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No - and you should be wary of any site claiming otherwise. Every question here is original, written to mirror the style, difficulty, and judgment the real EA exam tests. Each one comes with a plain-language explanation of why the right answer is right and the others aren't.

The EA exam spans 13 domains: Part 1 Preliminary Work with Taxpayer Data (16% of the exam); Part 1 Income and Assets (20% of the exam); Part 1 Deductions and Credits (20% of the exam); Part 1 Taxation (17% of the exam); Part 1 Advising the Individual Taxpayer (13% of the exam); Part 1 Specialized Returns for Individuals (14% of the exam); Part 2 Business Entities and Considerations (28% of the exam); Part 2 Business Tax Preparation (50% of the exam); Part 2 Specialized Returns for Businesses (22% of the exam); Part 3 Practices and Procedures (25% of the exam); Part 3 Representation Before the IRS (28% of the exam); Part 3 Specific Areas of Representation (28% of the exam); Part 3 Filing Process and Compliance (19% of the exam). Every practice question on this site is tagged to one of these domains.

The domains are not weighted equally on the exam. By share of the marks: Part 2 Business Tax Preparation 50%; Part 2 Business Entities and Considerations 28%; Part 3 Representation Before the IRS 28%; Part 3 Specific Areas of Representation 28%; Part 3 Practices and Procedures 25%; Part 2 Specialized Returns for Businesses 22%; Part 1 Income and Assets 20%; Part 1 Deductions and Credits 20%; Part 3 Filing Process and Compliance 19%; Part 1 Taxation 17%; Part 1 Preliminary Work with Taxpayer Data 16%; Part 1 Specialized Returns for Individuals 14%; Part 1 Advising the Individual Taxpayer 13%.

The EA exam has 300 questions and is completed in 10 hours 30 minutes. Our timed practice mirrors that length and pacing, so exam day feels familiar.

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