How reliable are timesheets? Assuming they aren’t reliable what alternative methods can we use to measure productivity and bill?

Moving from the US to London in a few weeks. Any recommendations for banks and cell providers (or those to avoid)? Thanks!

Men, do you do body hair removal regularly?

Any consultants work with Dickinson + Associates in the SAP space?

Hi Fishes,

Need an urgent help .

I have 21 years of SAP experience and I have cleared the technical and managerial rounds for level 6 ( senior manger ) . My current CTC is 43 L fixed.

Can you please let me know what is the highest salary ( fixed component only) for a senior manager so that I can negotiate in the HR round accordingly.

What’s a reasonable salary bump when you’re promoted from ACD to CD in NY?

I’m making $180k right now as an ACD, got a raise from $170k earlier this year. Now with this promotion, what should I ask for or expect? This is at a small-ish agency, but they have huge clients.

What should Kitchen Manager’s be making a year?

How does anyone get through the Reg material listening to Tim Gearty 💀

I am a proposal manager for federal consulting company. My base is low (112000) but I make up upto 50-70% of my base income with win bonuses. But I get the bonus only after the completion of one year of the base period of the contract. My question is -is this arrangement good or should I negotiate for higher base instead ?

Wanted to attend an event organized by Infosys (STG Makethon) but I am having a difficult time to convince manager to attend event.

a) How have you handled such situations?
b) How many people are attending the event without having to put in extra hours on days before/after the event for completing the client deliverables and sacrificing your work life balance?

Suggestions for a backpack with a luggage sleeve other than a Tumi or a Briggs and Riley?

2020 CPO BMW X3 with 19,000 miles. Should I purchase the maintenance plan the dealer is pushing to me?

Anyone here worked so much they thought life wasn’t worth living anymore? Interested to hear how common this is.

Hi fishes,

I'm looking for DevOps Engineer roles.
I'm AWS CCP certified azure certified.
Tech stack: Devops, Kubernetes, docker, aws cloud, Jenkins, CICD, git, shell/bash scripting, Linux, terraform.

YOE: 2.1

Let me know if you guys have any leads.

Thanks.

Please vote today.

Does Marriott Gold status obtained through the SPG Luxury Amex count toward lifetime status requirements?

How many points are you guys getting per night and where are you staying?

I'm wondering - who has great success with LinkedIn? I can get anyone to accept me as a connection but to engage them, I fail every time! What has worked for you to get engagement on there?

Are wireless charging pads allowed under the home office subsidy or new phone accessory subsidy?

Are there more growth opportunity in Tax provision or Investment tax? I work for a financial services firm and want to go up the chain. But the recent tax provision manager opening will be filled. The senior director has hinted that investment tax accounting can be "my baby".

Anyone work at Andersen, Baker Tilly, Marcum, or any smaller type firms that has insight onto working conditions, hours, experiences? Looking to transfer from EY to get more personal tax exposure vs corporate

Can anyone chime in on the differences of the various ITS groups at Deloitte vs EY vs PwC? Based on my interviews, Deloitte is much more heavy in the quantitative side whereas EY and PwC are more consulting/advisory based. Wondering if moving to an advisory role early one would limit my compliance skills. Thoughts?

Asked a team member to prepare an Argentina related memo based on a Mexico related template, and specifically asked them not to ctrl+f country name and to read word by word. Now I am looking at “…Albuquerque, New Argentina” in the draft.

Best time to leave for industry, should I leave as a senior or manager?

I would love thoughts on two Tax Manager offers I am deciding between:

Job 1: Startup company in the travel industry (I ❤️ travel)
Potential IPO in the next few years, large growth
Mix remote/in office. 30 min commute
I will be their entire tax dept for now
Same base salary as job 2, with 20% bonus potential
Loss company

Job 2: Publicly traded company, well established
Has a tax dept (5+ people)
Fully remote
Good growth + ESPP (5% discount)
10% bonus potential
Significant international ops

How’s the culture and hours like in Deloitte FSI tax group?

Worth pursuing business development as an experienced analyst going into senior? Its something I'm pretty good at but it seems like at my level youre mostly evaluated on utilization...

What’s the salat range for a SM1 Deloitte - fsi group tax - location NYC

Smart tax people... if I get the 4k EV rebate in IL, what are the chances I have to give all or some of it back (state or federal). We're over 300k in income (married filing jointly). IL rebate says no income limit though.

I applied to a company and had 4 rounds of interviews. I emailed thank you notes to all 4 and none of them replied. What is the takeaway from this?

Tax Partners/Principals: what are the traits you value most in the pursuit managers you work with? Alternatively, what kinds of things have you experienced that made it difficult to work with a particular pursuit manager?

Context: interviewing for a B4 tax pursuit manager role later this month.

Up for promo, do you all feel you worked more or less as seniors vs managers?

Does working on ASC 740 tax provisions for 500 hours or more allow me to apply for the audit designation on my license (so i can sign these audit reports?) I currently have the general CPA license and have no other audit experience. I've been purely a tax guy my whole career.

Just finished a personal US income tax return with an effective ✨75%✨ federal tax rate. Gotta love AMT….

Is it normal that as a manager I’m working 10-12 hours daily, even though it’s not busy season. It always seems as if there’s another pressing issue, and we’re perpetually understaffed.

I’m contemplating a move to the southeast, specifically Raleigh or Charlotte, and possibly SC. Is it the same down there where I can expect to work those hours at a large firm?

I like the work I do, but I feel like going private would make it easier to spend time with my family.