Anyone have experience in audit, tax, and private/industry accounting? Curious to know your thoughts and preferences for which to work in. Not sure if I want to stay in audit, but am unsure if I should go to either tax or private.

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Are you looking for someone who has tried all three…? What don’t you like about audit? The hours are the same (if not worse) in tax. Industry or consulting are better exits.

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What do you “despise” about audit? And how far along are you in your career?

I have experience in audit and private/industry. What's the question?

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I like the work more in audit as it is more engaging and interesting but dislike the stress and hours of the job. For private, it is better hours and less stress compared to audit but the work is easy and mundane, in my opinion. Right now I am having a hard time finding something that has more interesting work and good leadership with good communication and flow of information.

I only have experience in tax compliance (in ITS rn) unless you count auditing the tax provisions and ASC740s. And I despise that audit work. Luckily I do very minimal audit related work. Much more of a numbers person and I don’t like feeling like an opp trying to find those material errors so that’s why I like tax. It can probably be routine in the same way audit is unless you start touching on advisory/tax consulting.

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