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1- Review the IRS’s “Enrolled Agent Special Enrollment Examination: Licensing Information Bulletin”, available via prometric.com/irs 2- Contact Prometric to register for your examination, and to schedule an appointment and pay to take the examination 3- Prepare for your examination using Gleim’s EA Complete System, available via gleim.com/accounting/ea, or by calling 1 (800) 874-5346 4- Take...Read More

Question: I have heard there are a few questions on the exams that are included for IRS research purposes. How will these affect my scores? Answer: Your examination may include some experimental questions that will not be scored. If present, they are distributed throughout the examination and will not be identified as such. These are...Read More

How to Study Using EA Gleim Online: Step Three Our system for using the EA Gleim Online to prepare for the EA exam allows you to self-evaluate your knowledge, test-taking ability, and determination by using a series of steps to complete your initial pass through each study unit. Step Three: Spend about 45 minutes completing...Read More

How to Study Using EA Gleim Online – Step Two Our system for using the EA Gleim Online to prepare for the EA exam allows you to self-evaluate your knowledge, test-taking ability, and determination by using a series of steps to complete your initial pass through each study unit. Step 2: Use the Online audiovisual...Read More

Question: What happens if I need to reschedule my exam? Will I have to pay a penalty? How do I reschedule? Answer: If you need to reschedule your exam – for another date, time, or location – you must contact Prometric. Rescheduling fees are as follows: NO FEE if you reschedule at least 30 calendar...Read More

How to Study Using EA Gleim Online: Step One Our system for using the EA Gleim Online to prepare for the EA exam allows you to self-evaluate your knowledge, test-taking ability, and determination by using a series of steps to complete your initial pass through each study unit. Step 1: Complete the first 20-question multiple-choice...Read More

You will have 3.5 hours to answer about 100 multiple-choice questions. As you work through the questions, monitor your time. Your goal is to answer all of the questions and achieve the maximum score possible. This means that, if you allocate 1.5 to 2 minutes per question, you will require about 2.5 to 3.3 hours,...Read More

If you pass, the score report will only show a passing designation; it will not show a score. The scaled passing score is 105. If you do not pass, your score report will show a scaled score between 40 and 104. You will also receive diagnostic information, with results by topic, to assist you with...Read More

Question: While I was taking the EA exam I think I found an error, can I give you the question to tell me if I am correct or not? Answer: Unfortunately, the EA exam is a non-disclosed exam, and we are unable to answer your inquiry, if it pertains to a question from the EA...Read More