amen, lol. you kind of make it sound like 250 an hour is what you need to "barely make it" financially. Is a brand new Chrysler crossfire one of those basic needs?
$250.00 an hour is the going rate for most CPAs. It has nothing to do with me making it financially. Ask your parents what they pay if they use a CPA. Most of my clients are not students but college graduates with passive income and retirement funds. I do service a few clients with lower incomes but turbo tax and H&R Block service them just fine. As your season of life changes and complicates you may require the services of skilled professionals.
..that is what I'm saying. BTW...little known fact: Mr. Bloc(h) was caught cheating on the CPA exam and that is why he was not a CPA....but, he did fine without it. Obviously. And also...btw... CPA license is granted to those who have at least 150 college hours, a large number of those in accounting, have passed the exam (2.5 day exam in my day), and have accumulated at least 2500 hours of accounting experience supervised by a licensed CPA. So, after all that $250 an hour is justifiable.
And, so is the Crossfire! OH!