The currently revised Form
2848, Power of Attorney Form, requires the Social Security
Number of the Representative in addition to the CAF#,
which may raise privacy concerns. There is no justification
for the SSN in the Instructions, but the form is rejected
if the SSN is not provided.
Proposal:
On April 13, 2004, SME informed
the Area 2 Committee that Form 2848 was being revised,
and Area 2 recommended that the revised Form 2848 eliminate
the requirement that a tax practitioners report their
SSNs.
Response Notes:
IRS had not intended that block to be on
form so IRS immediately recalled all undistributed copies
of form and published a corrected version.
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