Information Collection

Application to become an enrolled agent, enrolled retirement plan agent, or registered tax return preparer

IC 194417 under ICR 202601-1545-020 · OMB 1545-1726.

Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form 23 Application for Enrollment to Practice Before the Internal Revenue Service Application to become an enrolled agent, enrolled retirement plan agent, or registered tax return preparer Form and Instruction
Form 23 Application for Enrollment to Practice Before the Internal Revenue Service Application to become an enrolled agent, enrolled retirement plan agent, or registered tax return preparer Form and Instruction
23 Application for Enrollment to Practice Before the Intern Form 23 (Rev.pdf Form and Instruction
23 Application for Enrollment to Practice Before the Intern Form 23 (Rev.pdf Form and Instruction
Form 23 Burden -08-12.pdf Burden Computation IC Document
Form 23 Burden -08-12.pdf Burden Computation IC Document

Information Collection (IC) Details

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IC Title:	Application to become an enrolled agent, enrolled retirement plan agent, or registered tax return preparer	Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No		IC Status: Modified

Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits

CFR Citation: 31 CFR 10.5

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form and Instruction	23	Application for Enrollment to Practice Before the Internal Revenue Service	Form 23 (Rev.pdf		Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable

Line of Business: General Government

Subfunction: Taxation Management

Privacy Act System of Records
Title:	FR Citation:

Number of Respondents: 5,429	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

Affected Public: Private Sector	Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 0 %

	Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	5,429	-596,471	601,900
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	6,352	-1,703,648	1,710,000
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Documents for IC

Title	Document	Date Uploaded
Burden Computation	Form 23 Burden -08-12.pdf	01/21/2026

Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.

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