Question for accountants? Hi I'm a accounting student at a community college and I am being offered an?

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opportunity to take part in a coop program with the IRS. Here's the problem. lol. I have a undergraduate degree in liberal arts and have been taking night classes to gain some accounting background, anyways it was my plan to apply to some graduate schools, but I can't find any that offer coop programs and I really want to get my career started and gain some experience. So here are my two options. I can stay at the community college and complete my accounting degree which will be an associate of applied science degree. Graduates should qualify for a variety of beginning accounting positions such as accounting clerk, junior accounting technician, general tax preparer and bookkeeper. So, if I stay their I'm probably not going to be able to get a good job straight out of school but I will have the opportunity to work with the IRS for two years (which I'm really excited about and want to do).
My other option is to attend graduate school for accounting

Answer:
Take the co-op job - you can always go back and finish your education if you want. The job opportunity might not be there later, but school will be.

Absolutely take the co-op job. You will gain fabulous experience while getting your associates degree and that experience will be incredibly valuable is you want to get into the tax field.

If you want to work taxes take the IRS job. But IRS work won't prepare you for any other work but taxes. Personally, I hated tax season and quit public accounting because of it.

Question for accountants? Hi I'm a accounting student at a community college and I am being offered an?

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