Form 2848 Power of Attorney OMB No. 1545-0150

(Rev. January 2002) and Declaration of Representative

Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service

Power of Attorney (Type or print.)

1 Taxpayer information. Taxpayer(s) must sign and date this form on page 2, line 9.

Employer identification

number

Taxpayer name(s) and address Social security number(s)

Daytime telephone number Plan number (if applicable)

hereby appoint(s) the following representative(s) as attorney(s)-in-fact:

2 Representative(s) must sign and date this form on page 2, Part II.

Name and address CAF No.

Telephone No.

Fax No.

Check if new: Address Telephone No.

Name and address CAF No.

Telephone No.

Fax No.

Check if new: Address Telephone No.

Name and address CAF No.

Telephone No.

Fax No.

Check if new: Address Telephone No.

to represent the taxpayer(s) before the Internal Revenue Service for the following tax matters:

3 Tax matters

Year(s) or

Period(s)

Tax Form Number

(1040, 941, 720, etc.)

Type of Tax (Income, Employment, Excise, etc.)

or Civil Penalty (See the instructions for line 3.)

Specific use not recorded on Centralized Authorization File (CAF). If the power of attorney is for a specific use not recorded

on CAF, check this box. See the instructions for Line 4. Specific uses not recorded on CAF. 

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Acts authorized. The representatives are authorized to receive and inspect confidential tax information and to perform any

and all acts that I (we) can perform with respect to the tax matters described on Iine 3, for example, the authority to sign any

agreements, consents, or other documents. The authority does not include the power to receive refund checks (see line 6

below), the power to substitute another representative, the authority to execute a request for a tax return, or a consent to

disclose tax information unless specifically added below, or the power to sign certain returns. See the instructions for Line

5. Acts authorized.

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List any specific additions or deletions to the acts otherwise authorized in this power of attorney:

Note: In general, an unenrolled preparer of tax returns cannot sign any document for a taxpayer. See Revenue Procedure 81-38,

printed as Pub. 470, for more information.

Note: The tax matters partner of a partnership is not permitted to authorize representatives to perform certain acts. See the separate

instructions for more information.

6 Receipt of refund checks. If you want to authorize a representative named on Iine 2 to receive, BUT NOT TO ENDORSE

OR CASH, refund checks, initial here and list the name of that representative below.

Name of representative to receive refund check(s) 

Cat. No. 11980J Form 2848 (Rev. 1-2002)

Part I

Name

Telephone

Function

Date

For IRS Use Only

/ /

Received by:

For Paperwork Reduction and Privacy Act Notice, see the separate instructions.

 See the separate instructions.

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7 Notices and communications. Original notices and other written communications will be sent to you and a copy to the

first representative listed on line 2 unless you check one or more of the boxes below.

b If you also want the second representative listed to receive a copy of such notices and communications, check this box 

c If you do not want any notices or communications sent to your representative(s), check this box 

8 Retention/revocation of prior power(s) of attorney. The filing of this power of attorney automatically revokes all earlier

power(s) of attorney on file with the Internal Revenue Service for the same tax matters and years or periods covered by

this document. If you do not want to revoke a prior power of attorney, check here 

YOU MUST ATTACH A COPY OF ANY POWER OF ATTORNEY YOU WANT TO REMAIN IN EFFECT.

Signature of taxpayer(s). If a tax matter concerns a joint return, both husband and wife must sign if joint representation is

requested, otherwise, see the instructions. If signed by a corporate officer, partner, guardian, tax matters partner, executor,

receiver, administrator, or trustee on behalf of the taxpayer, I certify that I have the authority to execute this form on behalf

of the taxpayer.

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 IF NOT SIGNED AND DATED, THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY WILL BE RETURNED.

Signature Date Title (if applicable)

Print Name

Signature Date Title (if applicable)

Print Name

Declaration of Representative

Under penalties of perjury, I declare that:

● I am not currently under suspension or disbarment from practice before the Internal Revenue Service;

● I am aware of regulations contained in Treasury Department Circular No. 230 (31 CFR, Part 10), as amended, concerning

the practice of attorneys, certified public accountants, enrolled agents, enrolled actuaries, and others;

● I am authorized to represent the taxpayer(s) identified in Part I for the tax matter(s) specified there; and

● I am one of the following:

a Attorney—a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of the jurisdiction shown below.

b Certified Public Accountant—duly qualified to practice as a certified public accountant in the jurisdiction shown below.

c Enrolled Agent—enrolled as an agent under the requirements of Treasury Department Circular No. 230.

d Officer—a bona fide officer of the taxpayer’s organization.

e Full-Time Employee—a full-time employee of the taxpayer.

f Family Member—a member of the taxpayer’s immediate family (i.e., spouse, parent, child, brother, or sister).

Enrolled Actuary—enrolled as an actuary by the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries under 29 U.S.C. 1242 (the

authority to practice before the Service is limited by section 10.3(d)(1) of Treasury Department Circular No. 230).

g

h Unenrolled Return Preparer—an unenrolled return preparer under section 10.7(c)(1)(viii) of Treasury Department Circular No. 230.

 IF THIS DECLARATION OF REPRESENTATIVE IS NOT SIGNED AND DATED, THE POWER OF ATTORNEY WILL

BE RETURNED.

Jurisdiction (state) or

Enrollment Card No.

Designation—Insert

above letter (a–h) Signature Date

Part II

a If you want the first representative listed on line 2 to receive the original, and yourself a copy, of such notices or

communications, check this box 

Form 2848 (Rev. 1-2002)

Caution: Students with a special order to represent taxpayers in Qualified Low Income Taxpayer Clinics or the Student Tax Clinic

Program, see the separate instructions for Part II.