1. Online
Register online  over a secure network and receive immediate confirmation. Credit card payments accepted (MasterCard, Visa, American Express and Discover).


2. Fax
Download and fax completed registration form to 1.866.450.4678. Credit card and government purchase order payments accepted. Fax registrations received by 2:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday-Friday, will be processed on the same day; registrations received after 2:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday-Friday, will be processed during the next business day.


3. Mail
Download and mail completed registration form to:

AIRE, LLC
4245 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 750
Arlington, VA 22203

Winter Examination Window: Registration ends January 5, 2009
Summer Examination Window: Registration ends July 6, 2009

You can, however, register for the examination, obtain the PTIN and then update your AIRE candidate record within the MyERPA  Webpage. Please note: Before your information can be sent to the IRS authorizing you to apply for ERPA status, you must have a PTIN listed in our system.

To obtain a PTIN, you will need to complete a W-7P by mail, fax or online. The online method is the fastest and provides you with the instantaneous issuance of the PTIN. It can take up to six weeks to obtain a PTIN by mail. If you fax the W-7P, it will take approximately three weeks.

If you did not provide an e-mail address during registration your eligibility information will be sent via the United States Postal Service.

• An ERPA examination registration cannot be cancelled and registration fees are nonrefundable.
• An ERPA examination registration and/or fees cannot be transferred to another candidate.
• ERPA examination parts can be taken in any order; successful completion of one part is not dependent on registering and taking the other part; and both ERPA examination parts can be taken in one testing window.
• An ERPA exam candidate can register, pay and re-take either failed exam part in a future scheduled testing window offered.
• If a candidate is unable to sit for a registered examination, the examation part may be postponed to the next future testing window offered (an exam part can only be taken once per window).
• If a candidate fails to appear for a scheduled ERPA examination appointment, the entire examination fee will be forfeited and postponement will not be allowed.

Examination Postponement
You can postpone your examination to a future testing window by the examination postponement deadline identified below by completing the ERPA-SEE Postponement Form (found in Appendix), paying the postponement fee of $100 and canceling your scheduled appointment with Prometric. If you do not submit an ERPA-SEE Postponement Form to AIRE by the deadline, you will forfeit your examination fee. If you fail to cancel your examination appointment within 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment, you will not be allowed to postpone AND you will forfeit your registration fee.

Winter Examination Window: Postponement Deadline is February 2
Summer Examination Window: Postponement Deadline is August 14

Testing Center - Late Arrival
An examination candidate is permitted to enter the examination room as much as 30 minutes after the scheduled examination start time. After 30 minutes, a candidate will not be permitted to enter the examination room and will forfeit the examination fee. A candidate must finish the examination by the required ending time, regardless of the time he/she begins.

Emergency Closings
Severe weather or an emergency could require canceling scheduled examinations. If such an event occurs, Prometric will contact candidates by phone or e-mail. Candidates can also check for testing site closures at www.prometric.com/sitestatus . If an exam site is closed, a candidate’s examination will be rescheduled without a rescheduling fee. If a testing center is open for testing and a candidate chooses not to appear for his/her appointment, his/her registration fee will be forfeited. Candidates must then register and pay another full examination fee for the next testing window.

Special Circumstances
AIRE has identified three categories where special consideration will be implemented:

1. Death in family;
2. Illness (doctor’s note required, and it must indicate that the candidate was unable to sit for the exam on the date he/she was scheduled to take it); and
3. Act of God (or other unforeseen circumstance in which Prometric closes a test facility and cannot schedule a new exam appointment within the same window).

Special Test Considerations - ADA Accommodation
If you require testing accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), please check the box on the ERPA-SEE registration form and a member of the AIRE customer service team will contact you. When scheduling your appointment with Prometric, please also notify them of any special considerations needed.

