Form 990-EZ serves as the short form return of organizations exempt from income tax (small tax exempt organizations, nonexempt charitable trusts, and section 527 political organizations). These organizations must have gross receipts less than $200,000 and total assets less than $500,000.
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If your organization operates annually from January 1 to December 31 (12 consecutive months), your deadline is on May 15.
If your organization operates on a schedule of 12 consecutive months but ends on the last day of any month except December, your organization would file on the 15th day of the 5th month after the end of the organization's tax period.
Note: Tax filing deadlines that fall on a weekend or National Holiday will be due on the following business day.
Based upon the activities of your organization, you might be required to file additional information along with Form 990-EZ. This is done by adding of appropriate schedules with Form 990-EZ to complete your annual filing requirements. With TaxBandits, the appropriate schedules for your organization get generated automatically based on the information entered in the Application.
If you find that you need to make a correction to a Form 990-EZ return that you previously filed with TaxBandits, you can easily do so through our amending process. This would require adding the corrected information along with other information already e-filed for the Form 990-EZ. We even allow you to provide an appropriate explanation to the IRS as to why your organization could not help but amend its previously filed Form 990-EZ.
With our simplistic filing process, you can prepare, file & transmit your nonprofit tax return.
Failing to file your organization's Form 990-EZ within the stipulated time will result in daily penalties. The penalties would depend upon the financial capacity of your organization. The penalties can be revoked if reasonable cause provided for the failure is accepted by the IRS. Your organization can be subject to legal proceedings for late filing.
Learn MoreIf your organization has failed to file for three consecutive years, its tax exempt status will be automatically revoked. You can reinstate your organization by filing afresh for your tax exempt status along with filing the failed returns by providing reasonable cause for the failure within the stipulated time.
Learn MoreDo you need some extra time to file your Form 990-EZ? We understand that sometimes things can get busy or unorganized which is why we offer Form 8868. Filing this form by the original filing deadline of your organization can instantly provide you with an automatic 6-month filing extension for Form 990-EZ with the IRS. Learn More
