{"id":17347,"date":"2008-11-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/20-questions-ask-enrolled-agent-consider-hiring-solve-irs-problem-part-4-4-part-series\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T21:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:47:12","slug":"20-questions-ask-enrolled-agent-consider-hiring-solve-irs-problem-part-4-4-part-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/20-questions-ask-enrolled-agent-consider-hiring-solve-irs-problem-part-4-4-part-series\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Questions to Ask an Enrolled Agent Before You Consider Hiring Them to Solve an IRS Problem Part 4 of a 4 Part Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Knowledge is protection when the IRS is involved. I&#039;m Darrin Mish, a tax attorney in Tampa with 32 years of experience representing taxpayers nationwide. Here&#039;s what I want you to understand.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry_header\">\n<div class=\"pad\">\n<p class=\"entry-title\">Today the gloves come off! If you have a <a href=\"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/super-irs-problems-get-super-irs-attorney\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"1297\">serious IRS Problem<\/a>, the last thing you should be worrying about is, &#8220;does my representative even know what he&#8217;s doing? That&#8217;s a common problem that I see. I get many many cases after some other local representative (often an enrolled agent but then again sometimes an attorney or a CPA) has made a good old fashioned mess of things.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/category\/irs-problem\/\">Click here to read or watch more IRS Problem resources.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a practice that you can&#8217;t (or shouldn&#8217;t) &#8220;dabble in.&#8221;\u00a0 IRS practice and procedure changes almost daily and certainly weekly and monthly. <a href=\"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/tag\/offer-in-compromise\/\">The way an Offer in Compromise is handled today is absolutely nothing like it was handled a year ago and odds are, next year will bring dramatic changes as well. <\/a>What you should be looking for is a tax professional who does this work day in and day out.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t let them figure this stuff out at their leisure while your financial life goes down the tubes. Look\u2026no matter who you hire, you&#8217;re spending your own hard earned cash, you might as well get the <a href=\"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/denver-seminar-new-irs-problem-resolution-attorneys-resounding-success\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"1176\">best representation money can buy<\/a>. So ask the tax pro that you&#8217;re thinking of hiring these questions. Not many will pass your test. How do I know? Because I&#8217;m already catching\u00a0 flack from Enrolled Agents around the country for exposing these secrets. But you know what?\u00a0 I&#8217;m a big boy I can take the heat. It&#8217;s important that you&#8217;re equipped with the tools you need to make the right decision for you and your family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowledge is protection when the IRS is involved. I&#039;m Darrin Mish, a tax attorney in Tampa with 32 years of experience representing taxpayers nationwide. Here&#039;s what I want you to understand. 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