Motor Fuels Tax Minute, Episode 72: Power of Attorney – Employee Representation

In this week’s episode of Motor Fuels Tax Minute, our hosts discuss why an employee of the company needs to be on the Power of Attorney.

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Detailed Description of Weaver’s Motor Fuels Tax Minute, Episode 72

00:00:00
Leanne: Welcome to Weaver’s Motor Fuels Tax Minute, the vlog where we talk all things motor fuel. I’m doing introductions again today because Kelly’s going to continue with our little Power of Attorney series. She’s been doing a ton of research into this. On the last episode, we talked about the certifications that your advisers need, people like myself and Kelly. But what is all this about an employee of the company needing to actually be on the Power of Attorney?

00:00:25
Kelly: Yeah, that one’s a little unusual. The IRS doesn’t always enforce it, but when they do, it can be a real bottleneck, especially if you’re somebody who has been on hold with the IRS for two to three hours. You finally get an agent, you work for the company, and then they ask for Form 2848 and they ask if you’re on there. Well, lo and behold, there is a section for employees.

Leanne, I’d like you to weigh in on this as well. My thought is the IRS is doing it so they know that the person they’re talking to actually works for the company.

00:00:53
Leanne: Yeah, I think it’s a little bit of due diligence, right? You could say you’re anybody calling on behalf of the company and perhaps the reason they have started to enforce it a little bit more than they did in the Stone Ages, when I got into this business, is because they have run into situations, not necessarily in fuel tax at all, but in other areas of tax where people call up and impersonate. It’s certainly more common just in the world. People call up and impersonate. If you can say, I am this person and this is my name on that Power of Attorney, it gives them some more comfort handing out those sensitive tax details.

00:01:30
Kelly: Yeah. And I imagine for companies as a whole, you’d also want to be cognizant of who’s talking to the IRS and who’s not. You always want to kind of make sure the message is correct. So that also kind of protects companies as well by the IRS requiring that.

00:01:43
Leanne: Yeah, definitely. I’d agree with that.

00:01:45
Kelly: Well, that’s all I have. I’m going to go ahead and do the sign off. If you have any ideas for our next Motor Fuels Tax Minute, go ahead and send us a message and we will send you some Weaver swag. Thanks everyone for joining us.

00:01:55
Leanne: Thank you.