U.S. Customs Brokers Power of Attorney Instructions
What is a Power of Attorney?
A power of attorney is a legal instrument authorizing an entity or person to act as the attorney or agent of the grantor. Bluefin CHB requires all its clients to provide a valid power of attorney in order that we may transact U.S. Customs Business as required by law or regulation on our client’s behalf.
Power of Attorney facts:
U.S. Customs business as referred to includes but is NOT limited to: to make, endorse, sign, declare or swear to any request for immediate delivery, entry, withdrawal, declaration, certificate, bill of lading, protest, affidavit or document required for drawback or clearance of merchandise into the U.S. or other action performed on behalf of the principal as required by law or regulation.
Powers of Attorney may be granted by both resident and non resident individuals, partnerships, corporations and sole proprietorships.
Powers of attorney should be executed on the Affan Ali CHB general power of attorney form which includes the terms and conditions prescribed In customs Form 5291.
The original signed and sealed power of attorney must be forwarded to;
Bluefin Brokerage, Inc. 6 Bay Pl Lindenhurst, NY 11757
Proof of EIN No Information:
Employee Identification Number (EIN) – Pre-printed documentation received from the U.S. Department of Treasury, i.e. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), within the last 12 months that reflects the proper EIN and company name.
Examples of IRS tax documentation include the following: 147C, 1040, 2363, 941/941V, SS-4, 1065, 8109/8109C, 7004, 355-ES, 1096, 1120/1120S, etc.
You can call 1-800-829-0115 in order to obtain EIN verification (form 147C) if necessary.
THE ABOVE DOCUMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED FROM THE IRS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY.
Note: W-9 applications, SS-4applications, State documents, and any documentation submitted to the IRS are unacceptable.