[onmywhey]

Hi All,

Starting an internship with Big 4 tax soon, I am looking to get the best experience, contribute, learn, and pay my dues for 5 years till manager and then hopefully jump ship to something with better work/life balance.

Going through recruiting my impression is that those in tax stay in public accounting longer, can anyone substantiate this? Is it due to less opportunities or that people stick around because tax hours aren’t as bad as public?

My impression with Big 4 tax is that exit opps are very limited and you need to be cream of the crop to leave…

[vanadium3]

@kts

how long have you been in tax? I just want to see if it's really once tax never go back. but you will always find tax positions though.

CPA

[kts1010]

@vanadium3

I have been in tax about 3 years so far. I did a stint as an intern for 4 months and then went full time upon graduation. I don't know if once you are tax you are stuck in tax, I just think you will find it harder to compete with people with audit experience unless you have a lot of connections to network your way into a new position. I am confident I could easily move around in the field of tax but that is just not what I am looking to do.

AUD - 08/20/12 - 82
REG - 10/30/12 - 82
FAR - 01/05/13 - 80
BEC - 04/15/13 - 84

[kts1010]

@vanadium3

I have been in tax about 3 years so far. I did a stint as an intern for 4 months and then went full time upon graduation. I don't know if once you are tax you are stuck in tax, I just think you will find it harder to compete with people with audit experience unless you have a lot of connections to network your way into a new position. I am confident I could easily move around in the field of tax but that is just not what I am looking to do.

AUD - 08/20/12 - 82
REG - 10/30/12 - 82
FAR - 01/05/13 - 80
BEC - 04/15/13 - 84

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