What Does an EA do?
The privileges granted by the EA license open doors for Enrolled Agents to work at accounting firms, tax offices, and other businesses, plus earn more for the same work they were already doing as a tax preparer. EAs are valuable to firms because they can practice in all 50 states and prepare taxes for international clients filing in the US, and a massive number of international companies have a US presence.
An EA tax preparer also enjoys increased tax preparation and representation rights compared to tax preparers without the EA designation. Non-credentialed tax preparers can only represent clients whose tax returns they’ve prepared. EAs, on the other hand, can represent clients before the IRS for various matters. EAs represent taxpayers with issues related to:
