Small Charities apply for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status – Form 1023-EZ

July 1, 2014
Written by: Fresh Start Tax
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New 1023-EZ Form Makes Applying for 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Status Easier; Most Charities Qualify, Long overdue!!!

The Internal Revenue Service has a new, shorter application form to help small charities apply for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status more easily.

This change cuts paperwork for these charitable groups and speeds application processing so they can focus on their important work.

The new Form 1023-EZ, available today on IRS.gov, is three pages long, compared with the standard 26-page Form 1023.About time, ha.

Most small organizations, including as many as 70 percent of all applicants, qualify to use the new streamlined form.

Most organizations with gross receipts of $50,000 or less and assets of $250,000 or less are eligible.

 

The change will allow the IRS to speed the approval process for smaller groups and free up resources to review applications from larger, more complex organizations while reducing the application backlog.

Currently, the IRS has more than 60,000 501(c)(3) applications in its backlog, with many of them pending for nine months.

Following feedback this spring from the tax community and those working with charitable groups, the IRS refined the 1023-EZ proposal for today’s announcement, including revising the $50,000 gross receipts threshold down from an earlier figure of $200,000.

The new EZ form must be filed online. The instructions include an eligibility checklist that organizations must complete before filing the form.

The Form 1023-EZ must be filed using pay.gov, and a $400 user fee is due at the time the form is submitted. Further details on the new Form 1023-EZ application process can be found in Revenue Procedure 2014-40, posted today on IRS.gov.

There are more than a million 501(c)(3) organizations recognized by the IRS.

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