Unlock the Power of an Enrolled Agent Career
ElevatEA™ is a workforce development initiative designed to expand awareness, strengthen career pathways, and support long-term professional growth within the Enrolled Agent profession through industry collaboration, internships, and apprenticeship development.
Why the EA Profession Needs New Pathways
The Enrolled Agent profession creates opportunities for meaningful, financially viable careers in taxpayer representation, financial clarity, and entrepreneur-focused advisory work.
Yet many aspiring professionals are never introduced to the profession through traditional career pathways.
ElevatEA™ was created to expand awareness, strengthen workforce pathways, and support long-term professional growth through career exploration, internships, apprenticeship initiatives, and industry collaboration.
This environment may be especially valuable for individuals who:
Unlike many traditional professional pathways, the EA profession offers educational flexibility while still requiring technical competency, professional standards, and ongoing development.
A Structured Pathway Into the Profession
ElevatEA™ supports clearer pathways into the Enrolled Agent profession through career awareness, practical experience, and long-term workforce development initiatives.
ExplorEA™
Career Awareness & Exploration
A career awareness initiative designed to help aspiring professionals explore the realities, opportunities, and long-term potential of the EA profession before committing to a career pathway.
Internships
Practical Industry Exposure
A structured internship pathway designed to help aspiring professionals gain practical exposure to tax, business advisory, and taxpayer representation environments.
ApprentEA™
Registered Apprenticeship Pathways
A developing apprenticeship initiative focused on workforce development through structured learning, related instruction, and professional growth opportunities.
Building the Next Generation of Enrolled Agents
The 10k EA Initiative
The future of the Enrolled Agent profession depends on stronger visibility, earlier career exposure, and more accessible workforce pathways.
The 10K EA Initiative represents a long-term vision to help expand awareness of the profession and support the development of the next generation of Enrolled Agents through collaboration, workforce development, and industry alignment.
ExploreA™
Career Awareness & Exploration
Many aspiring professionals are never introduced to the Enrolled Agent profession through traditional career pathways, despite the profession offering meaningful opportunities in taxpayer representation, advisory work, and entrepreneurial support.
ExplorEA™ is a career awareness initiative designed to help individuals better understand the realities, opportunities, and long-term potential of the profession before committing to a career pathway.
Participants gain exposure to:
Internships
Practical Exposure & Workforce Readiness
Career exploration alone is not always enough to determine long-term professional fit. Practical exposure helps aspiring professionals better understand the pace, expectations, and realities of tax and advisory environments before making long-term workforce commitments.
ElevatEA™ supports internship pathway collaboration designed to help participants gain:
The initiative supports collaboration between career seekers, intermediaries, and participating employers within the EA profession.
ApprenteA™
Long-Term Workforce Growth
The Enrolled Agent profession requires more than technical knowledge alone. Strong taxpayer representation and advisory work also depend on:
The first registered apprenticeship program developed for the Enrolled Agent profession in it’s 140 year history, ApprentEA is designed to help strengthen future workforce capability through structured learning, related instruction, practical on-the-job experience, and employer-supported professional development pathways.
Through employer participation and long-term workforce development, ApprentEA aims to help strengthen the future capability, stability, and sustainability of the EA profession.
Get Involved With ElevatEA™
Whether you’re exploring the EA profession, interested in workforce pathways, or aligned with the future of professional tax representation, ElevatEA™ welcomes collaborative conversations with aspiring professionals, employers, educators, sponsors, and industry organizations.
Collaborative Workforce Development
The future of the Enrolled Agent profession requires more than awareness alone. Sustainable workforce pathways depend on collaboration between employers, educational organizations, intermediaries, sponsors, and industry stakeholders.
ElevatEA™ was designed to support that collaboration by helping connect career awareness, educational alignment, practical experience, and workforce pathway development across the profession.
Organizations may participate through:
Together, these efforts help strengthen long-term workforce sustainability, taxpayer representation, and the future visibility of the EA profession.
The initiative is designed to support flexible, standards-aligned pathways while allowing employers and participants to utilize educational resources and development models that best align with their workforce goals.
Meet the Founder
Anisha Bailey, EA, MSEL
Founder & CEO, Taxley and founder, ElevatEA
ElevatEA™ was founded by Anisha Bailey, EA – Founder & CEO of Taxley™ and creator of ApprentEA.
After beginning her career at Deloitte and later founding Taxley™ in 2008, Anisha recognized the need for clearer workforce pathways, stronger professional visibility, and more structured long-term development opportunities within the EA profession.
ElevatEA™ was created to help unlock the power of an Enrolled Agent career through career awareness, workforce development, and profession-building initiatives designed to support the next generation of tax professionals.
Why Organizations Participate
Strong EA workforce pathways require earlier investment in professional readiness, career visibility, and long-term development – before workforce shortages and hiring strain become more expensive downstream.
ElevatEA™ allows organizations to support the future of the EA profession without having to independently create and manage the entire pathway infrastructure themselves.
Supporting the Future of the EA Profession
Organizations can support future EA workforce pathways without independently building the entire structure themselves.
Awareness & Access
Supporters
Schools, associations, and organizations that help expand awareness of ElevatEA™ career exploration, workforce readiness, and profession pathway opportunities.
Strategic Funding
Partners
Organizations that support scholarships, workforce development, career awareness, apprenticeship expansion, and long-term EA profession growth.
Industry Alignment
collaborators
Industry associations, employers, educational providers, and professional organizations that help strengthen visibility, standards alignment, and workforce advancement within the EA profession.
Organizations support workforce initiatives without assuming operational or day-to-day program management responsibilities.
Why Organizations Align With ElevatEA™
ElevatEA™ was designed to strengthen workforce pathways into the Enrolled Agent profession through career awareness, workforce readiness, apprenticeship development, and long-term profession advancement.
Organizations participate to help strengthen future EA workforce sustainability before workforce shortages, hiring strain, and profession visibility challenges become more expensive downstream.
Educational organizations, employers, sponsors, and workforce partners may also align existing educational resources, professional development initiatives, and pathway opportunities with ElevatEA™ workforce initiatives.
EA Workforce Insight
Gain visibility into career interest, workforce readiness, participation trends, and long-term EA pathway progression.
Talent Pipeline
Support earlier EA career exposure that may help reduce future workforce shortages and hiring strain.
Credibility Alignment
Align with initiatives focused on strengthening visibility, standards, and long-term advancement within the EA profession.
Outcome Visibility
Receive clearer insight into workforce participation, pathway progression, and profession development outcomes.
Shared Infrastructure
Support EA workforce pathway development without independently building and managing the entire structure alone.
Industry Relevance
Strengthen participation in conversations shaping the future of EA workforce development and professional advancement.
Help Shape the Future of the Enrolled Agent Profession
Strong workforce pathways help strengthen the future visibility, stability, and advancement of the Enrolled Agent profession.
ElevatEA™ was created to support career awareness, workforce readiness, apprenticeship development, and long-term profession growth through collaborative industry participation. We welcome conversations with professionals, organizations, and workforce partners aligned with the future of the EA profession.