About TaxMama

The truth is, Eva never, ever, ever wanted to get involved with taxes. EVER!

Taxation is the most complicated area of accounting. The rules change several times a year. Sometimes, they don’t change until after the year ends and you wait on pins and needles to learn the rules for last year’s tax filings. It’s like walking on black ice. You never know where the slippery spots are. If you step on one without realizing it, it can be deadly. Besides, there is just so much to learn. All the time.

But somehow, Eva ended up in a national CPA firm’s tax department and became fascinated. Having a natural propensity for languages, once Eva realized that she could look upon taxes as a language. It all fell into place for her. The other attraction to this field came with helping people who were in trouble. Eva’s problem-solving and trouble-shooting skills helped her see solutions other professionals missed. As a result, she became the go-to person for folks who hadn’t filed tax returns for years; people who owed taxes through no fault of their own; people whose lives had devolved into disastrous situations. She even helped one client evolve from (practically) being a depressed, homeless, street person to being a happily married millionaire.

Her passion to help keep people out of trouble led her to set up the TaxMama.com website. It’s meant to be a free, safe place to help people like you stay out of tax trouble. TaxMama and her wonderfully generous team answer all questions within about 48 hours. They don’t do the computations for people—but they will point you to resources that will help you with your issues. They will provide guidance that might save you hundreds, or even thousands of dollars. They will help you avoid tax penalties—if you ask before you do things. However, in return, you are asked to search the database for answers to questions similar to your situation. Because, yes, there are repetitive questions—and dumb questions.

Another TaxMama passion is to educate tax professionals—in ethics and tax law and procedure. TaxMama was asked to start a school to train tax professionals to pass a rigorous set of Internal Revenue Service licensing examinations—the Special Enrolled Exams (SEE). Also known as the Enrolled Agent (or EA) exams. You can find it at www.IRSExams.com. This is the only school of its kind. And it’s all online—no driving; no sitting in traffic; no leaving home for a week or a few months. Just log in from your home or office. (Or like one fellow—who logged in from the McDonalds Wi-Fi outside the national park where he spent the summer.) While TaxMama’s EA Exam Course includes training and software to help students pass the EA exams, its main purpose is to provide in-depth training on tax laws, tax research, tax practice tools, IRS procedures and taxpayer representation for IRS audits and tax debts. It even trains tax pros how to make a good living. It’s like a 3–4 year tax course, all in six months. Students not only learn how to pass the SEE, they are entertained and inspired. The course is a lot of fun—and has been known to change lives—for the better. So if you’re looking for a new career . . . if you’re feeling like a Tax Nerd (www.TaxNerd.net), join us. Live classes run from May–October or November each year. Self-study classes are open year-round.