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File Form 8868 step by step

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Price: $14.99.

  1. On Choose your form, pick the tax year and choose Start filing 8868.
  2. Basic information. The organization, its tax period (from the IRS record) and the return you are extending (Form 990-EZ or Form 990).
  3. Books in care of. Who keeps the organization’s books, with an address and phone number.
  4. Filing officer information. The officer who signs.
  5. Review and Submit. Choose File and Pay.
  6. Sign Form 8453-TE in the Dropbox Sign window; see Sign Form 8453 online.
  7. Pay on Stripe’s secure page.

We send it to the IRS within minutes. When the IRS accepts it, we email “Extension accepted by the IRS”. Your new deadline is 6 months after the original one.

990.tax will not start an 8868 after the return’s due date has passed: file the return itself instead. Then file your 990-EZ before the extended date; see File Form 990-EZ step by step.

Questions

If I file an extension now, do I pay again for the 990-EZ?

Yes. The extension and the return are separate filings: Form 8868 is $14.99 and Form 990-EZ is $99.99.

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Still need help?

Email [email protected] with your organization’s name, its EIN and the tax year. A person answers every message.