Upcoming Form 990 & Form 990-EZ Deadline: Is It My Time to File?
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If your organization operates on a fiscal tax year and files Form 990 or Form 990-EZ, you may have a tax return deadline coming up soon. Organizations that function fiscally from April 1 to March 31 should e-file their Form 990/990-EZ by the upcoming August 15th due date. Additionally, any organization that filed an extension in February 2017 (fiscal year of October 1 – September 30) must file by August 15th as well.
Not sure what the difference is between Form 990 and 990-EZ or if your organization should file either one? Here’s some information on both forms that might be beneficial to you:
Most organizations exempt from income tax must file an annual information return, which is commonly known as a Form 990 or Form 990-EZ. Form 990 is typically filed by organizations with gross receipts that are more than or equal to $200,000 in gross receipts or total assets more than or equal to $500,000. Form 990-EZ is for very similar but for organizations that have less than $200,000 in gross receipts and $500,000 in total assets.
NOTE: Gross receipts are the total amounts the organization received from all sources during its annual accounting period.
Groups and organizations that usually file Form 990 or 990-EZ include: hospitals, schools, churches, charities, sports clubs, parent teachers associations, public libraries and facilities, cultural organizations and associations, employee associations, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and more.
Organizations that fail to file either form by its due date will incur a penalty against the organization. A penalty of $20 a day, not to exceed the lesser of $10,000 or 5% of the gross receipts of the organization for the year can be charged unless it can be shown the organization filed late due to a reasonable cause. Organizations with annual gross receipts exceeding $1,000,000 are subject to a penalty of $100 for each day with a maximum of $51,000 for any one return.
Organizations worldwide can easily stay in compliance and good standing with the IRS by filing online annually with ExpressTaxExempt. As the #1 authorized IRS e-file provider, we provide all users with our recently reduced filing rates, 100% US-based customer support service, and simplistic e-filing process which allow each organization to e-file IRS Form 990 & 990-EZ securely with the IRS.
We encourage you to contact us via phone at 704.839.2321 on Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. EST or reach out to us 24/7 via email at [email protected] if you have any questions about the e-filing process.
