[valorx28]

How different is the work (compliance, provision) when you start in June or in October? I heard the tax associates who start in October will get promoted later than those who start in the summer.

[jessica8926]

I worked in audit for a B4 for two years. I started January 2014 and was promoted and treated the same as other people who started in September of 2013. I never was promoted later or considered to be behind at all.

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[acamp]

Likely depends on when the function's “busy season” occurs.

For audit, January hires are thrown into busy season and come promotion time you have the same number of busy seasons completed as someone who started earlier in September… so you both get promoted.

For tax, I think October is final time to file extended returns. If getting all those extended returns filed is busy season, I could see why someone hired in June would be promoted before someone who started in October.

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[Sir Ivalis]

I'm at a big 4 and acamp is correct concerning my office, at least. People who start in January are on the same promotion schedule as those hired in the previous quarter. I believe if someone were hired in June, they'd be on the same schedule as people hired in the following October, but not with those hired in the preceding January.

That being said, if you're debating between starting in June or October, I support starting as soon as possible. The work, compliance-wise (I don't do provisions so I don't know about that), is very similar between the two dates because in either case, you're usually in a very slow period. Summer is when most people in my office take their vacation time and October is a dead period after the September deadline, so might as well start getting experience and a paycheck.

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[valorx28]

Thanks for the input. I decided to go with the October date because I'm still trying to finish the last section FAR before I start full time. I currently have the test date booked for June.

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