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Watch for it in your inbox. Subscribe now. Our history of serving the public interest stretches back to Early on 1. When things get really busy 3. Regardless of what field of accounting you are in, busy season usually falls in the first quarter of the year. The reason for this is that most companies traditionally have a December 31st year end. Once the books are closed at year end, the auditors and tax accountants come in to start working.
Corporate accountants usually have a shorter period after year end, during which they perform this work — yet they also usually put longer hours in on a weekly basis during the month end close. Outside of the year end time period, auditors usually pick up more hours at work near the end of each quarter. How many hours during busy season? No weddings, funerals, or births should be planned during this time. The game is on tonight, why don't you come over? The four-to-six month long exploitation by Partners of people in their primes , generally in their 20s.
Last summer, she retreated to her parents' home out of state for a month so they could watch her 4-year-old son during the day while she worked. Without their help, she was struggling to run her business and entertain her son without putting him in front of the TV all day. But sometimes, screen time was necessary. After getting her son to bed each night, Mason logged back onto her computer, often working from 8 p. She slept maybe four or five hours a night.
Christie Huck is another High Rock staffer who has needed some flexibility. Inside her home office, Huck sits steps away from her children as she works.
Like many parents struggling through the pandemic, she juggles business calls, work deadlines, and virtual school for her son, 13, and daughter, 7. Other staff members at High Rock have been dealing with similar situations. Some have shifted schedules to work early in the morning or late at night. Others take a couple hours off in the middle of the day to help their kids with virtual school. Despite the difficult circumstances that constantly blur her work and family life, Huck is grateful to have a job and the ability to work from home.
But she knows her work is even more demanding in the first quarter of the year — a busy time for accounting professionals — so she tries to work ahead as much as possible. One of the best ways to handle the busy season is to prepare months ahead of time, according to Flessert.
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