Instructions For Form 4720 (2015) (Page 17 of 19) in pdf

Paid Preparer

Check “No,” if the IRS should contact

Payment System (EFTPS). Visit

the organization listed on the first page

or call 1-800-555-4477

Generally, anyone who is paid to

of the Form 4720, rather than the paid

for details. Electronic Funds Withdrawal

prepare the return must sign the return

preparer.

(EFW) from a checking or savings

and fill in the other blanks in the Paid

account also is available to those who

Preparer Use Only area. An employee

Phone Help

file electronically.

of the filing organization is not a paid

If you have questions and/or need help

preparer.

Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduc

completing this form, please call

The paid preparer must:

tion Act Notice.

1-877-829-5500. This toll-free

Sign the return in the space provided

We ask for the information on this form

telephone service is available Monday

for the preparer's signature,

to carry out the Internal Revenue laws of

through Friday.

Enter the preparer information,

the United States. We need it to ensure

Enter the preparer tax identification

Photographs of Missing

that you are complying with these laws

number (PTIN), and

and to allow us to figure and collect the

Children

Give a copy of the return to the

right amount of tax. Certain individuals

The Internal Revenue Service is a proud

organization, in addition to the copy to

who owe tax under Chapter 41 or 42 of

partner with the National Center for

be filed with the IRS.

the Internal Revenue Code, and who do

Missing and Exploited Children.

not sign the Form 4720 of the

Any paid preparer whose

Photographs of missing children

foundation or organization, must file a

identifying number must be

selected by the Center may appear in

separate Form 4720 showing the tax

listed on Form 990-PF can

instructions on pages that would

owed and the name of the foundation or

CAUTION

apply for and obtain a PTIN. You can

otherwise be blank. You can help bring

organization for which they owe tax.

apply for a PTIN online or by filing Form

these children home by looking at the

Sections 6001 and 6011 of the Internal

W-12, IRS Paid Preparer Tax

photographs and calling

Revenue Code require you to provide

Identification Number (PTIN)

1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) if

the requested information if the tax

Application and Renewal. For more

you recognize a child.

applies to you. Section 6109 requires

information about applying for a PTIN

you to provide your identifying number.

online, visit the IRS website at

How To Get Forms and

Routine uses of this information include

Publications

disclosing it to the Department of

Justice for civil and criminal litigation

Paid Preparer Authorization

Internet. You can access the IRS

and to other federal agencies, as

On the “Sign Here” line, check “Yes,” if

website 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,

provided by law. We may disclose the

the IRS can contact the paid preparer

at IRS.gov to:

information to cities, states, the District

who signed the return to discuss the

Download forms, including talking tax

of Columbia, and U.S. Commonwealths

return. This authorization applies only to

forms, instructions, and publications.

and possessions to administer their

the individual whose signature appears

Order IRS products online.

laws. We may also disclose this

in the Paid Preparer Use Only section of

Research your tax questions online.

information to other countries under a

Form 4720. It does not apply to the firm,

Search publications online by topic or

tax treaty, to federal and state agencies

if any, shown in that section.

keyword.

to enforce federal nontax criminal laws,

or to federal law enforcement and

By checking the “Yes box,” the

tax news by email.

intelligence agencies to combat

organization is authorizing the IRS to

terrorism. If you do not file this

contact the paid preparer to answer any

By phone and in person. You can

information, you may be subject to

questions that arise during the

order forms and publications by

interest, penalties, and/or criminal

processing of the return. The

downloading from the IRS website at

prosecution.

organization is also authorizing the paid

You can also

preparer to:

get most forms and publications at your

You are not required to provide the

Give the IRS any information missing

local IRS office.

information requested on a form that is

from the return,

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act

Call the IRS for information about

IRS eServices Makes

unless the form displays a valid OMB

processing the return, and

Taxes Easier

control number. Books or records

Respond to certain IRS notices about

relating to a form or its instructions must

Now more than ever before, businesses

math errors, offsets, and return

be retained as long as their contents

can enjoy the benefits of filing and

preparation.

may become material in the

paying their federal taxes electronically.

The organization is not authorizing

administration of any Internal Revenue

Whether you rely on a tax professional

law. Generally, tax returns and return

the paid preparer to bind the

or handle your own taxes, the IRS offers

information are confidential, as required

organization to anything or otherwise

you convenient programs to make taxes

represent the organization before the

by section 6103.

easier. Use these electronic options to

IRS.

make filing and paying easier.

The time needed to complete and file

The authorization will automatically

You can e-file your Form 990 or Form

this form will vary depending on

end no later than the due date

990-PF; Form 940 and 941 employment

individual circumstances. The estimated

(excluding extensions) for filing of the

tax returns; Forms 1099; and other

average time is:

organization's 2016 Form 4720. If the

information returns. Visit

organization wants to expand the paid

efile

for details.

preparer's authorization or revoke it

You can pay taxes online or by phone

before it ends, see Pub. 947, Practice

using the free Electronic Federal Tax

Before the IRS and Power of Attorney.

Form 4720 Instructions

Instructions For Form 4720 (2015) Page 17

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