• Gaining access to examination questions before an examination;
• Having access to or consulting notes or books during the examination;
• Removing or attempting to remove questions and/or responses (in any format) or notes from the examination room;
• Arranging for another person to take an examination for the candidate;
• Attempting to take the examination for someone else;
• Disclosing the contents of an examination to any other person;
• Presenting false information on an examination application;
• Failing to follow examination regulations or instructions from the test center administrator;
• Consulting other persons outside the examination room during the examination;
• Looking at and/or copying the answers of any other candidate during the examination;
• Giving or receiving assistance of any kind;
• Causing a disturbance of any kind;
• Tampering with the operation of the computer or attempting to use it for any function other than taking the examination;
• Talking in the examining area; and
• Leaving the test site or accessing information outside of the testing room.

AIRE will pursue any evidence that a candidate has cheated or failed to follow the examination rules. Any irregularity or suspected violation will be thoroughly investigated. If a violation is confirmed, disciplinary action may involve disqualifying the candidate’s paper and/or disqualifying a candidate from taking an examination for several future administrations. All infractions will also be reported to the IRS.

The date and time you enter and exit the exam room will be recorded and the signature log will be verified against your electronic scanned identification documentation and the digital fingerprint. The fingerprint template is permanently erased within 48 hours after your test is completed. Click here to read more about Biometrics.

Identification Required
You must present a valid, nonexpired form of identification before you can test. That identification document must:

• Be government-issued (e.g., driver’s license, passport, state-issued identification card or military identification card).
• Contain both a current photo (photo must look like candidate) and your signature (if it does not contain your signature, you must present two identification cards: one with your photo and one with your signature).
• Have a name that exactly matches the name used to register for the ERPA-SEE (including designations such as “Jr.” and “III”).

Important: Failure to provide appropriate identification at the time of the examination is considered a missed appointment. As a result, you will forfeit your registration fee.

Examination Results
During the first exam administration, Winter 2009, both parts of the ERPA-SEE will be ungraded; candidates will not receive their scores at the testing center but rather at a later date after the statistical information has been gathered and analyzed. Candidates will receive scores for the first examination window by April 30, 2009 via mail. Wrong or omitted answers will receive no credit; therefore, there will be no advantage to leaving an answer blank. Examination scores are confidential and will be revealed only to the candidate and the IRS.

The ERPA-Special Enrollment Examination measures the candidate's level of achievement of the required learning objectives, and his/her required level of capability of accomplishing specified learning outcomes. The goal is to pass all candidates who have demonstrated adequate knowledge of the curriculum presented and to fail those candidates who have not. Beginning with the second examination administration, Summer 2009, immediate examination results will be provided to candidates via score reports at the testing center. Examination Score Reports
If you pass an exam part of the ERPA-SEE, your score report will provide you with a passing mark as indicated with a “Pass” but not a score. The scaled passing score will be determined and set at a number which will be published for candidates once determined after the first exam administration which will correspond to a minimum level of knowledge deemed acceptable by those persons who will be practicing before the IRS.

If you fail an exam part of the ERPA-SEE, your score report will show a scaled score up to the minimum score determined as passing by the IRS. You will also receive diagnostic information to assist you with future examination preparation. Diagnostic information will show results by examination topic area as follows:

• Considerably below the minimally acceptable score: “It is important for you to approach how you study this topic as you prepare to take the examination part again. You may want to consider taking a review course or participating actively in a study group on this topic.”
• Marginally below the minimally acceptable score: “You should study this topic in detail as you prepare to take the examination part again.”
• At or above the minimally acceptable score: “Be sure to review this topic as you prepare to take the examination part again.”

• Get plenty of rest the night before the examination. If you have studied the material, cramming at the last minute will not be needed and a good night's sleep will prove much more valuable.
• Get to the examination center early. That way you will not be rushed trying to find the location at the last minute. Also, confirm your examination appointment date, time and location the day before.
• Read the instructions carefully. Even though you may have heard the instructions before, it never hurts to reinforce them. And, you never know, there might be some new ones!
• Review the tutorial presented during the examination so you are familiar with what to expect when you sit down at the computer at the testing center.
• Plan your examination time carefully. Allocate a few minutes at the beginning of the examination session to familiarize yourself with the examination. And, give yourself a few minutes at the end to review your work.
• Finally, remember that the examiners are not trying to create trick questions. If you have studied the material they want you to get the question right. So, when in doubt assume a logical approach to solving a problem — it frequently is the right approach.