CAF/POA Requirements

Accountants, attorneys, enrolled agents, or other persons acting as representatives through whom a taxpayer requests assistance from the IRS, must have a valid Power of Attorney (POA). For Centralized Authorization File (CAF) purposes, representative must submit a Form 2848, Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative. Taxpayers may also authorize the release of their tax information to representatives and others through the use of a Form 8821, Tax Information Authorization. We refer to powers of attorney as "POAs" and tax information authorizations as "TIAs" .