Section 3 - Tax Matters
Be specic. 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/unied 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 identication 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 specic
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 ofcer 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