Tax Bowl

My confession (a tax preparer with 5 years exp, 100k salary) is that when I finish preparing returns, yeah I’ll look over the manual entries within the software and I look at 2 year comp but other tha...

How is working asset management tax in big 4? What type of work do you do?

Good resources to learn tax rules for various book/tax differences, such as the 2.5 months payout rules for accrued comp and 8.5 months for other recurring payments, etc.

Anyone here in Sales and Use tax / Indirect tax? Currently a senior at one of the B4 but ready for a move to a better culture. Sick n tired of the pressure to keep trimming (aka eat) hours. Curious ab...

What is the best way to review returns so I don’t miss anything. I feel like sometimes I overlook things and don’t know how I did it

Thoughts on the Crowe/KKR news from yesterday? PE is everywhere and unavoidable unless you’re big 4. Could this be a net positive for career growth? I hear technology and AI may be advanced at Crowe.

I graduate with my Bachelor’s in Accounting in December, but I have been working for a large regional firm for the last 3 years in Tax. Would I be a serious contender if I applied for Senior positions...

I accepted a job offer within industry and upon starting the job this week, I’ve realized that the recruiter heavily lied to me about this job as did the interviewers… I’m in a pickle since I need a j...

Released from pretty much ZERO security prison a year ago. Ive worked in tax for 20 years. I was convicted of tax fraud . NO ONE will touch me, regardless of the amount of information i can provide sm...

In public accounting, what’s the performance bonus like (percentage or dollars) for a first year Senior Managers in VHCOL areas like San Francisco?

I am curious as to how Big4 is using AI to reduce compliance hours. I get how it is used for research, run some quick queries but how is it being used to take less time to prepare a return?

Wanted to share my personal story of unconventional career path. My first 28 years of life was a complete failure. I was dealing with many personal relationship/ mental health issues throughout colleg...

What are the best uses of AI in tax? I’m trying to create a checklist of common mistakes and have an agent review the return/workpaper and flag items.

Firms that went through private equity. Post PE, how have you noticed comp/bonuses compared to pre-PE? At Crowe now so trying to figure out next move. Thanks!

Would you rather be tax practice leader for a large local market or be MD or Partner in highly profitable national specialty tax group?

I hate that the govt can reach in your acct and take your money for a owed tax bill. It feels so violating 🥲 can nothing (besides paying the bill) be done about this?!

For FinCen/FBAR reports, does it matter what exchange rate site you use (treasury v oanda v something else)? Seems they all have slightly different fx rates which I don’t really get in general but cur...

Salary expectations for experienced SM (3-4 years) in B4 SALT, JD/LLM doing purely advisory work.

If someone is set up to e-file their resident state return and is taking a credit for taxes paid to other states from two nonresident state filings, is it best practice to attach the other two returns...

Is it safe to import a whole client tax return in subscription based AI?