be sure that person includes all of the following: if you’re signing the poa declaration on behalf of an individual or business entity and have attached the general/durable poa declaration or other legal document, you must use one of the following formats to sign the poa declaration in order for it to be accepted: generally, it takes us 3 weeks to review and process poa declarations. we do not control the destination site and cannot accept any responsibility for its contents, links, or offers. this google™ translation feature, provided on the franchise tax board (ftb) website, is for general information only. the web pages currently in english on the ftb website are the official and accurate source for tax information and services we provide.