Motor Fuels Tax Minute, Episode 73: Revoke Power of Attorney

In this week’s episode of Motor Fuels Tax Minute, our hosts cover what happens if you need to revoke Power of Attorney.

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Detailed Description of Weaver’s Motor Fuels Tax Minute, Episode 73

00:00:00
Leanne: Welcome to Weaver’s Motor Fuels Tax Minute, the vlog where we talk all things motor fuel. We are still staying with the Power of Attorney series. There is more to say than you would think. Kelly, we all know it’s pretty easy to file a Power of Attorney, but what happens if you need to revoke it?

00:00:15
Kelly: Well, I think revoking it is something that a lot of companies don’t think of, and that can happen when you have a change in employees, or change in consulting firms, or you just want somebody else to talk because there’s only so many spots on that form. Right? So, if you want to go ahead and revoke it, if you are the company trying to revoke a Power of Attorney, what you do is you write ‘revoke’ across the first page and you sign it and you date it below that annotation. You then mail it to the appropriate IRS office, and send it in with the POA.

Now, if you don’t have the Power of Attorney for whatever reason, but you still want to revoke it, then you have to send the IRS a statement of revocation that indicates the authority of the Power of Attorney is revoked, the matters and years/periods, and list the names and address of each recognized representative whose authority is revoked. Once again, you must sign and date it and send it to the correct place. Now that’s for more companies.

You, as a representative — if you were representing a company or you used to work for them — might also want to withdraw your ability from that Power of Attorney. So, it kind of gives the IRS the correct people to reach out to as well. You don’t want IRS information for our client that you no longer work on. It’s kind of the same process if you’re the representative, you write ‘withdrawal’ across the top of the first page of the Power of Attorney, sign and date, and then send it to the appropriate place. If you don’t have a copy, then once again, you send the IRS a statement of the withdrawal indicating the authority of the Power of Attorney is withdrawn and list the matters in years and periods, as well as the name, taxpayer Identification number and address.

Lots of information. I definitely had to look at some of that while I read through it with all of you. You can find it in the Form 2848 instructions, but something great to keep in mind because you really want to make sure people talking to the IRS on your behalf are the people you want talking to the IRS.

00:02:01
Leanne: Yeah, definitely. Lots of good information there. And definitely something to keep in mind that I think is easily forgotten. And particularly for those of us who are advisors, if you are moving from company to company and no longer representing a client, I always try to remember to get those revocations in. It’s always a little awkward if you get a call for an account you’re no longer working on that’s still with a prior firm. Maybe it’s just been moved elsewhere within the current firm, and you’re not up to date on it, but the Power of Attorney has your name on it.

00:02:31
Kelly: Absolutely. And that’s a really good point, because even if you move from one client to the next, in advisory that happens a lot, you don’t want to get calls that you might miss or mail that you might not send one of your coworkers. So definitely something great to keep in mind.

00:02:45
Leanne: Well, that’s this week’s Motor Fuels Tax Minute. Join us next time.

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