Form 2848 Filler Appoint your IRS representative

Authorize an attorney, CPA, enrolled agent, or other eligible person to represent you before the IRS. Both pages of the official Form 2848 fill in as you type, ready to download or print.

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How to fill it out: Instructions for Form 2848

Taxpayer

One Form 2848 per taxpayer. Spouses who filed jointly each file their own.

Taxpayer name *

Your name, or the business name. Trusts, estates, and plans: see the line 1 instructions.

Street address or P.O. box *

Apt, suite (optional)

City *

State *

ZIP code *

Your own address, not your representative’s. This form doesn’t change your address with the IRS.

Taxpayer identification number(s) *

At least one. Sole proprietors who want business matters covered too can enter both an SSN and an EIN.

SSN (optional)

ITIN (optional)

EIN (optional)

Daytime phone (optional)

Plan number (optional)

Employee plans only.

Representatives

Individuals eligible to practice before the IRS. Use each one’s identical full name on every form.

Representative’s name *

Street address *

Suite (optional)

City *

State *

ZIP code *

CAF number *

PTIN (optional)

No CAF number yet (prints None) The IRS then assigns one. A CAF number isn’t an SSN, EIN, PTIN, or enrollment number.

Telephone (optional)

Fax (optional)

Send this representative copies of my IRS notices and communications

New since the CAF number was issued? Optional

Address is new

Telephone number is new

Fax number is new

Add a second representative The IRS sends notices to no more than two representatives for the same matter.

Second representative’s name *

Street address *

Suite (optional)

City *

State *

ZIP code *

CAF number *

PTIN (optional)

No CAF number yet (prints None)

Telephone (optional)

Fax (optional)

Send this representative copies of my IRS notices and communications

New since the CAF number was issued? Optional

Address is new

Telephone number is new

Fax number is new

The form has room for four representatives; this generator fills the first two. Name more on another Form 2848.

Tax matters

Line 3. Representation covers only the matters, forms, and years you list. Write Not Applicable where a column doesn’t apply.

Description of matter *

For example Income, Employment, Civil Penalty, or Innocent Spouse Relief.

Tax form number *

Year(s) or period(s) *

No “All years” or “All taxes”. Fiscal years: YYYYMM of the year end. Future years more than 3 years out aren’t recorded.

Add more tax matters Optional

Description of matter (row 2)

Tax form number

Year(s) or period(s)

Description of matter (row 3)

Tax form number

Year(s) or period(s)

This is for a specific use the IRS doesn’t record on the CAF (line 4) For example an EIN application or a private letter ruling. Check it only for a true specific use; the form then goes by mail or fax to the IRS office handling the matter.

Additional authority

All optional. Your representatives can already perform any act you can for the listed matters, except the ones below.

Authorize disclosure to third parties

Substitute or add representatives

Sign a return Allowed only in limited cases. We add the statement the instructions require.

Reason your representative may sign *

Intermediate Service Provider, other acts, and deletions Optional

Access my IRS records through an Intermediate Service Provider Private services that retrieve your tax data for your representative. Without this, they get it directly from the IRS.

Other acts authorized

Describe the other acts *

Specific acts not authorized (line 5b)

Representatives can never endorse or negotiate a government check for your federal tax refund; list anything else you want to exclude.

Keep my earlier powers of attorney in effect (line 6) Otherwise this form revokes earlier ones for the same matters. Attach a copy of each one you want to keep.

Your signature

Line 7 on page 2. If it isn’t completed, signed, and dated, the IRS returns the form to you.

How will you sign?

By hand after printing Sign on screen

All signature and date lines stay blank. Print the form; you and each representative sign in ink. Fax or mail it, or upload a scan online.

An on-screen signature is electronic, so the form can only be submitted online, at IRS.gov/Submit2848.

You checked line 4, so this form goes by mail or fax to the office handling the matter, and that needs ink signatures. Choose By hand after printing.

Signature *

Draw Type

Sign here

Date *

Print name (optional)

The person signing. Leave it blank to use the taxpayer name.

Title (optional)

If you sign for a business, partnership, trust, or estate, for example President or Trustee.

Print name of taxpayer from line 1 if other than an individual (optional)

Declaration of representative

Part II. Each representative fills in their row and signs in the order listed on line 2, within 45 days of your signature (60 if you live abroad).

Representative 1 designation *

Licensing jurisdiction (optional)

Bar, license, or enrollment no. (optional)

a, b: state (such as NY) and license number · c, g, r: enrollment card number · d, e, f: title, position, or relationship in the jurisdiction column · h: PTIN · k: LITC or STCP.

