Noreen M. Cahalane, EA, MST, brings more than 20 years in diverse tax, financial, and business consulting experience to her role as an Enrolled Agent.
Education, Credentials & Organizations
As an Enrolled Agent, Noreen is an expert tax professional. Noreen demonstrated technical competence in the field of taxation by passing the Internal Revenue Service Special Enrollment Examination (SEE), a comprehensive IRS test covering individual and business tax returns. As an EA, Noreen is a federally licensed tax practitioner, licensed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, who specializes in taxation and also has unlimited rights to represent taxpayers (individuals, businesses, corporations, and estates) before the IRS.
Enrolled Agent
Enrolled agents, like attorneys and certified public accountants (CPAs), have unlimited practice rights. This means they are unrestricted as to which taxpayers they can represent, what types of tax matters they can handle, and which IRS offices they can represent clients before. Noreen is qualified to practice in all fifty states, as well as the District of Columbia. Enrolled agent status is the highest credential the IRS awards. Individuals who obtain this elite status must adhere to ethical standards and complete 72 hours of continuing education courses every three years.
Education Degrees
Noreen earned her Master of Science in Taxation degree from Bentley University and her Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree from Tufts University.
Professional Associations
Noreen is a member of the National Association of Enrolled Agents (NAEA) and the Massachusetts Society of Enrolled Agents (MaSEA), as well as the National Association of Tax Professionals (NATP).
Client Focus
Noreen is dedicated to helping clients achieve business success by helping them establish practical and sound tax and financial processes. Focused on services for small to medium sized businesses, as well as individual clients, she is committed to delivering tax and financial services that meet each client’s unique objectives. Noreen strives to be a trusted advisor to all the clients. She will focus on delivering personalized service and attention to the clients. She looks forward to applying her experience and skills to provide exceptional client service to existing and new clients.
Professional Profile
Noreen has gained extensive accounting and tax experience through her years in public accounting at a Big 4 firm, working in public and private industry, working for a tax software company, as well as working for her father in his private practice. She has been helping her father during the busy tax seasons for over 20 years while working full-time at other tax positions.
As a senior tax manager with Big 4 public accounting and corporate tax department experience, Noreen has over 20 years experience in domestic and international income tax accounting, reporting, compliance, planning, and research.
As an experienced tax professional, her knowledge includes technical tax accounting, domestic and international tax compliance, project management, due diligence, tax controversy, uncertain tax positions, internal controls, transfer pricing, tax automation, research, restructuring and planning.
Noreen has strong analytical, organizational, management, inter-personal and communication skills. Her skills, knowledge, and experience enable her to contribute to her father’s tax and accounting practice, as well as establish her own practice.
