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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83054</law_id><section_number>64.2-1637</section_number><catch_line>Taxes</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Fiduciaries and Guardians</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Powers of Attorney</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="16">Uniform Power of Attorney Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="2">Authority</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Unless the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> otherwise provides, language in a <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> granting general authority with respect to taxes authorizes the <span class="dictionary">agent</span> to:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Prepare, sign, and file federal, <span class="dictionary">state</span>, local, and foreign income, gift, payroll, <span class="dictionary">property</span>, Federal Insurance Contributions Act, and other tax returns, claims for refunds, requests for extension of time, <span class="dictionary">petitions</span> regarding tax matters, and any other tax-related documents, including receipts, offers, <span class="dictionary">waivers</span>, consents, including consents and agreements under Internal Revenue Code 26 U.S.C. &#xA7; 2032A, as amended, closing agreements, and any <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> required by the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authority with respect to a tax year upon which the <span class="dictionary">statute of limitations</span> has not run and the following 25 tax years; <a id="paragraph-297667" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1637/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Pay taxes due, collect refunds, post <span class="dictionary">bonds</span>, receive confidential information, and contest deficiencies determined by the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authority; <a id="paragraph-297668" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1637/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Exercise any election available to the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> under federal, <span class="dictionary">state</span>, local, or foreign tax <span class="dictionary">law</span>; and <a id="paragraph-297669" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1637/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Act for the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> in all tax matters for all periods before the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authority. <a id="paragraph-297670" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1637/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2010, cc. 455, 632, &#xA7; 26-110; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
