i'm going to start my own business because i'm tired of working 52 weeks a year less my 4 weeks of wagie vacation.

>>60510617 (OP)
You won't have much of vacation when you become a business owner, but more power to you. I hope you do extremely well in your venture. Also, don't get into restaurant business. My mom did that once she retired and is struggling due to the recession.

>>60510677
i work in accounting and am going to start a tax and accounting firm. most people who do this have a fairly relaxed schedule with plenty of time off outside of the main tax deadline periods (jan-apr plus some carryover work to oct deadline.)

>I'm gonna start my own business to work less
AHAHAHAHAHAHAH

>>60510697
Times are changing. You can run such a biz, but you need an edge on the main AI run accounting firms.
They can now serve much smaller customers, because AI is so much cheaper.
Maybe you could resell their infrastructure to your customers who have no clue.
And do not get any employees, if you are in Europe. AI can do all your work next year, you'd only have trouble getting rid of them.

Reminds me of when Ashton Kutcher told Letterman that he was buying a restaurant. Letterman told him, "Don't do it. You don't want that life. You have to be there EVERY SINGLE DAY."

>>60510617 (OP)
Good, but the first years you are not gonna work less than you are now.
What are you good at? Do you want to innovate or what?

>>60510860
>AI
anon you dont know shit about anything.
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>>60510781
see >>60510697. i expect to work 12 hours a day 7 days a week from jan 1st through april 15th.

>>60511260
12 hours a day 7 days a week for 4 months is hardly sustainable and better in any regard to a comfy senior accountant role, but whatever floats your boat.
Let us know how you did after two years.

>>60511353
>comfy senior accountant role
im currently an accounting manager. senior jobs are being outsourced to india at a breakneck pace. i know because the 2 senior accountants i supervise are now, as of two fridays ago, laid off and replaced by indian contractors.

12 hours a day for 4 months is tough but doable. many solo tax owners pull it off and make $300k before tax on w2s alone, potentially much more if they do business returns.

>>60511383
Tard wrangling clients seems like a massive headache. The partners I've known spend basically all their time on the phone talking to those idiots. Even when they aren't on the phone they are stressed out about recent or upcoming phone calls. Staying a mid level guy is probably more efficient in terms of effort-vs-compensation ratio unless you get good clients or you actively enjoy being a salesman. But you'll never get rich as manager, so that's the tradeoff.

>>60510617 (OP)
Do it, stop listening to these fucking crab-in-bucket faggots. Read (or just steal a copy of) the book "Profit First" and at least skim it - start your business focusing on taking profit now, don't get trapped in a business you can barely afford to live in.
>t. fellow wagie working to break out of the cagie

>>60511557
there are good practice management tools out there at unify and automate a lot of client communications. like basically create a client portal for document uploads, create checklists and task lists for the accountant and the clients, spam non-responsive retards with reminder emails and SMS and calls, etc.

i make $120k and wfh but i dont think this is viable long term. without doxing myself its probably only a matter of time before the government anti-trusts the hell out of my employer or some other jewish nonsense, which will eliminate my job.

im looking to make $150-200k and "be my own boss" in the sense that my continuing employment will be a function of my own ability to sell, and my day-to-say working schedule and how i work (remote outside of tax season) will be at my own discretion.