Form PAR 101
Virginia Power of Attorney and
Declaration of Representative
Virginia Tax
P. O. Box 1115
Richmond, VA 23218-1115
Individual fax: (804) 254-6113
Business fax: (804) 254-6111
This is a legal document.
If this Form PAR 101, Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative is not signed and dated, lacks complete
information, or is illegible, it will be denied.
Asterisks denote required elds. Read the instructions carefully before completing this form.
1. Taxpayer Information
Taxpayer Name (Individual, Business, or Fiduciary)* SSN, ITIN, or FEIN*
Spouse Name (For joint representation only. See instructions.) Spouse SSN or ITIN
Address* Daytime Telephone Number
( )
Address Alternative Telephone Number
( )
City* State* ZIP Code* Email Address
2. Maintain or Revoke Prior Authorization
Maintain authorization for the agent listed below. This form automatically revokes all earlier powers of attorney on le with Virginia
Tax for the same tax matters covered by this form.
(Specify agent name, address, ZIP Code, and date granted. Attach copy of the power of attorney form.)
Revoke prior authorization(s). To revoke a prior power of attorney without naming another representative, send a copy of the power
of attorney form to Virginia Tax at the address above and write “REVOKE” across the top. If you do not have a copy of the power of attorney
form, provide the agent’s name, address, ZIP Code, and date granted:
3. Tax Matters – Taxable years or periods may not extend more than 3 years into the future. You must
designate at least one tax type and taxable year period.*
Annual Income Taxes Only – Individual, Corporate, Pass-through Entity, Fiduciary, or Estate Tax Type
Tax Type Taxable Years
Do Not Enter “All Years” – Must be Specic
Business, Excise, Commodity, and Other Taxes
Tax Type 15-Character Virginia Tax Account
Number
REQUIRED: See Instructions
Do Not Enter “All Periods” – Must be Specic
Beginning Period
(MM/YYYY)
Ending Period
(MM/YYYY)
4. Authorized Agent /Representative Information. Additional representatives should be listed on an
attached list and may not receive copies of correspondence.
Primary Representative – Must be a person; cannot be a business
Automatic Correspondence
An Authorized Agent will automatically be mailed
copies of correspondence regarding the tax
matters.
Authorized Agent Number
A -
_________________________
Do NOT mail copies of any correspondence
to agent.
Mail copies of email communications to
agent.
First Name* Last Name*
Address
Address
City State ZIP Code
Daytime Telephone Number
( )
Fax Number
( )
Email Address
Additional Representative – Must be a person; cannot be a business
Automatic Correspondence
An Authorized Agent will automatically be mailed
copies of correspondence regarding the tax
matters.
Authorized Agent Number
A -
_________________________
Do NOT mail copies of any correspondence
to agent.
Mail copies of email communications to
agent.
First Name Last Name
Address
Address
City State ZIP Code
Daytime Telephone Number
( )
Fax Number
( )
Email Address
5. Signature of Taxpayer(s) and Acknowledgment of Authorized Acts
By signing this form, I am granting the representative(s) listed in Section 4 the authority to:
Receive and inspect my condential tax information for the tax matters listed in Section 3,
Perform all acts that I can perform with respect to the specied tax matters, and
Represent me before Virginia Tax, including consenting to extend the time to assess tax and executing consents that
agree to a tax adjustment.
In addition, I understand that the acts of my Authorized Agent may increase or decrease my tax liabilities and legal rights.
The authority does not, however, include the power to receive refund checks, substitute another representative, request a
copy of a tax return, sign certain returns, or consent to a disclosure of tax information.
For joint representation, both the taxpayer and the spouse listed in Section 1 must sign and date this form. If this form is
signed by a corporate ofcer, partner, guardian, tax matters partner, executor, receiver, administrator, or trustee on behalf of
the taxpayer, they certify that they have the authority to execute this form on behalf of the taxpayer. This power of attorney will
remain in effect until it is revoked by either the taxpayer or the agent.
Print Name* Signature* Title Date*
Print Name Signature Title Date
6. Representative Signature: Under penalties of perjury, I declare I am authorized to represent the taxpayer(s)
listed in Section 1.
