Discussion:Enrolled Agent Application Status
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Kaitlynaiden (talk|edits) said: | 6 February 2009 |
| Anyone filed Form 23 recently, say within the last three months or so? How long did it take the IRS to respond? The instructions say about 60 days, but I read here that some folks received their enrollment card within two weeks of applying. I applied end of Dec, so am now (im)patiently waiting. | |
Newtaxguy2008 (talk|edits) said: | 6 February 2009 |
| I filed mine during the first week of September and got my card Sep 26th. I imagine it would take longer during tax season. | |
| 6 February 2009 | |
| Does the NAEA's provide any information at all to you guys? | |
| 6 February 2009 | |
| I applied via mail January 5th. No word yet (Feb 6th) or acknowledgement they received my application, other than cashing my check. | |
| 6 February 2009 | |
| GoalieEd I have a name and phone number to that office in one of my other computers. I will find it and send you an email or you can try www.irs.gov and search for E A application info. taxea | |
| 6 February 2009 | |
| I sent my application in around mid-Jan and have nothing yet. Not that I expected anything yet. | |
| 6 February 2009 | |
| The OPR is probably a little busy right now disqualifying half the Cabinet. | |
Chris2lane (talk|edits) said: | February 6, 2009 |
| I mailed in my app on December 18 and was recognized by IRS as an EA on January 23. I think 3 months is worse case scenario. | |
| 6 February 2009 | |
| For what it's worth (not much) I sent in my Form 23 in the first part of January 2008 and got my card at the end of March. The letter confirming that OPR had received my application didn't show up until two weeks before the card did. But I have heard that some folks around the same time got their cards in as little as three weeks.
All of this points up the desirability of keeping your CPE current; you never want to go through this waiting game again! | |
| 6 February 2009 | |
| Oh, and OPR also sends you a nice, suitable-for-framing diploma-form Certificate of Enrollment. It doesn't have an expiration date on it so it's just for show but it DOES have a large, gold-foil Treasury seal on it. So clear a spot on your office/cubical/living room wall/divider/bulkhead for it while you are waiting! | |
Kaitlynaiden (talk|edits) said: | 6 February 2009 |
| I mailed my application on 12/26 and my check cleared on 12/30. All my returns had been timely filed, by 4/15. By the way, how big is the enrollment package? | |
| 6 February 2009 | |
| So you know what to look for in the mail?
It comes in an 8-1/2 by 11 flat envelope containing your T-card, a nice cardstock diploma folder containing the diploma certificate, and an appropriate letter of congratulations. Patience, patience...it WILL arrive and when it does, you can make your significant other buy you a pizza dinner to celebrate! (No anchovies.) | |
| 7 February 2009 | |
| Taxea, the irs instructions say to only contact them after 60 days (or was it 120?). I'm nowhere near there yet, so I'll just sit and wait it out for now. | |
| 7 February 2009 | |
| okay, but if you decide you want the phone number...email me.
taxea@hawaii.rr.com | |
Kaitlynaiden (talk|edits) said: | 24 February 2009 |
| Approaching 60 days and still no word on application status. Anyone else applied in late Dec or later received their cards yet? | |
| 24 February 2009 | |
| I'm still pending (applied approx Jan 5). No word either.
Instructions for form 23 say after 60 days you can call to find out your application status. | |
Wkstaxprep (talk|edits) said: | 24 February 2009 |
| send in via snail mail mid january, IRS cashed my check within a week, nothing yet.
i'll give it another 3 weeks before i call the number on the instructions for form 23. i beleive i started to call last week but got an answering machine :( | |
| 24 February 2009 | |
| at least you know they put your check to good use in buying an answering machine, Wks! Thank you! Without your check who knows how long that phone would just keep ringing and ringing and ringing. | |
Wkstaxprep (talk|edits) said: | 24 February 2009 |
| oh well, what you can do.... | |
| 25 February 2009 | |
| I mailed regular mail form 23 after passing the part 3...I was expecting quicker response but looks like 60 days might be accurate...I can not start calling myself EA until I get the stuff in mail...right? | |
| 25 February 2009 | |
| You can't actually say that you are an EA. I advise you to have some cards printed up that say "Ask me if I'm an EA." This way, you are not saying that you are an EA.
When the prospective client asks "Well, are you an EA?" You respond that you are too modest to take credit for such a thing, then *wink*, and ask if you can help them with their taxes. Pretty soon, you'll have your sheepskin in the mail, and this will be just a blip on the radar of your memory. | |
| 25 February 2009 | |
| It's not really a sheepskin...unless it was a very cold sheep...but it IS reasonably suitable for framing. And no, you can't use the title because you don't know if you passed the background check until your packet actually arrives. | |
Wkstaxprep (talk|edits) said: | 25 February 2009 |
| next tax season i'm gonna have to get me a joke translator :) | |
| 5 March 2009 | |
| I called today. It will be another 3 or so weeks (according to the IRS callback person) for myself before the application is processed. | |
Kaitlynaiden (talk|edits) said: | 12 March 2009 |
| Called 2/25, turns out even though my check was cashed on 12/30, my application didn't actually get entered into their system until 1/8, which is when the 60-day processing period begins.
Called again today and was told I am officially an EA (as of 3/6). I should get my card, etc. in the mail soon. Yay! | |
| 22 March 2009 | |
| Kaitlnaiden, have you recieved your official card and stuff at this point? What was the delay on that? Did you ever recieve an acknowledgement letter that they recieved your application? | |
Kaitlynaiden (talk|edits) said: | 26 March 2009 |
| Thank you everyone!
GoalieEd: Have you received your card yet? I received mine last week. The package was postmarked 3/9. It took awhile because they wrote the incorrect zip code. I was surprised they handwrote the address on the envelope, addressed me as Mrs. "Smith", rather than by my full name. And I am not even a Mrs. No big deal, but all this time, I was on the lookout for a big envelope with a typed up address label. I never got the acknowledgement letter. | |
| 27 March 2009 | |
| I just got mine in the mail Tuesday. (haven't had time to post here). Approved 3-12, but took till 3-25 to arrive. Never got the acknowledgement letter either. | |
