Internal Revenue Service Converts Enrolled Agent Exam to Format Similar to CPA Exam

The IRS announced that a computer-oriented exam for aspiring enrolled agents (EAs) could be in place as soon as this fall. Features of the exam would include: an eight-week window to take, four sets of windows per year, candidates could take parts of the exam without having to take the entire exam and candidates could keep parts of the exam in which they had a satisfactory grade. Thomson Prometric, which will administer the exam for the IRS, anticipates that the exam can be given in over 300 sites compared to the present 90. The IRS will maintain oversight of the testing process.

A good strategy for the exam; especially the expanded range of locations available for taking the "EA" exam.