If I'm maxing out my roth 401k contributions, what's the next step? Should I be putting money into index funds (like Vanguard VOO) now?

My goal is to save 300k by end of 3rd year. HCOL. Do you think I can do it? Or maybe 5th year?

When there is FUD you buy

What’s a good, practical tax book to read for someone who knows nothing about taxes? I feel like I should familiarize myself with them but don’t know where to start/find the topic very overwhelming and dense even as a finance attorney. Welcome to other beginning finance book suggestions too! (Already read Kiyosaki and Ramsey)

What do you think on buying JPM, WFC, C now?

I have 4k that won’t need soon and thinking about were to spend it on.
A. Student loans at 5%
B. Invest in stock market

I’m 25 and have found a duplex I’m considering purchasing as a rental property. Planning on renting both units and have the cash to make the down payment without an issue. My cash flow analysis has a payback period of 3 years for my down payment and a 13 year payback period for the whole investment. I think financially it makes sense. My question is, is it realistic for a 25 year old young professional to handle dealing with all the extra curricular’s that come with owning a rental property ?

Hi everyone! Looking for some advice on my side hustle. I’m running an e-commerce store selling primarily home decor, and I wanted to get some honest feedback & suggestions on the site to see what I can improve for better conversions. I’ll leave the link in a comment for anyone who would like to take a look.

If you loved your small independent broker dealer but they had just been acquired by a much larger corporation which does have benefits in terms, mostly, in technology, but you lose your “family” in the home office, what would you do and who would you look at if you were considering a change of your own?

Has anyone here used New Western to buy real estate deals?

I am down $25K on $150K portfolio. Should I cut losses and leave or continue :(

Trying to chart my next move and not sure what direction to go. All I know is I’m tired of being always “on” in a client-facing environment.

Any podcasts, books, etc I can read for insight into more internal roles like biz ops, corporate dev/strategy, other??

4 YOE total all in consulting. Currently a SC. Clients/work have been commercial healthcare implementation & public health strategy, risk, process imp etc.

Laaa laaaaaaa lala wait till i get my money right (just accepted a PE offer woo)

How often do you come across Schedule F? I have prepped 3 tax returns for farmers this busy season? It’s interesting. I’ve worked for large and small firms. I never had to deal with Schedule F until now.

Does anyone here have a Tesla? Should I do it???...

Who is getting into NFT? Friends recently just printing money like the fed on this. Willing to risk a few thousand. You all ?

What is the best performing NPS available on market. Let's assume that I invest 50k per year for tax saving, what could be my retirement benefits out of this(30 yrs of investing). Please help me with calculation and suggestions.

MS folk - Does the firm offer any services for GMAT prep/ business school? I.e. reimbursement for books, consulting services etc

Does EY provide tuition reimbursement / MBA sponsorship? I know Deloitte has GSAP, but I wasn’t sure if EY has something similar. If so, what are the requirements?

Anyone have a good tax person in Philly

Is Friday scaries a thing? I slept last night already dreading Monday morning. It’s Saturday and I can’t enjoy the time I usually have to myself. I feel like I have to start working now so (cont.)

Running my first half-marathon mid-October, How many weeks should I give myself to train? I was thinking 14. Not trying to PR, and can run 4/5 miles comfortably right now. Any advice or training plans you recommend?

Public accounting firms that are hiring tax compliance staff/associates? Haven’t been laid off yet but the writing is on the wall

Anyone has insights into whether we can claim depreciation for our “home office” due to WFH? Not an expert here but looks like it’s for self employed individuals only, but maybe the individual tax experts in this community can help everyone out a bit 🤪

For overseas ACCA accountants who have relocated to the US and have become US CPA's, how do you compare the difficulty level of the ACCA exam versus the CPA exam ?

Any recommendations for good recruiting agencies in the Carolinas? Trying to find someone to help me navigate my potential lateral career options based on my experience and interests since I’ve been in litigation almost two years and it’s not for me and I will be relocating there.

