Manage multiple POAs

Specific instructions on how to manage multiple Power of Attorney (POA) declarations in MyFTB.

Before you begin

You can update multiple POAs at the same time once they are active on your Client List. The updates that you can make are limited by the authorizations granted on your POA when it was initially filed.

Updates can take up to seven business days to finalize but most complete within a few minutes.

POAs are generally active for 6 years from the signature date on the POA. If your POA is no longer needed, it should be revoked. Once your POA is expired, revoked, or terminated it will no longer appear on your active Client List.

Overview of updating multiple POA declarations

Once you login to your MyFTB account, use the Update Multiple POA Declarations option to update as many of your POAs as you want at one time! You can update your email, add or remove a representative, or revoke POA declarations. For each action you can take here you will need to select the information you are changing, choose the POAs you need to update, and review a summary of the changes you’ve made. Once the changes have been submitted, your POAs will be updated, pending review from our staff as needed.

Steps to update multiple POA declarations

Step 1: Login to your Tax professional MyFTB account

Go to ftb.ca.gov/myftb, select Log in to my account and enter your user name and password.

Step 2: Select Update Multiple POA Declarations from the Services main navigation menu

Step 3: Select the update action

You have four actions available:

  • Update my email address on POA declarations: change the email address we use to notify you of new client notices and changes to your POA. You can also customize email delivery to alternate/secondary email addresses for specific POAs.
  • Add a representative from my associates list to POA declarations: add a single representative to the POAs you select.
  • Remove myself or another representative from POA declarations: remove yourself from selected POAs or remove a single representative from POAs you both share. POA will remain active.
  • Revoke POA declarations: completely revoke multiple POA declarations at once. POA will not be active.

Step 4: Update my email address

The email address you wish to use must be on your profile.

Access the Update Contact Information page from your Tax professional Overview or the Profile dropdown on the main navigation menu.

Step 4a: Select an email address

All email addresses saved to your Profile will be displayed, choose which email address to add to your selected POAs.

Step 4b: Select POAs to add your updated email address to

All your active POAs will be listed. Choose one or more POAs to update; no other POAs will be modified.

Step 5: Add a representative from my Associates List to POA declarations

The representative you wish to add must be on your Associates List.

The Associates List page can be accessed from the Profile dropdown on the main navigation menu.

Step 5a: Select an associate to add

All representatives saved on your Associates List will be displayed, choose an associate from the list.

Step 5b: Select POAs to add your associate to

Choose one or more POAs to update. Only the following POAs will be displayed:

  • POAs with the Add representative authorization.
  • POAs that do not already list the selected associate.

If the Add representative authorization was not selected, a new POA is needed to allow additional representatives to represent your client.

Any representative added to your POA will have the same authorizations granted to representatives on the original POA.

Step 6: Remove myself or another representative from POA declarations

Step 6a: Select a representative to remove

All representatives who are active on one of your POAs will be displayed, choose yourself or another representative from the list.

If you remove yourself from your POA you cannot access this client’s information or represent them before us unless you have another active POA. If you still need to represent this client, you must file a new POA declaration.

Step 6b: Select POAs to remove the representative from

A list of all POAs that you share with the selected representative will be displayed, except POAs where the individual selected is listed as the primary representative.

If you are the only representative listed on the POA, you cannot remove yourself. Refer to step 7 for steps to revoke your POA instead.

Step 7: Revoke POA declarations

A list of all your active POAs will display, choose one or more POAs to revoke. Once revoked, you cannot access this client’s information or represent them before us based on this POA declaration. If you still need to represent this client, you must file a new POA declaration.

Note: A POA can be revoked or terminated by various individuals including the taxpayer, their representative, or our staff.

Revoking your POA ends the POA for all the representatives listed on it. Once your POA has been revoked it cannot be reactivated. If you are trying to remove a single representative but want the POA to remain active, use the Remove myself or another representative from POA declarations option. Refer to step 6 to remove an individual representative.

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Last updated: 06/19/2026