Is there a second busy season at big4 for the extended tax deadline? And how busy is it really? Would they require the same billable hours like it is in spring?

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Yes there is a second busy season… and it’s always worse than the first because people wait until the last minute to do send things in.

The requirement from the firm is the same (55 hours from mid august to October 15th depending on LOS) but people usually end up working more than that.

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There is a K1 busy season, and a return busy season for tax. Even though I feel like winter busy season never really ended.

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Thats a fact, it never ended this year haha

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Second if you assume the first one ever ended

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Is any firm doing 50+ billable yet?

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