Comments on: How To Make 75% Of Your Annual Accounting Salary, In 3 Months

By: Lau Vmp

Lau Vmp — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 17:13:00 +0000

Is this type of contract work available for auditors or just tax accountants?

By: TheBeanCountercom

TheBeanCountercom — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 04:34:00 +0000

The individual from this post was in audit. Works for both departments and in my experience works well (rate-wise) in Big 4 and other Top 50 accounting firms. You have to shop yourself around as rates vary widely but firm.

By: Lifestyle Accountant

Lifestyle Accountant — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 04:26:00 +0000

This is great! Thanks for illustrating the possiblity of becoming a contractor accountant. I had thought about this before and thought it would be cool to work hard several months out of the year earning US dollars and then go live like a king in a low cost of living country like Thailand. This contractor type of arrangement is also appealing because it can free up the rest of the year to work on personal projects or make even more money with a side business but allowing to cover one’s annual expenses in a short amount of time. When I was in public accounting, I didn’t like the long hours because it was depressing to calculate my hourly rate, but being paid by the hour is way better and would even be tolerable! And to have expenses covered by the company is nice bonus as well. Curious, based on the Jan – April 15 timeline I would expect your friend was doing tax, or does this apply to audit as well?

By: Charmy Añonuevo

Charmy Añonuevo — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 03:58:00 +0000

Thanks Andrew! You’ll be hearing from me soon!

By: Michael R

Michael R — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 03:00:00 +0000

I am so interested. I finished the CPA exam this past October and I’m going through my first tax season at a small CPA firm right now. Gotta get my year of supervised experience. I also have about two years of corporate accounting and one year of business operations analysis experience. Would love to do contract work after I get my CPA so that I can pursue other ventures during the off season.

By: TheBeanCountercom

TheBeanCountercom — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 02:28:00 +0000

Charmy – when you’re thinking of making the switch, go ahead and send me an email at andrew@thebeancounter.com. You seem like you’d be in a perfect position to be a contractor. It’s one incredible opportunity available to public accountants that doesn’t exist in a lot of other non-seasonal professions out there! Get that CPA, save as much $$ as possible, and take your next calculated risk as soon as you can!

By: Charmy Añonuevo

Charmy Añonuevo — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 19:40:00 +0000

Very interesting article! I’ve thought about going off on my own but not sure where to begin. I currently work at a small cpa firm in NC making 44k with 5k in benefits. We handle 300 clients, 50 payroll clients with 3 people in the firm. So you could say by the end of the season we look like a scene from walking dead leaving the office. My boss refuses to hire or contract anyone so it made think about doing my own thing. I’ve never really even thought about contracting myself but it definitely seem like a great opportunity I would be interested in. I have 2 years of public accounting and 1 year of private in my pocket. I am currently on my way of becoming a cpa. I’ve passed FAR & AUD (in November which was dumb), took REG yesterday, and BEC at the end of this month (another crazy move while in tax season). So you can say I’m a little bit crazy from having no sleep but when I do sleep Mohammad Ali tells me in my dreams; suffer now and be a champion for the rest of your life. I probably read it somewhere and unconsciously dreamt of it but who cares it works. It’s definitely been inspiring and motivational reading this article and How to Work Two Jobs Without Getting Fired. I definitely want to look more into this!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 06:18:00 +0000

Anyone who is interested in this, email me at jpena830@gmail.com