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 Maria Siconolfi is an enrolled agent and the owner of MJS Tax Services. She has over 20 years of tax experience, and a member of the National Association of Enrolled Agents and the California Society of Enrolled Agents.
Maria holds a BS from the University of South Carolina in Applied Professional Sciences. She has worked at Intuit testing tax software and Ernst and Young in the partner of the firm tax department.
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 Dustin Skoboloff is an enrolled agent. He has over 20 years of tax return preparation experience. He is a member of California Tax Education Council. (CTEC)
Dustin holds a BS in Economics from UCSD and a Master of Science in Accountancy with an emphasis in Taxation from San Diego State University. He has worked for Intuit Inc developing tax software for accountants and tax professionals for over 20 years and for Ernst & Young preparing tax returns for partners of the firm
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About Enrolled Agents
An Enrolled Agent (EA) is licensed by the IRS, may practice in any state. An enrolled agent is a tax professional, who has demonstrated special competence in tax matters, applied for enrollment, and has been issued an enrollment card. EA's can represent you before the IRS. Throughout the year they advise, represent and prepare returns for individuals, partnerships, corporations, estates, trusts and any entities with tax-reporting requirements.
Only EA's are required to demonstrate competence in matters of taxation before they may represent a taxpayer. Also, they are the only representatives for taxpayers who receive that right from the U. S. government.
An individual may become an Enrolled Agent in one of two ways: The primary way is to pass a difficult, two-day examination given annually by the IRS. The test covers taxation of individuals, corporations, partnerships, estates, trusts, procedures and ethics. The other way is to have been an employee of the IRS for 5 years.
Only an average of 1/3 of the individuals taking the examination pass each year, allowing them to apply for enrollment and subject themselves to a background investigation. EA's are required to earn 72 hours of continuing professional education, reported every three years, to maintain their status. (30 hours per year are required for membership in professional EA organizations)
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