{"id":497,"date":"2025-05-21T16:55:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T11:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vittsalah.com\/?p=497"},"modified":"2025-05-21T16:55:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T11:25:44","slug":"enrolled-agents-for-us-taxation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vittsalah.com\/?p=497","title":{"rendered":"ENROLLED AGENTS FOR US TAXATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steps to becoming an enrolled agent:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Obtain a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/tax-professionals\/ptin-application-checklist-what-you-need-to-get-started\">preparer tax identification number (PTIN)<\/a>.<br>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visit Prometric\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prometric.com\/test-takers\/search\/irs\">Special Enrollment Examination (SEE)<\/a>\u00a0webpage to schedule your test appointments, review the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prometric.com\/sites\/default\/files\/IRS\/IRS-SEE-Candidate-Information-Bulletin.pdf\">SEE Candidate Information Bulletin\u00a0<strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/tax-professionals\/enrolled-agents\/sample-special-enrollment-examination-questions-and-official-answers\">sample test questions<\/a>, and other test preparation resources. Achieve passing scores on all three parts of the SEE<strong>*<\/strong>\u00a0within three years.<br>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/tax-professionals\/enrolled-agents\/applying-for-enrollment-to-practice-before-the-irs\">Apply for enrollment<\/a>\u00a0and pay enrollment fee electronically using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pay.gov\/public\/form\/start\/26062157\">Pay.gov\u00a0Form 23<\/a>\u00a0or by downloading\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/f23.pdf\">Form 23, Application for Enrollment to Practice Before the Internal Revenue Service\u00a0<strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and mailing the completed form and a check to the IRS.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pass a suitability check, which will include tax compliance to ensure that you have filed all necessary tax returns and there are no outstanding tax liabilities, and criminal background.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Once you become an enrolled agent you must:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/tax-professionals\/enrolled-agents\/maintain-your-enrolled-agent-status\">Renew your status as an enrolled agent every three years<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/tax-professionals\/enrolled-agents\/maintain-your-enrolled-agent-status\">Obtain continuing education<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/tax-professionals\/ptin-requirements-for-tax-return-preparers\">Renew your PTIN annually<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steps to becoming an enrolled agent: Once you become an enrolled agent you must:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-corner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vittsalah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vittsalah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vittsalah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vittsalah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vittsalah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vittsalah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":498,"href":"https:\/\/vittsalah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497\/revisions\/498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vittsalah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vittsalah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vittsalah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}