Did Your Nonprofit Get an IRS Penalty?
Here's How To Get it Removed.
I have copies of 19 actual penalty abatement request letters that were successful in persuading the IRS to remove penalties ranging from a few hundred dollars to over $50,000.Complete do-it-yourself guidance for nonprofit officers, volunteers, CPAs and other professional advisors.If you're a CPA and the penalty was your fault, I've got letters and strategies for you.I've been helping nonprofits and tax professionals remove IRS penalties since 2007 with over $3.75 million in penalties successfully removed.
Do you have the letter I need?Almost certainly. The letter library includes 19 successful actual cases covering the situations nonprofit organizations and CPAs encounter most often. You don't need an exact match. Most customers borrow language from several letters and adapt it to their own facts. Here are some of the problems the letters solve!
IRS says we filed late, but we know we filed on time.
Our CPA forgot to file an extension.
We were shutting down operations and missed the filing deadline.
IRS rejected our first abatement request letter.
CPA had software or technical problems that caused the deadline to be missed.
CPA completed our 990 but didn't transmit it electronically to the IRS.
Our volunteer preparer had health issues.
Our exempt status was revoked because we didn't file for three years.
Pandemic disruptions made us miss the filing deadline.
IRS rejected our 990 because it had a missing Schedule (usually Schedule A).
We got a penalty because we failed to notify IRS of our intent to operate as a 501(c)(4).
We didn't know we had to file.
My IRS Penalty Abatement Letter Library Includes:* 19 successful IRS Form 990 Penalty Abatement Request Letters in MS Word format.
* Letter Template you can customize for your exact situation.
* 100+ page PDF guide explaining exactly how to build a persuasive reasonable-cause argument that works.
* Video Tutorials (optional, but included).
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What some of my clients are saying:
"I was devastated when one of our nonprofit clients received a $30,000 late filing penalty. I did not know how to handle such penalties and did not know that they can be abated. With the help of your Form 990 Penalty Abatement e-book I was able to get the entire amount abated. This e-book is full of great and useful information for nonprofits. This book is for anybody who deals with IRS penalties as it has basic and detailed information that is necessary to be successful in removing penalties." ---from L.I., Certified Public Accountant, West Virginia.
"Just wanted to let you know I received two letters from the IRS today abating over $10,000 in penalties. Thanks for your help, the information I received to write the letter requesting the abatement was extremely valuable. Thanks again." From Mark, a nonprofit officer in NY.
"We received an IRS penalty letting our small Non-Profit know we hadn’t selected our 501c4 designation in the right time frame, because we didn’t know we needed the form until we filed our first tax return. The $5,000 penalty would drain our budget. Some Internet research brought us to David, who modified one of his letters for us. He made a strong case – and the IRS lifted ALL the fines and penalties. We can’t recommend David enough – he knows what he’s doing!" From a nonprofit Treasurer.