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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tax managers with about half your experience make your pay in Big 4. But that’s apples to oranges. You’re at a small firm and the trajectories at places like that (as you’re learning) are atrocious. The work is not the same, the clients are not the same, the revenue to the firm is not the same. So while you might have more years of experience, you haven’t been exposed to nearly the same variety of work. That’s why your pay is much lower.  One of the reasons people stick with Big 4 is because upward mobility is often a lot slower in the real world, but I digress.

I’ll break with the rest of the thread and go out on a limb. I’m not so sure you’re underpaid.

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Tax managers are putting in a lot more than 50 hours a week during busy season. A whole lot. [/quote]

I am PP. Quite true. [/quote]

As an accountant I'd agree that posters in DCUM have relatively inflated salaries from the norm and are in no way the norm for many in the area. A small tax firm doesn't have as many high profile clients that can pay inflated fees. I'm an accountant and the tax managers I know work at least 70 hours minimum a week during business season. More like 80.

If your making $100k in a small firm, I'd say that's within the average. You could either work for yourself to try and gain a wider clientele of income or try for a position at a big accounting firm.

As I've told others if you want to make a lot of money and work regular hours with no overtime, accounting is not the profession. [/quote]

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