Difference Between An Enrolled Agent (EA) And CPA?
Does anyone know the difference between an Enrolled Agent (EA) and a CPA. I was speaking with an accountant who says she is not a CPA but she is an EA which (according to her) is better than a CPA because she is licensed in all states while a CPA is licensed by State.
She also stated that as an investor, I am supposed to file a return in every state that I own property in. A typical CPA would not be able to do this (they are licensed in one state only), but an EA can do this for me.
Does anyone know if any of this is true? Do I have to file a return in each state that I own property in? (My CPA did not tell me I needed to do this last year) and said he did not believe this was true when I asked about it this year.
Thanks,
JS.
I googled "cpa versus enrolled agent" and there were many links that explained it well.