Stern/Mulak Advocacy Day 2026

REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW BUT CLOSES ON DECEMBER 15, 2025!  

About This Event

CSEA's premiere advocacy event, held yearly in January, offers CSEA Members the opportunity to gain the information, guidance and confidence needed to effectively speak with legislators and their staff about key issues that affect you, your clients, and your business. Let your clients know that not only do you prepare their taxes, you advocate for them for fair tax administration!

What You Need to Know When You Register

  • This event is free for Members but you must register!
  • Keep your schedule free for the entire day.
  • Appointments with legislators are not confirmed until a few days before the event.
  • Include your complete home address so we can determine your legislators. We may be able to schedule you to meet with your legislators.
  • Attend orientation. This is where you will get the information packet, go over talking points, and how to participate in the meeting, and learn who else is in your meeting group.
  • Attend the happy hour debriefing! This is the time when we hear about your meetings, get insight into which legislators need follow up, and to evaluate the process.

Event Schedule: January 20, 2026

9:30 AM
Orientation Session (via Zoom)
Opening remarks and guest speakers
10:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Legislative Meetings
Virtual w/ legislators (15 min each)
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Debriefing Session (via Zoom)
Share highlights and key takeaways

Experience Grassroots Advocacy in Action

Stern/Mulak Advocacy Day has been conducted via a series of virtual meetings since 2020. CSEA Members meet with members of the two key tax policy Committees in the Senate Governance and Finance and Assembly Revenue and Taxation, as well as the leaders in both the Assembly and Senate, to advocate for relevant tax and administrative issues. Participants will also have the opportunity to meet and hear updates (inside scoop!) from the top advisors to the Assembly Revenue & Taxation Committee and the Senate Governance and Finance Committee.

Undecided About Participating? Consider this: 100% of survey respondents said they found this event to be worth their time, that they will participate again, and they would recommend this event to other EAs!

What Past Participants Have to Say

"If you ever wondered what we can do, as Enrolled Agents, to get through to convey our concerns about tax laws, this is it!"

- CSEA Member

"This was the epitome of grassroots advocacy in practice, in nurturing and developing connections with legislators, continuing to ensure our visibility as tax experts available to them, and bringing forth issues that support our clients."

- Event Participant

"From a new EA's perspective and working as a sole proprietor, I could not have had the experience I received without my membership at CSEA and our strength in numbers at this event."

- New EA Member

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