This seems to be taking place for me over the last 3 years. Feb. has always been my most busy time of the year except for the first two months of April. But starting about 2 years ago it started to change. Last year for instance I prepared almost the same number of tax returns that I did the previous year. But I prepared more in March than I did in Feb. While Feb. has not been that bad up to this point I am surprised how few appointments that I have for the rest of the month. The phones seem to be completely dear.