How can firms avoid burnout and eliminate a traditional 'busy season' around tax deadlines?

The group referenced 'Brenda's scheduling philosophy' as a way to address recovery time and burnout after tax season. The idea is to decide in advance how many tax returns per week you're willing to do and produce, spread evenly across the entire year, rather than concentrating volume around traditional deadlines. This eliminates the concept of a single intense 'tax season' or 'busy season.' If clients don't like being scheduled this way, that serves as a natural filter — those clients self-select out, which also helps solve the problem of having more clients than you actually want. One member noted their own recovery from tax season had shortened over time, from taking until Memorial Day in past years to recovering in less time this year.