IRS MAKES CHANGES TO TAX-EXEMPT APPLICATIONS

摘要

The Internal Revenue Service is changing some of the forms and procedures that organizations can use to apply for tax-exempt status as it seeks to emerge from a high-profile scandal last year over how it handled applications from political groups. The IRS's Exempt Organizations office said in an e-mail in mid-January to charities and nonprofits that it has updated the alternate version of Form 1023, Application for Recognition of Exemption. The Interactive Form 1023 (i1023> features pop-up information boxes for most lines of the form. These boxes contain explanations and links to related information on IRS.gov and StayExempt. irs.gov, the EO office's educational Web site. Once the application has been completed, applicants will be able to print and mail the form and its attachments, just like the standard Form 1023. According to the IRS, applicants will be able to submit a more complete form, while IRS processing time will be reduced.