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Linda Kistler Burch* EA

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* What is an Enrolled Agent ?

EA is Enrolled Agent, a certification & credential issued by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax profession to represent taxpayers by power of attorney before the IRS for tax issues. With the credential are certain minimum requirements for education, experience and continued professional education.   Enrolled Agent status can be attained in one of two ways.   One, if a person has been applying the tax laws in audits for five years as an employee of the IRS, they can get the credential.  Two, a tax or accounting practitioner can take the Enrolled Agent exam, given once a year by the IRS.  The exam is a two day four part exam similar to the CPA exam, but the EA exam is exclusively tax law, practice and ethics at all levels including individual, corporate and other entities.  Only 17% of first time takers pass the EA exam on average.  I was one of those 17%ers.

I have been an EA since 1990 and in accounting and tax for several years before that.   I grew an accounting/tax practice in California and sold it after ten years when I moved back home to Minnesota.  I grew another accounting/tax practice in Minnesota until it got too big to handle by myself, at which point I merged/sold that business with a larger firm.  I worked for that firm for two and half years until marrying and movoing to Ohio where I still do tax and accounting until we return to Minnesota in two years..  I am again back in private practice with a small and exclusive clients base and accept new clients selectively.  Typically, my clients have complex situations and tax issues that are more suited to my years of experience and expertise.  I also do per-diem work a friend and CPA Attorney in MInnesota on a consultant basis. 

INCOME TAX PREPARATION
IRS REPRESENTATION AND PROBLEM RESOLUTION
ACCOUNTING
CONSULTING AND BUDGET COUNSELING


 
     Linda Kistler Burch, EA
  

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*Linda K Burch is my professional name.  Linda Kister Dahlen is my legal name.