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Thus, I was able to do change-of-address to have everything sent here to my house only. Dad had a habit as he aged to throw out bills, oops, when he lived at home and at senior living.
I even went into the 3 major credit bureaus and "froze" Dad's credit so that no one could use his identity to get loans, credit cards, etc. It was easy as I now knew all of what was going on with his financials to answer the credit bureaus security questions.
Why does aging have to get so complex for the adult children?
As a practical matter, I don't think the IRS will care (or check) whether you are doing your mother's taxes under a POA. I've been doing my mother's taxes for years. I do have a POA, but generally I just pretend to be her. I sign her name, type in her passwords, whatever is needed. I wouldn't really worry about the technicalities, as long as the taxes get done and you're familiar enough with the information to do them correctly.
Have the tax preparer check to see if, in fact, you Mom didn't file income taxes. I see from your profile she has Alzheimer's/dementia, maybe she had forgotten.
I would love to see where once someone gets to a certain age, like 80, no more paying taxes unless that person is a multi-multi-millionaire or billionaire.