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Find out if next tax season is even possible.

Nobody ever taught us how to work out what a firm can actually hold, so most owners have never run this number. Give it ninety seconds and it gives you yours, with the extension deadlines counted, so you can see where the work really lands.

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Your book

How many returns did you file last season?

1040

1065 / 1120-S

1120

Other

Other means 1041s, 990s, anything else with an April deadline.

Average hours per return

1040

1065 / 1120-S

1120

Other

Include review, chasing documents, and the back-and-forth. Most people guess low.

What share do you extend?

1040 (%)

1065 / 1120-S (%)

1120 (%)

Other (%)

Extended 1040s and 1120s are due 10/15. Extended 1065s and 1120-S are due 9/15.

The season you want

How many preparers, including you?

Only people who actually prepare returns.

When do you start preparing?

Hours per week you want, Jan to Apr 15

Not what you worked last year. What you want.

Hours per week after April 15

Extension season still has to fit somewhere.

Weekends during the season

Every Saturday Some Saturdays None

Days off you want between January and April 15

Kids' events, a long weekend, being sick.

Your crunch, Jan to April 15

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returns per working day, per preparer

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hours/week
required

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hours/week
you wanted

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days off
available

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returns over
capacity

Every deadline, in order

Due	What must be done by then	Load	Share of capacity used

Want to know which returns?

The Overhaul turns this into your actual client list, sorted, and a calendar you control. It starts with the Capacity Review, $1,500, and it credits in full. The Cohort gets you there over twelve months, with five other firms.

See The Overhaul

Or look at The Cohort →

Nothing you enter is stored or sent anywhere. It is arithmetic in your browser and it disappears when you close the tab. Deadlines assume calendar-year filers: 1065 and 1120-S due March 15 (extended September 15); 1040, 1120 and others due April 15 (extended October 15).