Which Career?

donquine

TrixieB wrote: »

I know an accountant who is the senior tax manager - whatever that means I am not one myself! - and he has been qualified since early twenties, has been in the business 20 years and doesn't even break 28k yet. This is entirely due to his locality, a medium sized town.

You'd take having to work upto Patner to make your current wage.

Your friend is being woefully underpaid.

I am aware of plenty of accountancy trainees on the same salary as him!

A senior tax manager could command anywhere between, say £50k and £85k. He really should move on. Even if he is working in a tiny town, he is still being massively underpaid!

stphnstevey

Thanks for the feedback

What about accoutants with their own private practise? Surely there you could build up your own business, with minimum overheads? (my current accountant setup on his own after 5yrs working for a small firm and after about another 5yrs in public practise he drives a £70k car!)