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Project 01009

Electronic Power of Attorney for Overseas Taxpayers

Project Statement:

International US taxpayers or their representative have difficulty submitting Power of Attorney (POA). When IRS agents need to receive a POA for international taxpayers it can be easily submitted electronically, This would enable them to check its validity at the start of a call rather than after taking lots of information.

Goal Statement:

The online IRS accounts are not available for non-US citizen practitioners and given the volume of US citizens who reside outside of the US and have practitioners located outside the US, it seems it would be a worthwhile effort to modernize how the IRS interacts with both overseas taxpayers and practitioners.

Special Projects Committee

Year: 2024


Status: Elevated

RECOMMENDATION 01009-001

RECOMMENDATION TEXT:

Allow qualified non-US overseas practitioners, when they are representing international US taxpayers to have access to online IRS accounts. Recommendation: Practioners assisting international US taxpayers should have access to their clients online IRS accounts to properly assist them

IRS Action: Recommended

RECOMMENDATION 01009-002

RECOMMENDATION TEXT:

Allow international taxpayers or their representatives to electronically submit a Power of Attorney (POA). Justification: Most IRS fax numbers are US phone numbers which are unavailable for international taxpayers to use.

IRS Action: Recommended