A.) Attorney B.) Certied Public Accountant C.) Enrolled Agent D.) Family member or Other (provide relationship below):
Relationship:
____________________________________________________________________________________
Representative
Designation
Letter from
Above List
Print Name * Representative Signature* Date*
Primary
Additional
INSTRUCTIONS FOR VIRGINIA FORM PAR 101
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND DECLARATION OF REPRESENTATIVE
Form Purpose
Use Form PAR 101 to:
Authorize a person to represent you before Virginia Tax
with respect to the tax matters you specify, or
Revoke a prior power of attorney authorization.
THIS IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT: When you submit Form
PAR 101, you are authorizing the person you name in
Section 4 to be your representative. For the tax matters
you specify in Section 3, your representative will be able
to receive and inspect your condential tax information
and perform any and all acts you can perform, including
consenting to extend the time to assess tax or executing
consents that agree to a tax adjustment. The acts of your
representative may increase or decrease your tax liabilities
and legal rights. Certain exceptions apply. See below.
When to submit Form PAR 101:
The following are examples of when you need to complete
and submit Form PAR 101:
1. You are disputing an assessment of tax and a third party
is representing you before Virginia Tax,
2. You have been notied that we will be conducting
an audit of your account and you have engaged the
services of a third party to assist with the audit, or
3. You are the administrator of a deceased individual’s
estate and you need to grant access to the decedent’s
condential tax information to a third party in order to
perform your duties.
The above list is not all-inclusive. There are other similar
situations that may require you to grant a person the
authority to act on your behalf, including the authority to
obligate and bind you to agreements and to receive and
inspect your condential tax information.
When a Form PAR 101 is NOT required:
Form PAR 101 is not required when a person merely
furnishes information or prepares a report or return for you
or your business. For example, you do not need to submit
Form PAR 101 to:
1. Authorize a tax professional (CPA, Enrolled Agent, tax
preparer, or payroll service provider) to discuss routine
issues regarding return lings and payments the tax
professional submitted on your behalf,
2. Authorize an employee or ofcer of your business to
discuss routine issues regarding return lings and
payments submitted by your business, or
3. Authorize a duciary (trustee, receiver, or guardian) to
act as Authorized Agent, because a duciary already
stands in the position of the taxpayer.
Virginia Tax will discuss routine issues regarding return
lings and payments and related assessments and
adjustments with your designated tax professionals and the
employees and ofcers of a business, provided we are able
to verify the person and the person’s relationship to you or
your business.
Exceptions - The power of attorney you grant to your
representative using Form PAR 101 does not include the
power to receive refund checks, the power to substitute
another representative, the authority to execute a request
for a tax return, the power to sign certain returns for you, or
the power to consent to a disclosure of tax information.
Section 1 - Taxpayer Information
Individual - If the tax matter involves a joint return and you
and your spouse are designating the same representative,
provide your spouse’s name and social security number.
Sole Proprietor - For business tax matters, enter your
name and the federal employer identication number for
your business.
Corporations, Partnerships, or Associations - Enter the
legal name of the organization and the organization’s federal
employer identication number. If the tax matter involves a
consolidated or a combined tax return led for a corporation,
do not attach a list of subsidiaries or afliated corporations
to this form. Only the parent corporation‘s information is
required in Section 1. A subsidiary or afliate must le its
own PAR 101 for returns that it les separately.
Fiduciary/Trust - Enter the name and federal employer
identication number of the trust, and the telephone number
and email address of the trustee. The trustee must sign the
form.
Estate or Inheritance Tax - Applicable only for decedents
whose date of death was prior to July 1, 2007. Enter the
name and the social security number of the deceased
taxpayer and provide the address, telephone number, and
email address of the decedent’s personal representative.
The taxpayers personal representative must sign and date
the form.
Section 2 - Revoking or Maintaining Prior
Authorization
Check the box that applies. If you are naming a
representative, any prior power of attorney on le with
Virginia Tax for the same tax matters covered by the Form
PAR 101 you are submitting will be automatically revoked
unless you attach a copy of any power of attorney you want
to remain in effect.
Either the taxpayer or their representative may revoke the
power of attorney. This must be done in writing by submitting
a copy of Form PAR 101 with “REVOKE” written on the top
of the form or by sending a written request. If you wish to
revoke the power of attorney for only one spouse on a joint
power of attorney, this should be done by a submitting a
letter to indicate which spouse is no longer represented.
