Comments on: Tax Tip of the Week: Hire a Professional, the Right Professional http://www.businesspundit.com/tax-tip-of-the-week-hire-a-professional-the-right-professional/ Entrepreneurship, Startup Companies and Business Philosophy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:09:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert D Flach http://www.businesspundit.com/tax-tip-of-the-week-hire-a-professional-the-right-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-12312 Robert D Flach Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:50:45 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/?p=8520#comment-12312 I am sick and tired of writers making the assumption that only CPAs do taxes - "if you’re lucky, get the name of a good CPA"! Just because a person has the initials CPA after his/her name does not mean that he/she is a tax expert! The only initials that have any meaning are "EA" - Enrolled Agent. An EA is not an agent of the IRS, but an independent tax preparer. And there are many competent tax professionals out there with absolutely no initials after their name. When you are tempted to erroneously say "CPA" in such an article use instead the phrase "tax professional"! RDF (aka The Wandering Tax Pro) I am sick and tired of writers making the assumption that only CPAs do taxes – “if you’re lucky, get the name of a good CPA”!

Just because a person has the initials CPA after his/her name does not mean that he/she is a tax expert! The only initials that have any meaning are “EA” – Enrolled Agent. An EA is not an agent of the IRS, but an independent tax preparer.

And there are many competent tax professionals out there with absolutely no initials after their name.

When you are tempted to erroneously say “CPA” in such an article use instead the phrase “tax professional”!

RDF (aka The Wandering Tax Pro)

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