IRS Form 2868

[thomtax]

In the past, if there was more than one year involved, I have prepared one POA and entered the different years requested on this form. This has always been accepted and worked fine.

However, today, I had a client received a letter from the IRS rejecting the signed POA. They said that there must be a different form for each year. Have any of you, in your experience, run into this before and can shed some light as to whether this is a change in policy with the IRS?

Thanks,
LT

[ChEAr$]

In the past, if there was more than one year involved, I have prepared one POA and entered the different years requested on this form. This has always been accepted and worked fine.

However, today, I had a client received a letter from the IRS rejecting the signed POA. They said that there must be a different form for each year. Have any of you, in your experience, run into this before and can shed some light as to whether this is a change in policy with the IRS?

Thanks,
LT

As I recall, we could put a maximum of four years on one POA for the same type of tax.
But I haven't read the instructions to the form in some time now, so don't know if there's an official change or some IRS underling playing Caesar.

[DaveO]

I have entered 8 past years and 3 future years for 1040's on a single line with no problem. If you are dealing with with employment taxes you must identify each quarter as in 941, 940 2008 Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4.
Space dicates each year on a seperate line.

[DonPriebe]

I haven't read the instructions to the form in some time now, so don't know if there's an official change or some IRS underling playing Caesar.

I just checked the web site and neither the form nor the instructions has been changed. The instructions still tell how to list multiple years. Interesting though, the form with a revision date of 0608 has a posting date of 02/19/2010.

[taxea]

I do compliance work and was told just a few months ago that I could put up to 10 years on one POA, I would fax a copy of their instructions to the office that sent the letter with a copy of the letter and ask how we can be expected to follow new rules when they are not updated in the instructions.
Or I would call, determine who authorized the letter and ask them the question. Maybe the employee that sent the letter hasn't read their own instructions.

Oh and if you fax anything, don't you dare send a cover page with it! They yell about that too!

[taxea]

Thomtax

I found the answer for you...IRS allows you to include up to 10 years back and three years forward. The instructions say to fill the form in as 2000 thru 2009 for example; or 2005 thru 2012

[thomtax]

Thanks for the info.

After today, be gone on vacation until April 26. Hope everyone had a good season.

LT