Representative 1 signature

Draw Type

Sign here

Representative 1 signing date (optional)

Representative 2 designation *

Licensing jurisdiction (optional)

Bar, license, or enrollment no. (optional)

Representative 2 signature

Draw Type

Sign here

Representative 2 signing date (optional)

Representatives can sign here or on the printout. If Part II isn’t completed, signed, and dated, the IRS returns the form.

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Downloaded. Signed on screen? Upload it at IRS.gov/Submit2848. Signed in ink? Fax or mail it using the chart in the instructions, or send it to the office handling the matter if you checked line 4. Representatives sign Part II within 45 days of your signature (60 if you live abroad).

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How to fill it out: Instructions for Form 2848

Disclaimer: forms.app offers this Form 2848 generator and the IRS form it fills free of charge. forms.app is not affiliated with the Internal Revenue Service, doesn’t submit powers of attorney, doesn’t check whether a representative is eligible to practice before the IRS, and doesn’t provide tax or legal advice. You and your representatives are responsible for the accuracy of the form, the authority it grants, and how it’s signed and submitted. Form 2848 is published by the IRS; get the current form, instructions, and recent developments at irs.gov/Form2848. If you’re unsure what authority to grant, ask a tax professional or attorney. Found something on this page that’s wrong or out of date? Let us know.

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Who uses Form 2848?

Form 2848, Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative, is how a taxpayer authorizes an eligible individual to represent them before the IRS: to deal with the IRS, receive confidential tax information, and sign agreements, consents, and waivers for the matters listed on the form.

Individuals and businesses file it when an attorney, CPA, enrolled agent, or another person listed in Part II, such as an officer, full-time employee, or family member, will handle an examination, a collection case, or another tax matter for them. Representatives must be eligible to practice before the IRS, and unenrolled return preparers have only limited rights. If you just want someone to see your tax information, use Form 8821 instead. Spouses who filed jointly each file their own Form 2848, and no representative may endorse or cash a government check issued for your tax refund.

How the 2848 generator works

Enter your name, address, and taxpayer ID numbers, then up to two representatives with their CAF numbers (or None), and list each tax matter with its form number and specific years. The IRS returns forms with general entries such as “All years.” Extra acts on line 5a, such as letting your representative sign a return in the few cases the rules allow, and acts you want to exclude go in step 4.

Both pages of the official form update as you type. You sign on page 2, line 7, and each representative signs Part II in the order listed on line 2, within 45 days of your signature. On-screen signatures are electronic, so submit the PDF online at IRS.gov/Submit2848, or choose By hand after printing if you’ll fax or mail it. The form has room for four representatives; the generator fills two, and you can add more on a second Form 2848. For other IRS forms, see our tax form generators.

Form 2848: your questions answered

Who can I name as my representative?

Only individuals eligible to practice before the IRS: attorneys, CPAs, enrolled agents, enrolled actuaries, and enrolled retirement plan agents, plus, in limited situations, a bona fide officer, a full-time employee, an immediate family member, an unenrolled return preparer for a return they prepared, or a qualifying student or law graduate in a tax clinic. Each representative enters their designation letter (a–r) in Part II.

How do I submit Form 2848?

Online at IRS.gov/Submit2848, by fax, or by mail. The fax numbers and addresses depend on where you live and are in the instructions. If you checked line 4 for a specific use not recorded on the CAF, mail or fax it to the IRS office handling the matter.

Can Form 2848 be signed electronically?

Yes, if you submit it online at IRS.gov/Submit2848. Forms sent by fax or mail need handwritten ink signatures from you and your representatives. Choose By hand after printing in the generator to leave the signature lines blank for that.

Can my representative sign my tax return?

Only in limited cases: disease or injury, continuous absence from the United States for at least 60 days before the return is due, or specific permission from the IRS for other good cause. Check “Sign a return” on line 5a and include the statement the instructions require; the generator writes it for the reason you pick.

Does a new Form 2848 cancel my earlier ones?

Generally, yes. A power of attorney recorded on the CAF revokes earlier ones on file for the same matters. To keep an earlier one in effect, check line 6 and attach a copy of it. Filing Form 2848 doesn’t revoke a Form 8821.

How do I revoke a power of attorney later?

Write “REVOKE” across the top of the first page of a copy of the Form 2848, sign and date it below, and send it to the IRS using the chart in the instructions. Without a copy, send a signed and dated statement listing the matters, years, and each representative being revoked.

Is this Form 2848 filler free?

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