{"id":156,"date":"2024-10-23T18:54:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T18:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/?p=156"},"modified":"2024-10-23T18:54:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T18:54:44","slug":"continuing-education-requirements-for-enrolled-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/continuing-education-requirements-for-enrolled-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuing Education Requirements for Enrolled Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Continuing Education Requirements for Enrolled Agents<\/strong><br>Enrolled agents must complete <strong>72 hours of continuing education (CE)<\/strong> every three years. This includes a minimum of <strong>16 hours annually,<\/strong> with at least <strong>2 hours on ethics.<\/strong> All CE courses must be offered by IRS-approved providers.<br>The last digit of your Social Security number determines the enrollment cycle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For newly enrolled agents, CE hours required in the year of initial registration are prorated at 2 hours per month, starting from the registration month through December. For instance, if you register in August, you will need a total of 10 hours, including 2 hours dedicated to ethics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Renewal Application Periods for Enrolled Agents<\/strong><br>1. <strong>Social Security Numbers Ending in 0, 1, 2, or 3<\/strong><br><strong> o<\/strong> <strong>Renewal Period:<\/strong> November 1, 2024, through January 31, 2025<br><strong> For example: <\/strong>If you enroll in May 2024, your enrollment cycle ends in December 2024. You will need to complete 16 hours of CE, including 2 hours of Ethics.<br>2.<strong> Social Security Numbers Ending in 4, 5, or 6<\/strong> <br><strong>o<\/strong> <strong>Renewal Period:<\/strong> November 1, 2025, through January 31, 2026<br><strong>For example<\/strong>: If you enroll in May 2024, your enrollment cycle ends in December 2025. You will need a total of 40 hours of CE: 16 hours for 2024 and 24 hours for 2025, including 4 hours of Ethics.<br>3. <strong>Social Security Numbers Ending in 7, 8, or 9<\/strong><br><strong>o Renewal Period:<\/strong> November 1, 2026, through January 31, 2027<br><strong>For example: <\/strong>If you enroll in May 2024, your enrollment cycle ends in December 2026. You will need a total of 64 hours of CE: 16 hours for 2024, 24 hours for 2025, and 24 hours for 2026, including 6 hours of Ethics.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing Education Requirements for Enrolled AgentsEnrolled agents must complete 72 hours of continuing education (CE) every three years. This includes a minimum of 16 hours annually, with at least 2 hours on ethics. All CE courses must be offered by IRS-approved providers.The last digit of your Social Security number determines the enrollment cycle. For newly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Continuing Education Requirements for Enrolled Agents - Tax Courses Online Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/continuing-education-requirements-for-enrolled-agents\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Continuing Education Requirements for Enrolled Agents - Tax Courses Online Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Continuing Education Requirements for Enrolled AgentsEnrolled agents must complete 72 hours of continuing education (CE) every three years. This includes a minimum of 16 hours annually, with at least 2 hours on ethics. All CE courses must be offered by IRS-approved providers.The last digit of your Social Security number determines the enrollment cycle. For newly [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/continuing-education-requirements-for-enrolled-agents\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tax Courses Online Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-23T18:54:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-23T18:54:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jane Supnet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jane Supnet\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/continuing-education-requirements-for-enrolled-agents\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/continuing-education-requirements-for-enrolled-agents\/\",\"name\":\"Continuing Education Requirements for Enrolled Agents - Tax Courses Online Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-23T18:54:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-23T18:54:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a4a755d89ea81ff79a03bb7bd2fd951a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/continuing-education-requirements-for-enrolled-agents\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/continuing-education-requirements-for-enrolled-agents\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/continuing-education-requirements-for-enrolled-agents\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Continuing Education Requirements for Enrolled Agents\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Tax Courses Online Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a4a755d89ea81ff79a03bb7bd2fd951a\",\"name\":\"Jane Supnet\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a3ea9a6925a45be6dce76aef4154cc62?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a3ea9a6925a45be6dce76aef4154cc62?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jane Supnet\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/author\/janesupnet\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Continuing Education Requirements for Enrolled Agents - Tax Courses Online Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/continuing-education-requirements-for-enrolled-agents\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Continuing Education Requirements for Enrolled Agents - Tax Courses Online Blog","og_description":"Continuing Education Requirements for Enrolled AgentsEnrolled agents must complete 72 hours of continuing education (CE) every three years. This includes a minimum of 16 hours annually, with at least 2 hours on ethics. All CE courses must be offered by IRS-approved providers.The last digit of your Social Security number determines the enrollment cycle. For newly [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/continuing-education-requirements-for-enrolled-agents\/","og_site_name":"Tax Courses Online Blog","article_published_time":"2024-10-23T18:54:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-10-23T18:54:44+00:00","author":"Jane Supnet","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jane Supnet","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/continuing-education-requirements-for-enrolled-agents\/","url":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/continuing-education-requirements-for-enrolled-agents\/","name":"Continuing Education Requirements for Enrolled Agents - Tax Courses Online Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-10-23T18:54:42+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-23T18:54:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a4a755d89ea81ff79a03bb7bd2fd951a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/continuing-education-requirements-for-enrolled-agents\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/continuing-education-requirements-for-enrolled-agents\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/continuing-education-requirements-for-enrolled-agents\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Continuing Education Requirements for Enrolled Agents"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/","name":"Tax Courses Online Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a4a755d89ea81ff79a03bb7bd2fd951a","name":"Jane Supnet","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a3ea9a6925a45be6dce76aef4154cc62?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a3ea9a6925a45be6dce76aef4154cc62?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jane Supnet"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/author\/janesupnet\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":159,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions\/159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxcoursesonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}