Section 3 - Tax Matters
Be specic. You should only grant a person your power
of attorney for taxable periods for which you have a tax
matter.
You may specify taxable periods no more than 3 years
into the future. Future periods are determined starting after
Dec. 31 of the year in which we receive Form PAR 101. You
may list the current taxable year or period and any taxable
years or periods that have already ended as of the date you
sign Form PAR 101.
Annual Income Taxes - If the tax matter involves individual,
corporate, pass-through entity, or duciary income tax, enter
the name of the tax under “Tax Type.” Also use this section
for composite/unied ling tax matters. If the tax matter
involves estate tax or inheritance tax for a taxpayer whose
date of death was prior to July 1, 2007, enter the date of
death of the taxpayer in the taxable year eld.
Business, Excise, Commodity, and Other Taxes - You
must enter the tax type and the beginning and ending
periods covered by this form. For each tax type, you must
also provide your assigned 15-character Virginia Tax
Account Number. If you have multiple locations, be sure to
list the account number for each location. If you do not enter
your account number(s), the form will be returned.
Exceptions - For the following tax types, leave the Virginia
Tax Account Number eld blank: Apple Excise Tax, Bank
Franchise Tax, and Rolling Stock Tax on Railroads and
Freight Car Companies.
Section 4 - Authorized Agent/Representative
Information
You must provide complete information for each
representative listed on the form. You cannot name a
business as your representative. Your representative must
be a person. In addition, each representative must sign and
date the form. The signature must be an actual signature
and cannot be an electronic signature or rubber stamp.
Virginia Tax will automatically mail copies of all outgoing
correspondence sent to you regarding the tax matters listed
in Section 3 to your Authorized Agent provided that:
Your Authorized Agent is registered with Virginia Tax,
and
You provide the Authorized Agent’s number, a unique
9-character identication number assigned by us that
begins with “A.”
Virginia Tax will not automatically mail correspondence to
your Authorized Agent in the following situations:
You do not provide your Authorized Agent’s number, or
You check the box indicating that you do not want
correspondence automatically mailed to your Authorized
Agent.
We will automatically mail copies of secure email to your
Authorized Agent if you have opted to have copies of email
communications sent to your agent.
Taxpayers may use secure email to discuss specic
questions related to their account. The authorized
representative(s) will receive copies of this secure email
communication through the U.S mail. To use secure email
on Virginia Tax’s website at www.tax.virginia.gov, log in to
iFile (business or individual) or iReg, select Secure Message
to send and receive secure email.
To register as an Authorized Agent, your representative
must submit Virginia Form R-7. If Form R-7 is submitted
with Form PAR 101, enter “Applied For” in the Registered
Authorized Agent Number eld. Form R-7 is available at
www.tax.virginia.gov.
Sections 5 and 6 - Signature of Taxpayer(s),
Acknowledgment of Authorized Acts, and
Representative Signature
Individuals - You must sign and date the form. If the tax
matter involves a joint return and you and your spouse are
designating the same Authorized Agent(s), your spouse
must also sign and date the form.
Corporations or Associations - An ofcer having authority
to bind the taxpayer must sign and date the form.
Partnerships - All partners should sign unless only one
partner is authorized to act in the name of the partnership.
A partner is authorized to act in the name of the partnership
if, under state law, the partner has authority to bind
the partnership. A copy of such authorization should
be attached. For dissolved partnerships, see 26 CFR
601.503(c)(6).
All others - If the taxpayer is a dissolved corporation,
decedent, insolvent, or a person for whom or by whom
a duciary (a trustee, guarantor, receiver, executor, or
administrator) has been appointed, see 26 CFR 601.503(d).
The representative(s) must sign and date the form.
Note - Generally, the taxpayer signs rst, granting the
authority and then the Authorized Agent signs, accepting
the authority granted. The date for both the taxpayer and
the representative must be within 45 days for domestic
authorizations and within 60 days for authorization from
taxpayers residing abroad. If the taxpayer signs last, then
there is no timeframe requirement.
All signatures on the form must be actual and cannot be
electronic or rubber stamps.
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Mail or fax the completed form and enclosures to:
Virginia Tax
P.O. Box 1115
Richmond, Virginia 23218-1115
Business fax: (804) 254-6111
Individual fax: (804) 254-6113
For individual assistance call: (804) 367-8031
For business assistance call: (804) 367-8037