Recent Questions

It is entirely based on the field information you provided in the 990 forms. Just the necessary 990 schedules will be enabled in accordance with IRS regulations and guidelines. It is not required to complete all of the schedules. Tax990 helps out by adding schedules based on the requirement.

Once you share the return to the user, they will get an invite email along with the login credentials for the Reviewers & Approvers portal, which they can use to review your organization’s return.

Click here and learn more about the Manage Reviewers and Approvers feature.

Currently, we do not support this option. However, based on the information you provide in the return, we will automatically generate the required schedules. Therefore, you can provide the necessary information quickly and e-file your return.

No. you need to add a user manually and share the current year’s return with them for review.

Once your return gets accepted by the IRS, you can find your IRS submission ID on the Tax Returns page of your Tax 990 account.

Based on the information you provide on your return, we will enable the required schedules and prompt you to provide the correct information.

For example, Schedule B will be enabled if you have entered more than $5,000 in the contribution section of your 990-PF.

Yes, you should always complete Schedule O, whether you are filing Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.

If you file a 990 return without Schedule O, the IRS will consider your return incomplete.

The beginning year of the tax period will be considered your organization's tax year.

• If your organization follows a Calendar Tax Year, the tax period will be 12 consecutive months, from January to December. 
• If your organization follows a Fiscal Tax Year, the tax period is 12 consecutive months, starting any month.

You can also find your organization's tax year on your application for federal tax-exempt status (Forms 1023, 1023-EZ, 1024, or 1024 A) or on the determination letter you received approving your tax-exempt status.

Tax 990 supports all the schedules for Form 990. However, how you complete your schedules will differ depending on the filing method you choose.

• Form-based filing - If you choose the form-based filing method, we will automatically enable the required schedules based on the information you provide on your return. For example, the schedules will be enabled based on the questions in Part IV of Form 990 and Part V of Form 990-EZ.
• Interview-based filing - With the interview-based method, you will be asked a series of questions that will populate your return. Based on your responses, you will be asked questions regarding the necessary schedules to complete.

Generally, the IRS takes 24 to 48 hours to accept/reject your return. Also, when you file your nonprofit tax return on the deadline date or a date close to it, there might be a slight delay in the processing time.

We will notify you regarding the status of your return as soon as we receive an update from the IRS.

No. The IRS does not allow e-filing of Form 990-T for the tax year 2019.

However, you can paper-file the return and mail it to the below-mentioned address.

Internal Revenue Service Center
Ogden, UT 84201-0027

Once the payment is completed for the return, you can add a user, and you can now share the form for review and approval. Once you get the approval, transmit the form to the IRS.
 

Organizations described under Section 501(c)(3) and Section 527 are required to report the names and addresses of their contributors on Schedule B.

A calendar year always begins on New Year’s Day and ends on the last day of the month (Jan. 1 to Dec. 31). A fiscal year can start on any day and end precisely 365 days later except Dec 31.

To know how to find your organization’s tax period, click here.

Currently, we do not support the RRF-1 Annual Registration form in Tax990.