Any recruiters based in Dubai, UAE or working with law firms based in UAE or companies looking to hire someone with legal experience. Please DM me. Thank you

When do firms start sponsoring green cards? What’s the earliest year you have seen and can I negotiate this as part of lateral package?

Hi Everyone,

Does TechMahindra provide physical Reliving letter after exit or is it only a soft copy in email, please help me with this.

FJ12 band is which level??

Advisory (MC/SC) me kita hike mil raha hai on an average for Tier 1/2/3 in AC Bangalore?

What's expected base + bonus for Associate 2 in IB at a non bulge bracket bank?

So, a recruiter gave me feedback that my lack SPHR or SHRM-SCP is causing my resume to be knock out by AI and human recruiters despite my position and work history in Multinationals and being in Technology. They suggested that we put SPHR ( Lapsed). I let it lapse in 2017. What is your opinion? Plus if I were to take another certification - should I take SPHR or SHRM-SCP?

I’m starting to slowly get into product marketing at my job, eventually fully transition in product marketing. I’d love to get some advice on how to best work with a product team and build a relationship. Seems like our product is never quite ready (new features, updates, etc)

Any Saudi folks here? Alf Mabrook!

What's the longest vacation you've taken and where did you go? Thinking about capitalizing on my unlimited PTO and want some ideas.

Happy Friday! This bowl is as empty as my soul.

Did you buy all of the textbooks for nursing school or did you skip a bunch?

Trying to chart my next move and not sure what direction to go. All I know is I’m tired of being always “on” in a client-facing environment.

Any podcasts, books, etc I can read for insight into more internal roles like biz ops, corporate dev/strategy, other??

4 YOE total all in consulting. Currently a SC. Clients/work have been commercial healthcare implementation & public health strategy, risk, process imp etc.

Moving to atl- what are typical 1x1 rent prices?

Feel like audit scheduling is always done on a knifes edge in that the timeline and staff schedules are enough so that if everyone works 60 hour weeks and no issues are identified then it can be filed on time. But even small things that increase the work can wildly throw off the schedule and cause hours to skyrocket for the staff on the job. No real point here, just ranting.

I haven’t received my physical cpa license/cert but i was approved and show up on the cpa license search site as active. Can I start legally telling people I’m a cpa?

There's a ton of self help and leadership books out there to help people in their careers. If there was one that was written front the lense of a public accounting, would you read it?

(Links in the comments) I'd like to nominate Horizon from the UK Post Office as the world's worst accounting system. It's literally putting innocent people in prison.

Passed the CIA. 🍾 I'm rolling deep in the letters... CPA, CFE too. What should I do next?

Has anybody worked on VAT team on RSM or know people that have? What is culture like? Work schedule and hours like during busy season? Any information would be helpful.

If I'm forced to use my vacation, floater, etc. towards my study leave for CFE but I have vacation booked for right after CFE, will PwC still let me take that vacation as a "leave of absence"?

What to wear for the EY holiday party tomorrow?

Starting to realize that the workload in Public Accounting isn’t bad, it’s fitting it in after 8 hours of back to back meetings that’s the tricky part.

Not having luck finding a relationship or having any guys interested in me for 28 years. Thinking about resorting to plastic surgery to increase my chances of finding somebody

Waiting for an offer, do they check references before or after giving offer? And normally how long after interview will I hear back?

Thoughts on the Keto diet?

Two in one special:
1. What gets you most excited on a weekly basis?
2. One aspect of today's society you wish you could change?

Do partners cheat on their significant others while traveling? Stories please.

Can you get fired for having low utilization as a senior? My billable hours this busy season have been much lower than my peers.

I work in industry but I plan to move to big4 audit. My manager worked in big4 before she works here. Since my manager already left big4 can she still give me a referral for an audit position in the big4 she worked before?

How do you set boundaries at work?

What are some exit opportunities for the Tax, Technology, and Transformation group at EY?

Up for promotion this year to manager, it seems that EY and Deloitte already announced no bonus? Guess promotion freeze will be next?