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Form 1023

Form 1023 is a United States IRS tax form, also known as the Application for Recognition of Exemption Under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is filed by nonprofits to get exemption status. On January 31, 2020, the IRS abandoned the paper format of the form 1023. Those who used the paper version were given 90 days grace period and that ended on April 30, 2020. Going forward, every application has to be filed online through Pay.gov portal.

The following organizations are eligible to file Form 1023 under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code:

However, the IRS allows certain groups to be automatically exempt from filing Form 1023, yet still eligible to be classified as a 501(c)(3) organization:

Furthermore, to qualify for tax-exempt status, the organization must be:

Tax-exempt organizations may file Form 5768 to influence legislative activity.

Form 1023 requires the following information about an applying charity:

Form 1023 Application user fee for the long form is $600, and the Form 1023-EZ is $275 respectively.

Form 1023-EZ is a streamlined version of Form 1023; it was introduced in 2014 because the original Form 1023 can take over nine hours to complete, and many organizations were waiting over a year for review. About 52% of all organizations filed Form 1023-EZ, with an average turnaround time of 9 days. Of the organizations submitted, 95% of them were approved for charity status.

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