[outrenthome]

Hello guys, I need once again your honest opinion.

I am currently working at a small CPA firm, consisting of me, my boss, another associate and an office manager. I just completed my second tax season and my salary is $40k + $1,500 bonus on April 15 and $1,500 bonus on October 15. I work in Dallas, TX. No benefits at all, but a reimbursement of $140 on my individual health insurance which I purchased by myself.

I am an MST and already passed 3 sections of the CPA exam out of 4. I am planning to take my last section in May 2014.

I keep receiving emails and calls from recruiters all across the DFW metroplex trying to get me out of this small firm, I finally decided to see what I may actually be worth as an MST, soon-to-become CPA, so I went ahead and set up an interview at a firm in downtown Dallas. They immediately wanted to hire me as a staff tax accountant. However, their job offer is $45k plus benefits, which I think is a little on the low side..

Can you please tell me if this is how much I should expect to make even in other job opportunities I may get in the future?

The recruiter told me that since I am from a small firm, I can only command a lower salary. She also said that companies base their offer on what a person made in his/her previous job. What if the next time I am not going to tell them how much I currently make and just give them a salary requirement?

Besides. I am busy studying for my last CPA exam, should I go into the trouble of changing jobs right in this moment for almost the same amount of money I am currently making?

Thank you for your help!

[Topsya]

good call

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