Business Strategy for CPA's 366 Scheduled Tax Prep: Why 90-Hour Weeks Are a Choice
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Oct 1, 2025 Explore a revolutionary approach to the upcoming tax season with practical strategies to regain control. Discover a simple seven-step system that includes choosing your own hours, calculating your workload capacity, and raising prices to match your revenue goals. Learn how scheduling clients thoughtfully and communicating clearly can lead to a calmer, more efficient tax experience. Expect some hiccups, but prioritize improvement over perfection to achieve a more balanced workload and enhance the quality of your work.
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System, Not Clients, Drives Chaos
- The problem isn't clients or software; it's the system you use to set capacity and workflow.
- Change the system and you can keep revenue while cutting hours and chaos.
Pick Your Target Hours First
- Decide in advance how many hours you want to work and commit to that target.
- Choose a realistic weekly number (e.g., 40 or 30) and build capacity around that desire.
Turn Hours Into Capacity With Math
- Do the arithmetic: convert desired weekly hours into total productive tax-season hours.
- Use productive hours (e.g., 32 per 40-hour week) times weeks to calculate capacity.