The Future of Enrolled Agents and the Success of Entrepreneurs Are Inseparable.
Taxley is the national academy advancing the Enrolled Agent (EA) profession – developing the only federally licensed financial advocates uniquely positioned to strengthen households, small businesses, and the economy they power.
Small businesses operating with limited financial guidance (NCES)
Business failures tied to cash-flow and financial mismanagement (U.S. Bank)
Enrolled Agents nationwide – a critical talent shortage (IRS)
Millions Need Help. Only Thousands Are Licensed to Provide It.
Even then, most EAs are trained to pass an exam – not to interpret the full personal and business picture of an entrepreneur, guide high-stakes tax and operational decisions, or protect the stability of households and small businesses. That’s the gap Taxley’s closing.
A 140-Year Profession. A Modern Economy. A Gap Too Big to Ignore.
Established in 1884, Enrolled Agents hold the nation’s highest federal credential in tax law – granting the same rights to practice before the IRS as CPAs and attorneys.
Often called “accounting’s best kept secret,” Enrolled Agents have protected families and small business owners for over a century. Yet the profession has never had the workforce infrastructure required for today’s entrepreneurial reality.
With fewer than 70,000 Enrolled Agents serving 168 million taxpayers and 33 million small businesses, the consequences are no longer theoretical – they show up everywhere:
This is where Taxley comes in. Taxley focuses on three connected outcomes:
1. Building a workforce development ecosystem for tax, law, and accounting firms seeking a reliable EA talent pipeline.
2. Developing current and aspiring Enrolled Agents in tax resolution and integrated business advocacy through the TRIBA™ framework.
3. Equipping entrepreneurs to lead financially and operationally sustainable enterprises.
Durable outcomes require alignment between those who advise – and those who lead.
Challenging the Status Quo While Leveling the Playing Field
Taxley raises standards and expands opportunity across the EA profession – developing capable professionals, strengthening firms, empowering entrepreneurs, and improving the financial outcomes of the communities they serve.
The Taxley Ecosystem
Building the EA Workforce the Economy Has Been Missing.
Three pathways designed to attract new talent, prepare firms for growth, and advance licensed EAs into modern, high-impact advisory roles.
ExplorEA
Discover the EA profession
A clarity and readiness pathway for individuals exploring the Enrolled Agent profession. Participants gain direction, confidence, and an informed understanding of whether this career path aligns with their goals.
Ideal for: Students and career seekers, age 16+
ApprentEA
develop your EA workforce
The nation’s first EA workforce development partnership – combining talent pipeline access, structured development, and a Registered Apprenticeship to build practice-ready EA professionals.
Ideal for: Tax, law, and accounting firms
ImpactEA
advance your eA career
A professional development pathway for licensed Enrolled Agents seeking stronger advocacy capability and long-term impact through ongoing development and TRIBA-level training.
Ideal for: Licensed Enrolled Agents
Developing the Leaders Our Professionals Are Trained to Support
Small businesses don’t fail because owners lack effort. They fail when critical decisions are made without financial clarity, operational structure, or informed support.
Taxley prepares Enrolled Agents to interpret financial reality and guide high-stakes decisions. But capable advisors alone are not enough.
Entrepreneurs must also be prepared to:
CentsableCEO™ is where that leadership is built.
CentsableCEO is Taxley’s leadership development pathway for entrepreneurs – focused on financial discipline, operational grounding, and responsible stewardship of both the business and the person behind it.
This is not growth coaching. It is leadership development for stability, accountability, and long-term viability.
Tax issues and operational breakdowns are not treated as isolated problems. They are signals of where leadership capacity and structure must be strengthened.
Taxley develops both sides of the system:
This is the bridge between owning a business and leading one well.
About Taxley
And the Woman Leading the Evolution of the EA Profession
For nearly two decades, Anisha Bailey, EA, MSEL, Founder and CEO of Taxley, has worked inside the financial lives of families and small businesses – resolving IRS and state tax problems, course-correcting struggling enterprises, and helping families recover from preventable financial fallout.
Across tax resolution, business advisory, and entrepreneurial recovery, one pattern became impossible to ignore: financial instability was rarely the result of effort alone – but of structural gaps.
Taxley evolved from a consulting firm into a professional development platform designed to address this disconnect – not through isolated services, but through structured pathways for professional development and responsible business leadership.
Today, Taxley operates at the intersection of tax law, workforce development, and leadership development – strengthening the systems that support small businesses before failure occurs.
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