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Tax exempt organization search

Tax Exempt Organization Search (formerly EO Select Check) is an online search tool that allows users to search for and select an exempt organization and check certain information about its federal tax status and filings.

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Charitable, nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations

Tax information for charities, nonprofits and tax-exempt organizations.

Revoked? Reinstated?
Information about the automatic revocation process and how to be reinstated
Exempt Organization Select Check
Exempt Organizations Select Check is an online search tool that allows users to search for and select an exempt organization and check certain information about its federal tax status and filings.
Applying for tax exempt status
Information about how to apply for IRS recognition of tax-exempt status
How to stay exempt
Resources for tax-exempt nonprofit organizations

Form 8274, Certification by Churches and Qualified Church-Controlled Organizations Electing Exemption From Employer Social Security and Medicare Taxes

Form 8274, Certification by Churches and Qualified Church-Controlled Organizations Electing Exemption From Employer Social Security and Medicare Taxes - Churches and qualified church-controlled organizations that are opposed, for religious reasons, to the payment of social security and Medicare taxes may elect exemption from the payment of the employer’s share of these taxes by filing Form 8274.
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Note: You will need an IRS Online Account (OLA) to complete online forms that require signatures.

Public disclosure and availability of exempt organizations returns: Copies of exempt organizations tax documents

How can I obtain a copy of an organization's annual return or exemption application?
General Information
Charities and Nonprofits

Form 1363, Export Exemption Certificate

Form 1363 is used by shippers to make exempt from the transportation tax the amounts paid for the transportation of property by air when exporting (including shipment to a possession of the US) by continuous movement, if they comply with the applicable regulations. Shippers must prepare this form for each payment, furnishing the original to the carrier and keeping the duplicate.
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Exempt Organizations Required Filings 2

Federal annual tax filings for tax-exempt organizations.
General Information
Charities and Nonprofits

Exempt Organizations Required Filings 1

Federal annual tax filings for tax-exempt organizations.
General Information
Charities and Nonprofits

Automatic exemption revocation for nonfiling: tax and penalties on income tax returns for an organization whose exempt status is reinstated

Automatic Exemption Revocation for Non-Filing: Tax and Penalties on Taxable Returns Filed Late by Organization Whose Exempt Status Is Reinstated
General Information
Charities and Nonprofits

Exempt operating foundations

Discussion of federal tax rules that apply to exempt operating foundations.
General Information
Charities and Nonprofits

Instructions for Form 8868, Application for Extension of Time To File an Exempt Organization Return or Excise Taxes Related to Employee Benefit Plans

Form 8868, Application for Extension of Time To File an Exempt Organization Return, is used by an exempt organization to request an automatic 6-month extension of time to file its return. Also, the trustee of a trust required to file Form 1041-A or Form 5227 must use Form 8868 to request an extension of time to file those returns.
Forms and Instructions

Publication 5835, Exempt Organizations Technical Guide TG 65: Excise Taxes - Excess Benefit Transactions - IRC Section 4958

Publication 5835, Exempt Organizations Technical Guide TG 65: Excise Taxes - Excess Benefit Transactions - IRC Section 4958, discusses Section 4958 which imposes an excise tax on disqualified persons and organization managers who engage in an excess benefit transaction with an applicable tax-exempt organization (ATEO).
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MeF exempt organizations and other tax exempt entities release memo August 31, 2023

We are providing new versions of Tax Year 2022 and Tax Year 2023 eXtensible Mark-up Language (XML) Schemas and Business Rules for the following forms in Processing Year 2024.
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