[samstave]

Question: There was a post a while back on HN where there was advice given on finding a former IRS employee to help with certain tax issues. There was a specific name for this type of employee who now is a private sector consultant...

Do you happen to know of the thread, or even the term for this person? I need to use that advice now and I cannot find the comment thread or recall the term used.

Thanks

[DanBC]

This one?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7789363#up_7789806

[gknoy]

I think it's clever (and, in this case, appropriate) that you linked to the anchor for upvoting. :) I didn't know that was possible.

[antsar]

The upvote anchor seems to be the only unique anchor that exists for each comment, making this the only way of linking to a comment in the middle of a page.

[DanBC]

I can't take any credit for that! It's what Algolia returned.

[samstave]

That's it!!

Thank you "Enrolled Agents" was the term I was looking for.

Appreciated.

[sokoloff]

Your contact info isn't in your profile; if you're in the New England area, I'd be happy to introduce you to my tax preparer, who is an enrolled agent (though not ex-IRS). No connection, other than extremely satisfied and trusting client.

[samstave]

I'm in San Francisco, does that matter for whom he can assist?

[sokoloff]

No, not at all, but it's often most convenient to be able to sit down in the office and explain your situation, look over documents together, etc. (I can give you his contact info anyway; it's just easier if you were local.)

The ability to practice as an EA in front of the IRS is nationwide, I'm pretty sure.