Hi Kaye, our firm recently joined Alignable.  Upon seeing your question I thought that you may benefit from the following information.  

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Rick Crosswhite 

Certified public accountants or CPAs are accountants who have passed qualifying state exams and met specific education and experience requirements for that title. Not all CPAs are experts on income taxes, though, so when looking for someone to prepare your return, you'll want to ask about the CPA's experience in handling individual taxes. A benefit of going with a CPA is these financial pros may be able to help you with other financial situations like estate planning or financial planning in addition to doing your taxes.

Enrolled agent or EA is a tax professional licensed by the IRS through a special enrollment exam or after working for the IRS for five years. EAs may specialize in specific tax areas, so be sure to ask what his or her area of expertise is. The benefit of using an enrolled agent is that these people live and breathe taxes (they're required to take continuing education courses in taxes every three years).

As an additionally note, the tax preparers at BAS Accounting Services are experts in tax preparation and are both CPAs and EAs.