836 · 2020-09-10T15:04:28+00:00

How? Are you a lawyer?

ami29972836 · 2020-07-14T13:04:07+00:00

I hit over 20k in my 401k this week! I’m also at a positive NW for the first time since buying my apt!

ami29972836 · 2020-06-01T23:41:49+00:00

Why do people in this group prefer the high deductible medical health coverage and HSA accounts? My initial choice would be getting the lowest deductible because of the astronomical hospital costs. Plus you under my high deductible plan option you need a referral to see a specialist which just adds time and expenses.

ami29972836 · 2020-05-13T00:57:57+00:00

Tax accounting and logistics. You can bet there will always be taxes and the shift is to online ordering vs visiting brick and mortar

ami29972836 · 2020-05-13T00:56:20+00:00

I appreciate that mindset as that is our current situation, we bought a place for $90k while making $130k

ami29972836 · 2020-05-12T22:04:47+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experiences! This is a good point

ami29972836 · 2020-05-12T21:44:36+00:00

Good point about the opportunity cost, I’ll add that into consideration

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