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Published by Eva Rosenberg, MBA, EA
Established July 1, 1999
EA Exam Review Course
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Published by Eva Rosenberg, MBA, EA Established July 1, 1999 EA Exam Review Course |
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 The Time to Sign Up is Now! It's time to sign up for the Enrolled Agent exam. The exam is on September 17 and 18, 2003.
The fee is $55 for all four parts.
Dear EA Exam Candidate
Several tax professionals, readers of the Ask TaxMama Pro, have asked if I would teach an Enrolled Agent Exam review course.
I'd love to do it. But...
Here's my dilemma. I know that if I commit to helping you with
this, it WILL eat up my entire summer. The EA Exam is a
grueling exam because it's not about what you know about taxes.
It's about how things are worded in the IRS Publications, right or
wrong. And the exam, which consists of 4 parts, spans two days
and covers a lot of topics.
So, even if I'm not standing in front a classroom, I'll have to do
all the homework my students do (review all the prior year
questions; understand why the answers are as they are, so I can
explain fuzzy logic to students; prepare lesson plans each week
and field all your questions).
Having set up the format for the review course at UCLA extension,
and having taught this review course for 5 years, I know exactly how
intensive it will be for me, to teach it properly.
The students who took my course AND followed my instructions
all passed. But it takes a serious committment from the student, too.
Regardless of how many people take the course from me, whether
3 or 50, it will still take a minimum time commitment, on my
part, of at least 80-100 hours.
Frankly, that's not something I can afford to do unless the time is
compensated. So, here's the proposition:
I'll conduct this workshop via e-mail and live chat sessions if 20
students are willing to pay $500 each for an eight week course.
(Plus the cost of materials) You'll get a lot of personal attention -
and your questions will be answered.
The course will not offer CPE for CPAs (although I may just be able to
swing it...let me work on it.). It will offer 40 hours CPE
for EAs if they want it just as a refresher course.
Warning! You must be teamed up with a study buddy (who is also
signed up) to be in this course. I have found that when you are
studying with someone else, you will not let your buddy down.
But studying alone...most people slack off. So, I will not accept
anyone into this program who is not studying with a companion.
If twenty people (10 buddy pairs) are interested, please let me
know: I want the EA Class!
The class will require you to order the following materials: IRS SEE (Special Enrollment Exam) Study Materials Jim Banks' FasTax Study Guide Gleim's Federal Tax Exam Questions and Explanations Book
TaxMama's Study Guide Specific study assignments each week An explanation of the tax issues and lessons about the difficult areas to watch for in each week's assignment Answers to your questions and problems every week, via e-mail and live, group chat sessions with the rest of the class. The ability to interact with all the other students across the country. Special study tips to help make your learning easier, to help you maximize your studying, even when you're not at your desk Particular tips on how to study for the exam from the perspective of the people who write the exam Critical tips on how to take the SEE exam, so you optimize your passing rate More - lots of personal attention and guidance.
Coming in August, the EA Quizzer
developed by your very own TaxMama, Eva Rosenberg, for the good folks at
FinancialPrep.com .
You may have used their tools for the CPA exam,
or the CFA exam.
Incidentally, they're also coming out with tools for the CMA/CFM exams
and the brokers' Series exams.
The reason they're so popular is they've developed such a nifty testing tool!
I searched the web to find all the links I could to live courses you could attend instead. Besides, some in California,
I couldn't find much, mostly just 2-4 day cram/review sessions. And those are only good
if you've already done the in-depth studying yourself, beforehand.
UCLA -
IRS Enrolled Agents Examination Preparation: Comprehensive
12 weeks - $650
Some classes I know about tend to be in California: The Orange County Chapter of CSEA will have an SEE prep class starting July 12, 2003.
The course runs ten weeks, 6 hours every Saturday and costs $550 including all materials. The class is held in Tustin CA at the junction of the 22 and 55 freeways. For further information, contact Bill Geideman ast 714-669-0453 or billstaxx@earthlink.net . The San Gabriel Valley Chapter of CSEA generally offers a class at Pasadena
College. For more information, please call David Stover, EA 626-359-2517 NAEA will present a two day course for SEE prep on July 14 and 15, 2003 at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas. Contact Liz Rivera at NAEA lrivera@naeahq.org WSEA - Last year, they showed a class that ran 4 Saturdays $450-$500 in Seattle, Washington. I don't see one posted now. Please check with them. NSALast year, they showed a 3-day Cram - $319-$369 (members price), in Minneapolis, MN, in August. Please contact them for this year's schedule.
[Note: It's a tough exam. Not a great passage rate. For more details, please see the information at Accounting/Pro2Net]
Eva Rosenberg, MBA
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