re: Fellow CPA's in public accounting, how many hours do you work in busy season?

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unless you are in ITS or M&A......my understanding is that those are the more creative branches.

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ITS...what abbreviation is this? When you get into the Advisory arms (e.g., forensics, financial management) things can be much more interesting. The Transaction arms are definitely more lively but the deal size is typically much smaller than BB firms and the pay is much less than the IB firms.

The Risk advisory groups that do 'audit support' like SAS70 and SOX 1 reports are arguably even more dull than audit. Test of controls so that auditors can build out the testing plans...no thanks (even though it is an important role in the process).

Lots of good advice and sentiment in here. Just checking in

My wife is the accountant......I manage the south Texas operations of an engineering firm and work around 32 hrs a week.

That said, if something hits and its required, I will have to work nonstop to address it and I am essentially on-call at all times (kinda like a business owner). I am also on the hook for everything associated with my office.

Its not the hours, but my arse on the line that hits home.