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[Archived] 4. IRS Announces Delay in New Tool for Groups Seeking Charity
Status * Chronicle of Philanthropy
Chronicle of Philanthropy
May 17, 2010
IRS Announces Delay in New Tool for Groups Seeking Charity Status
By Grant Williams
The Internal Revenue Service has announced a delay until next year in its release of a new Web-based software program
that is designed to help nonprofit groups prepare "complete and accurate" applications for charity status.
The delay for the software program, which is called Cyber-Assistant, means that a reduced fee for charity-status
applications will not be available until 2011. The IRS said last year that the software program would be ready in 2010
Currently the tax agency charges a fee of $850 for applications by organizations with annual gross receipts that average
more than $10,000 in the four years before they apply or for applications by new groups that anticipate such receipts in
their first four years.
Organizations with actual or anticipated annual gross receipts of $10,000 or less are required to pay $400.
The IRS has said that it will offer lower fees to groups that use Cyber-Assistant to prepare their applications, called the
Form 1023, in part because the quality and consistency of the applications will improve.
Organizations that use Cyber-Assistant to file their applications will be charged $200 regardless of their size. Organizations
that do not use Cyber-Assistant will be required to pay $850 regardless of size.
"Unfortunately, software testing has revealed some problems requiring correction prior to public launch, and the IRS must
delay the release of Cyber-Assistant beyond this calendar year," the tax agency said in a statement.
"Accordingly," the statement said, "the IRS will continue to accept and process all applications using our existing
processes, and the current user fees will remain in effect for this calendar year."

Contributed by Leuyen Dinh
Posted: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Last updated: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
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