{"id":3995,"date":"2025-04-27T16:35:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T21:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/careers-education\/?p=3995"},"modified":"2026-10-29T15:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T20:48:10","slug":"best-enrolled-agent-continuing-education-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/careers-education\/best-enrolled-agent-continuing-education-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Best Enrolled Agent Continuing Education Courses for Your Renewal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The best enrolled agent continuing education courses take the paperwork out of staying enrolled. The IRS<\/a> sets the rules: 72 hours every three years, at least 16 each year, and two ethics hours annually, all from an approved provider.<\/p>

The catch: leave it until the deadline and you spend a weekend clicking through courses you never chose. We worked through the dashboards, catalogs, trackers and lesson formats of more than a dozen EA CE providers to find the four that make renewal easiest.<\/p>

Use the matcher, read the four ranked reviews, or line them up in the comparison chart.<\/p>