Enrolled Agent Exam Prep Course
Pass the IRS EA exam, Part 1
The IRS Special Enrollment Examination (SEE), better known as the Enrolled Agent (EA) exam, is the three-part test you pass to represent taxpayers before the IRS. Part 1 covers individual taxation, from filing requirements and income to deductions, credits, and estate and gift tax returns. Achievable's interactive online IRS EA Part 1 prep course makes complex tax rules simple and engaging. Our adaptive platform and AI tutor personalize your study plan, while memory science ensures effective EA exam prep that gets results.
Achievable exam prep includes our easy-to-understand online textbook, review questions, and full-length practice exams timed like the real exam, all of which are easily accessible on your phone, tablet, or computer.
Full year of access
Achievable IRS EA Part 1 includes everything you need
Easy-to-understand online textbook
550+ review questions
3 full-length practice exams, with unlimited retakes
$149
One-time payment
You'll love studying with Achievable
Thousands of people trust Achievable exam prep to help them pass their most important exams
95%+
Success rate
200M+
Questions answered
3M+
Hours studied
This is a great tool for studying to pass the exam.
Achievable is the best resource I've found. More so than with other resources I've tried, I find the material "sticks" with Achievable's system of introducing new material, followed by review quizzes to master previous readings. It's incredibly easy to use, anywhere you are (at home on a desktop, laptop, or away with your mobile device) and actually interesting to read. Every other guide I've tried reads like stereo instructions.
Excellent platform! Super easy to use, and it takes the stress out of preparing for the exam. So glad that I found this!
Been studying for this for a week and this helped me more than the 300-page textbook I read. Thank you. I've been studying for these exams for almost 6 months and have been SO confused. Now I understand! Wow! You made it so clear! Thank you so much!
I think this program is very thought out and well organized. Being able to see things in their subjects was very good to see.
So far I love it. It seems a lot easier than other options and not nearly as dry, with real-life examples and economic experiences.
Extensive summary and content enough to take the exam! I really like how it checks your progress and how everything is outlined neatly.
Advanced personalization
Achievable IRS EA Part 1 exam prep uses adaptive learning techniques to create and update a personalized model of your memory, individually tracking your retention and mastery of each IRS Enrolled Agent (Part 1) exam learning objective. Our learning engine monitors your study progress and continually adjusts your quiz questions to ensure you're focusing on the topics that matter most for you, improving study effectiveness while reducing overall study time.
Full-length Enrolled Agent Part 1 practice exams
Take three full-length IRS EA Part 1 practice exams of 100 questions each, with the same 3.5 hours the real exam allows, and retake them as often as you like. Every exam follows the six domains of the IRS's Part 1 content outline, weighted as the real exam weights them, and your results break your score out by domain so you know where to focus before test day.
Enrolled Agent Part 1 review quizzes
Continually reviewing the material you've learned while studying is essential, but you need more than simple IRS EA Part 1 flashcards. In addition to our full-length practice exams, our IRS EA Part 1 study materials include 550+ review questions, each with an explanation, so you can drill filing status, dependents, capital gains, deductions, and credits in any chapter.
Easy-to-understand Enrolled Agent Part 1 study guide
You'll see within minutes why our concise online textbook is a cut above other EA exam prep - it's easy to understand and written in plain English, filled with straightforward explanations that cut right to the chase. Achievable IRS EA Part 1 study materials are easy to read, mobile-friendly, and written to tax year 2025, the year the current exam tests. They span Part 1's full range of subject areas, from filing status and dependents to income, deductions, credits, the alternative minimum tax, retirement and estate planning, and estate and gift tax returns.
Modern platform
Whether you're studying on the web or a smartphone, the Achievable IRS Enrolled Agent (Part 1) exam prep platform UX is clean and responsive. Progress charts highlight your journey through the IRS EA Part 1 course content and your current strength in each section.
Adaptive study planner
Use our study planner tool to create a personalized day-by-day study plan and ensure you get through all your IRS EA Part 1 content by exam day. All you need to do is focus on studying and our system will help you stay on track.
Ask Achievable
AI Tutor
Stuck on a filing status rule or a capital gains calculation? Our AI tutor replies immediately with clear explanations and practical examples so you never lose momentum. Most AI tools guess. Achievable AI knows. Ask Achievable AI is fine-tuned to the exam's structure, content, terminology, and common pitfalls; it's an expert, supportive, and always-on study buddy.
Held to a higher standard
High-quality study materials start with knowing exactly what an exam can test. Every Achievable course is built by a team of seasoned professionals with deep subject-matter and exam expertise, who define every testable objective and map it into FACTS™, our Framework of Assessed Curriculum and Testable Skills — the single source of truth that keeps every chapter, quiz, and practice exam aligned to the most recent exam standards.
Generative AI has made it trivial to flood the market with study content that's unverified and disconnected from what exams actually measure. Achievable holds AI to a higher standard: every piece of content maps into our framework of testable objectives and clears expert pedagogical review — so you never risk your future on cheap, unvetted content.
Proven success
With Achievable, you will pass. The effectiveness of our courses is empirically validated with 3,000,000+ hours studied and 200,000,000+ quiz questions answered.
We stand behind the quality of our materials with the best guarantee in the industry.
Pass guaranteed, or your money back
It's that simple. No study time requirements or study progress thresholds are needed to qualify.
Achievable students pass at 95%+
Across the licensing and certification courses we teach, 95%+ of Achievable students pass their exam. Achievable Enrolled Agent Part 1 exam prep comes with our pass guarantee: pass, or your money back.
How the guarantee works: there's no minimum study time and no chapters to finish. Pass at least one of our full-length Enrolled Agent Part 1 practice exams within the standard time, and if you then don't pass the Enrolled Agent Part 1 exam, email us a picture of your exam score report along with a valid state ID. Once we've verified them, we'll issue your refund. The terms are in our FAQ.
- Pass guarantee
- Money backif you don't pass
- Rating
- 4.7/530,000+ reviews
- Hours studied
- 3M+on Achievable
Learn from the best
Brian Grey, EA, is an Enrolled Agent, licensed since 2014 to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service. He joined Achievable in December 2024 as a writer for the Special Enrollment Examination (SEE) and wrote its IRS EA Part 1 course. His tax career began with seasonal tax preparation in the 1990s and grew into teaching tax courses, managing offices, advising clients, and reviewing returns at a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) clinic. A member of the National Association of Enrolled Agents, he serves as a Qualified Tax Expert at a Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic and continues to prepare tax returns for individuals and businesses.
Enrolled Agent Part 1 exam at a glance
- Questions
- 100 multiple-choice questions (85 scored, 15 experimental)
- Time
- 3.5 hours
- Passing score
- 500 (on a scale of 200-800)
- Exam fee
- $317 per part
Pass the IRS EA Part 1. Guaranteed.
Achievable is the best IRS EA Part 1 prep course: effective, personalized, and convenient. With Achievable, you'll spend less time studying and pass your exam the first time, or your money back.