TAX DESK · 2026-06-06 Edition I · consultance.ai

The
Tax Desk
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What the rented busy-season army and the Big 4 advisory line actually cost you each year. Your numbers, computed live. Nothing leaves your browser.

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Your desk

all local

Rented / busy-season seats Temps, contractors, and seats you add for the provision and busy season.

Loaded cost per seat ($ / year) Salary plus benefits and overhead. A senior tax accountant runs ~$95K.

Big 4 / advisory fees ($ / year) Provision support, Pillar Two, transfer pricing, the partner hours.

Legal entities How many entities roll into the provision.

Jurisdictions Countries / states you file or compute tax in.

Manual provision hours per quarter Team hours spent building and tying out the provision each quarter.

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live

Annual desk + advisory

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Rented seats plus Big 4 fees.

Cost per entity

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Total spend ÷ entities.

Provision hours / year

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Quarterly hours × 4.

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Calculating…

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4 entries

Income tax behind ~12% of financial restatements — BDO, Trends Driving Tax-Related Financial Restatements
First Pillar Two GloBE return due June 30, 2026 — OECD / Deloitte, groups over €750M revenue
Open finance roles per company ~17, up from ~2 two years ago — Accounting Today staffing data
Salary benchmarks — tax associate ~$70K, senior ~$95K, manager ~$130K (public ranges)