Team TaxMama®
All of your instructors are Enrolled Agents who’ve passed the EA Exam – they know what you’re going through. All are degreed, some have Master’s Degrees, and lots of other experience and training. All our instructors have had teaching or training experience. We’ve all been practicing longer than we’d care to admit.
Eva Rosenberg, EA
Eva revived and restructured the EA Exam Review course at UCLA Extension, then taught it through Eva’s Tax Class for several years.
Eva earned an BA in accounting and MBA in International Business, Eva was trained in national and (then) Big-8 CPA firms, and has been in private practice for decades.
Publisher of one of the most popular and accessible tax websites – TaxMama.com – Eva and Team TaxMama® have answered thousands of questions for taxpayers over the years – as a free community service.
Eva has been trouble-shooting businesses and representing taxpayers at audits and with collections issues for decades. Eva is the go-to girl for tax pros who can’t resolve audit or collections problems. She usually sees a quick and equitable solution.
Author of best-selling books and hundreds of articles, Eva wrote a nationally syndicated tax column for Dow Jones’ MarketWatch for nearly 15 years. You can find her current articles all over the WWW.
Susan Holtgrefe, EA
Susan is a TaxMama® Graduate, VITA instructor/coordinator, Certifying Acceptance Agent, owner of Year-Round Mobile Tax Service, LLC.
Susan is a former Captain for the U.S. Air Force, and a University of Oklahoma graduate with a B.S. in Meteorology.
More importantly, Susan is a wife and a ‘stay at home’ mom who is constantly on the go for her four redheaded children.
A true tax nerd; Susan discovered she enjoyed doing taxes in high school when she was required to file the 1040 long form because of her Alaska Permanent Fund income.
Years later, after her youngest daughter started kindergarten, Susan volunteered for to work with VITA. Now she is helping others to pass the difficult Special Enrollment Exams, training VITA volunteers to gain their certification, helping taxpayers file their tax returns at VITA locations, and growing her own tax business.
Currently she is pursuing the NAEA’s National Tax Practice Institute (NTPI) Fellow program.
Susan resides in northwest Pennsylvania and holds an Orange Belt in Combat Hapkido.
Ishaan Dalal, EA
Ish holds a formal education in Computer Science/EE. His journey went off the beaten path when he became deeply involved in researching and informally helping resolve complex international tax issues. At the end, he thought, why not make his interest in taxation official?
Following California’s disaster-extended tax deadline on January 31, 2018, Ish spent that February preparing for and taking the three EA exams before the TCJA changes took effect. WIth his family’s support, he passed all three with all 3’s that month.
Days later, in March 2018, Ish began answering questions on TaxMama’s Forum until she asked him “Who are you? Why do you have so much time? How can I help better occupy that time?” 🙂 And they began collaborating, mostly behind-the scenes.
Before leaving his PhD program, Ish taught for a semester as an adjunct professor and aspired to enter academia. This year, he finally began teaching his first few EA courses.
Ish lives in Northern California with his mom and his cat. In his spare time, he maintains a small niche tax practice and also serves as the Chief Information and Marketing Officer for IRSExams.school,
Stephanie Battaglia
MBA, EA
Stephanie graduated from our class and showed an impressive skill in mentoring her study buddy team to pass the exam.
She has been working with Intuit & Turbo Tax Live as a tax expert and manager.
With an impressive background in Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) and Coldwell Banker Real Estate, Susan has built successful, award-winning teams.
She has used her skills to build her own tax practice
Note: We reserve the right to add or change instructors as needed to accommodate schedules and subjects.