Is a public accounting without a busy season possible? (I.e. Can a firm make money and stay competitive while hiring enough talent that only works 40 hours a week all year round?)

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If Trump can make it this far in an election anything is possible

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I worked that much overtime this past month.

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It seems like it could be possible if a firm strategically selected industries and clients so that work is steady through the year, and then hire enough people to do the work.

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I think the SEC deadlines make it near impossible to do this. It clients had more than 60 days to file the 10-K I could see this being more feasible. You can only have so many people working on certain areas before its inefficient and cost ineffective

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A lot of the larger firms already do that. They call it a flexible work options.

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We have seasonals for tax busy season in compliance. They make more money then we do! Sweet overtime... 💵💵💵

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It's certainly possible

I worked only about 120 hours of OT this past year

Probably only if they hired temp employees for the busy parts to keep hours down. But if they can pay you the same salary and you work those hours as them paying you and a temp to work the over 40 part, they lose money. And they know it.

Ya, I have also thought of the idea of having a workplace where the best talent who leave to raise their kids can come back during busy season part-time to shoulder the burden of the other year-round staff. I am sure a lot of stay at home parents would love that opportunity.

Switch to federal advisory....it's possible and no travel too

Yes; it is called consulting or internal audits

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