FILING DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR CERTAIN TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION ( NOTICE 2012-4)

On Friday December 16, 2011 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that tax-exempt organizations with January and February filing due dates will have until March 30, 2012, to file their annual returns.  

The IRS is granting this extension of time to file because the part of the e-file system that processes electronically filed returns of tax-exempt organizations will be off-line during January and February 2012.

In general, the extension applies to tax-exempt organizations whose normal filing deadline is either January 17 or February 15, 2012. Typically, these deadlines would apply to organizations with a fiscal year that ended on August 31 or September 30, 2011, respectively. The extension also applies to organizations that already obtained an initial three-month filing extension and now have an extended filing deadline that falls on January 17 or February 15, 2012. All tax-exempt organizations with calendar year-ends (December 31) will not be affected by this extension because they have a May 15 filing deadline.

The IRS also stated that the rest of the e-file system will continue to operate normally and urged all individuals and businesses to choose the accuracy, speed and convenience of electronic filing.