Instructor Frank Degen, EA

Frank Degen, EA is a self employed practitioner in Setauket (Long Island), New York. He has a Bachelors degree in mathematics from Iona College and a Masters degree from Johns Hopkins University. He became an Enrolled Agent in 1984.

Frank is a fellow of the National Tax Practice Institute. He is also a non-attorney admitted to practice in the United States Tax Court.

Frank currently serves as Government Relations Chair of NAEA after serving as President during the 2005-2006 year. He also served two terms as an NAEA Director. He was a three term president of the New York State Society of Enrolled Agents (NYSSEA) and was awarded the NYSSEA Founders Award in 1999. He received the NAEA Excellence in Public Awareness Award in 2001, the NAEA EA Mentor Award in 2004 and the NAEA Founder’s Award in 2006.

He has been quoted extensively in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, US News and World Report, USA Today and Kiplingers. He has done a number of radio interviews for NAEA (including repeated interviews with MarketPlace on National Public Radio), was a panelist on TaxTalkToday and has appeared on the NBC Nightly News. He has testified on behalf of NAEA before the IRS Oversight Board, the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways & Means Oversight Sub-Committee. He was appointed to a three year term on the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC) and serves as Vice-Chair in 2008.