I’m getting tired of SALT Income/Franchise tax compliance and the whole busy season thing. Would moving to SALT consulting group have any better wlb? How would you go about transitioning to a more consulting focused role?

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If you're smart, you can teach yourself pretty much everything in SALT if you have strong I/f background.

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I get my consulting from my compliance engagements and when you own their process it’s a lot easier to sell the consulting stuff. They go hand in hand. So as you move up you won’t have a choice but you won’t be preparing returns anymore. There’s a bigger picture that you don’t see when you’re head down in compliance. But if you don’t like compliance you can talk to you coach or RL to see if they can get you onto more consulting stuff.

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Reach out to a partner in another group and volunteer! Also tell your manager you’d like to try some other projects. I’m in Property Tax and we always need a hand in the spring!

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Try to get your foot into SALT M&A - much more interesting work and comp is >>>

How do you market yourself when all you have is interest in exploring something different but no real experience in the area? I have been doing compliance for almost 5 years and feel stuck

You can get into SALT SUT consulting. Having understanding of SALT income/franchise is your strength to get into consulting and it is much easier to learn.

This is within the same practice, and with the income/franchise background you can do sales/use tax. I have coworkers did this and doing well and I have motor fuel excise tax background (which has nothing similar to sales/use tax) and switched to sales/use tax consulting 3 years ago.

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