Fillable Printable Power of Attorney Declaration - California EDD
Fillable Printable Power of Attorney Declaration - California EDD
                        Power of Attorney Declaration - California EDD

DE 48 Rev. 7 (5-13) (INTERNET)  Page 1 of 2  CU 
POWER OF ATTORNEY (POA) DECLARATION 
SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE BACK OF THIS FORM. 
 I.  EMPLOYER/TAXPAYER INFORMATION (please type or print) 
California Employer Account Number:  
(if applicable) 
Taxpayer Identification Number: 
Federal Employer Identification Number: 
Owner/Corporation Name: 
Social Security Number (SSN)/Corporate Identification Number: 
Business Name/Doing Business As (DBA): 
Business Mailing Address:  City:  State  ZIP Code  
Business Phone Number: 
Business Fax Number: 
Business Location (if different from above): City: State ZIP Code  
 II.  REPRESENTATIVE DESIGNATION 
I hereby appoint the following person to represent the employer/taxpayer for specified tax matters arising under  
the California Unemployment Insurance Code. 
Representative’s Business: 
Representative’s Name: 
Phone Number: 
Fax Number: 
Business Mailing Address:  City:  State  ZIP Code  
 III.  AUTHORIZED  ACT(S) 
 GENERAL AUTHORIZATION: If you want to give the representative general authority to perform all acts on your  
  behalf with regard to your state tax matters. 
 SPECIFIC DECLARATION:  If you want to give the representative limited authority with regard to your state 
  From    To     tax matters, indicate the specific dates and acts you are authorizing. 
Other acts: (describe specifically)   
  Subject to revocation, the above representative is authorized to receive confidential information. 
IV.  SIGNATURE AUTHORIZING POWER OF ATTORNEY 
Signature of the employer/taxpayer, owner, officer, receiver, administrator, or trustee for the 
employer/taxpayer: If you are a corporate officer, partner, guardian, tax matters partner/person, executor, receiver, 
administrator, or trustee on behalf of the employer/taxpayer, you are certifying that you have the authority to execute 
this form on behalf of the employer/taxpayer by signing this Power of Attorney Declaration. 
If this Power of Attorney Declaration is not signed and dated, it will be returned as invalid. 
Signature  Title (Owner, Partner, Corp. Officer: Pres., Vice Pres., CEO or CFO) 
Print Name  SSN  Date 
  To represent the employer/taxpayer for any and all     Tax Reporting     Benefit Reporting     Both 
  matters relating to the reporting period indicated above. 
  To represent the employer/taxpayer for changes to their mailing address for any and all     Tax    
  Reporting     Benefit Reporting     Both matters relating to the reporting period indicated above.

DE 48 Rev. 7 (5-13) (INTERNET)  Page 2 of 2 
Instructions for Completing the Power of Attorney (POA) Declaration (DE 48) 
General Information: 
This Power of Attorney (POA) Declaration (DE 48) is your written authorization for an 
individual or other entity to act on your behalf in tax and/or benefit reporting matters, 
and will remain in effect until it is rescinded or revoked. When a new POA is filed with 
the Employment Development Department (EDD), the new POA will automatically 
revoke any prior declaration(s) on file unless you attach a copy of each POA that you 
want to remain in effect. In addition, if you need to limit the term of a POA, you must 
specify the date it will expire as outlined in Section III below. For general information, 
call the Account Services Group at 916-654-7263. 
I. EMPLOYER/TAXPAYER INFORMATION - Enter your California Employer 
Account Number (if applicable), Taxpayer Identification Number, Federal 
Employer Identification Number, Owner or Corporation Name, Owner(s) Social 
Security Number or Corporate Identification Number, Business Name/Doing 
Business As (DBA), mailing address, business phone and fax number(s), and 
business location if different than the mailing address. 
II. REPRESENTATIVE DESIGNATION - Enter the representative’s business, 
representative’s name, phone number, fax number, and address. 
III. AUTHORIZED ACT(S) - If you want to authorize your representative to perform 
any and all acts on your behalf, check the “General Authorization” box. If you 
want to limit this authorization, check the boxes that apply under “Specific 
Declaration.” Enter the beginning and ending dates of each interval/period for 
which you are making the declaration. 
IV. SIGNATURE AUTHORIZING POWER OF ATTORNEY - The POA must be 
signed and dated by the business owner, partner, or corporate officer (i.e., 
President, Vice President, CEO, or CFO). Please submit an updated list of 
corporate officers/owners with this document, if applicable. If the declaration is 
submitted without a signature or with an unauthorized signature, it will be 
returned. 
Please return your completed DE 48 to the EDD representative with whom you are 
working. If you are not working with a particular representative, send the form to: 
  Employment Development Department 
  Account Services Group, MIC 28 
  P.O. Box 826880 
  Sacramento, CA 94280-0001 
If you have questions or need assistance completing this form, please call: 
Department Representative:    
Phone Number:     
            
    
