Update on IRS Cyber Assist

Here’s the latest on the Cyber Assistant from author and former IRS examiner Sandy Deja:

The National Taxpayer Advocate’s 12/31/2011 Report to Congress is critical of IRS delays in releasing the Cyber Assistant and recommends that Congress require the IRS to move forward on making it available. (You can view this report at http://www.irs.gov/advocate/article/0,,id=252216,00.htmlis.)

In response, the IRS said, “Software testing revealed problems requiring correction prior to public launch, and the IRS had to delay the release. Because the IRS must balance a number of competing information technology needs, we cannot presently predict when Cyber Assistant will be available.”

So it looks as if the Cyber Assistant is on the back burner for now.

Sandy Deja
501c3book.com
Author of Prepare Your Own 501(c)(3) Application

 

Background: Cyber Assist was (is?) the IRS’s program to allow nonprofits to apply for tax exempt status online. The IRS was proposing to lower the application fee from $400 or $850 to only $200 for organizations applying online using Cyber Assist.

 

Thank you Sandy for the update, even if it’s not what we want to hear…

Homeschool leaders, Sandy has a terrific website http://501c3book.org/ and ebook Prepare Your Own 501(c)(3) Application to help you apply for 501c3 tax exempt status. Don’t go down that road alone!

 

Carol Topp, CPA

 

 

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