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A corporate 990‐T filer who is completing Form 8827 and claiming a refundable minimum tax 
credit (line 5c (2019) or 8c (2018) of Form 8827) should report the credit on Form 990‐T as 
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payments. Check the “Other” box. Enter “F8827” and the amount of the credit. 
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Instructions for Form 990-T

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return (and Proxy Tax Under Section
6033(e))
Section references are to the Internal Revenue
Code unless otherwise noted.

Contents
Purpose of Form . . . . . . . . . . . .
Who Must File . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
When To File . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Estimated Tax Payments . . . . . .
Depository Method of Tax
Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest and Penalties . . . . . . . . .
Which Parts To Complete . . . . . .
Consolidated Returns . . . . . . . .
Other Forms That May Be
Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accounting Methods . . . . . . . . .
Accounting Period . . . . . . . . . . .
Reporting Form 990-T Information
on Other Returns . . . . . . . .
Rounding Off to Whole Dollars . . .
Attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Public Inspection Requirements of
Section 501(c)(3)
Organizations . . . . . . . . . . .
Period Covered . . . . . . . . . . . .
Name and Address . . . . . . . . . .
Blocks A Through J . . . . . . . . . .
Part I. Unrelated Trade or
Business Income . . . . . . . .
Part II. Deductions Not Taken
Elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Part III. Total Unrelated Business
Taxable Income . . . . . . . . .
Part IV. Tax Computation . . . . . .
Part V. Tax and Payments . . . . . .
Part VI. Statements Regarding
Certain Activities and Other
Information . . . . . . . . . . . .
Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Schedule A. Cost of Goods Sold . .
Schedule C. Rent Income . . . . . .
Schedule E. Unrelated
Debt-Financed Income . . . . .
Schedule F. Interest, Annuities,
Royalties, and Rents From
Controlled Organizations . . .
Schedule G. Investment Income of
a Section 501(c)(7), (9), or
(17) Organization . . . . . . . .
Schedule I. Exploited Exempt
Activity Income, Other Than
Advertising Income . . . . . . .
Schedule J. Advertising Income . .
Schedule K. Compensation of
Officers, Directors, and
Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Schedule M. Unrelated Business
Taxable Income for Unrelated
Trade or Business . . . . . . .
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For the latest information about
developments related to Form 990-T and
its instructions, such as legislation
enacted after they were published, go to
IRS.gov/Form990T.

Adjustments to tax attributable to partner's audit liability. If your organization
received Form 8986, Partner's Share of
Adjustment(s) to Partnership-Related
Item(s), from one or more partnerships
that have elected to push out adjustments
to partnership-related items to their
partners, see the instructions for line 45
and line 46e.

What's New

Reminder

Future Developments

Qualified transportation fringes. P.L.
116-94 retroactively repealed the inclusion
in unrelated business taxable income of
certain benefits, including qualified
transportation fringes. For 2019, do not
enter an amount on line 33. If you want to
claim a refund for 2017 or 2018, file an
amended Form 990-T.
Extended tax provisions. Recent
legislation extended certain tax benefits
that had expired at the end of 2017. These
tax benefits include the following.
• Biofuel producer credit.
• Biodiesel and renewable diesel fuels
credit.
If you are eligible for one or more of
these benefits in 2019, you can claim
them on your 2019 return. If you are
eligible for one or more of these benefits
for tax year 2018, you will need to file an
amended Form 990-T return to claim
them.
Increase in minimum penalty for failure to file. For returns due after 2019,
the minimum penalty for failure to file a
return that is more than 60 days late has
increased to the smaller of the tax due or
$435.
Qualified Opportunity Investment. If
you deferred a capital gain into a qualified
opportunity fund (QOF), attach
Schedule D, Form 8949, and Form 8997,
Initial and Annual Statement of Qualified
Opportunity Fund (QOF) Investments, to
your return. You will need to file Form
990-T with Form 8997 attached annually
until you dispose of the investment. See
the Instructions for Form 8997.
Qualified business income deduction.
If you are a trust filing Form 990-T and
have unrelated business income, you may
have Qualified Business Income (QBI) and
may be allowed a QBI deduction under
section 199A. See line 38, later, for more
information.
Cat. No. 11292U

Separate UBTI calculation for each
trade or business. Organizations with
more than one unrelated trade or business
must compute unrelated business taxable
income (UBTI), including for purposes of
determining any net operating loss
deduction, separately with respect to each
trade or business. See Schedule M (Form
990-T). The UBTI with respect to any such
trade or business shall not be less than
zero when computing total UBTI.
Don't include social security numbers
on publicly disclosed forms. Because
the IRS is required to publicly disclose a
501(c)(3) organization’s Form 990-T
returns, social security numbers should
not be included on this form. Documents
subject to disclosure include schedules
and attachments filed with the form. See
Public Inspection Requirements of Section
501(c)(3) Organizations, later.

General Instructions
Purpose of Form

Use Form 990-T and Schedule M (as
applicable) to:
• Report unrelated business income;
• Figure and report unrelated business
income tax liability;
• Report proxy tax liability;
• Claim a refund of income tax paid by a
regulated investment company (RIC) or a
real estate investment trust (REIT), on
undistributed long-term capital gain;
• Request a credit for certain federal
excise taxes paid or for small employer
health insurance premiums paid; and
• Report unrelated business income tax
on reinsurance entities.

Who Must File

The following entities must file Form
990-T.
• Any domestic or foreign organization
exempt under section 501(a), section

529(a), or section 529A(a), if it has gross
income of $1,000 or more from a regularly
conducted unrelated trade or business
(see Regulations section 1.6012-2(e)).
Gross income is gross receipts minus the
cost of goods sold (see Regulations
section 1.61-3). For a discussion of cost of
goods sold see Schedule A. Cost of
Goods Sold, later.
The gross receipts from a gaming
business include all amounts
CAUTION wagered in games, not just the net
proceeds after payment of prizes and
other expenses. Cash prizes aren't
included in cost of goods sold but are
reported on line 27 as other deductions.

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A disregarded entity, as described
in Regulations sections
CAUTION 301.7701-1 through 301.7701-3,
is treated as a branch or division of its
parent organization for federal tax
purposes. Therefore, financial information
applicable to a disregarded entity must be
reported as the parent organization's
financial information.

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• Organizations liable for the proxy tax on

lobbying and political expenditures. See
Line 42. Proxy Tax, later, for a discussion
of the proxy tax. If your organization is only
required to file because of the proxy tax,
see Proxy Tax Only under Which Parts To
Complete, later.
• Colleges and universities of states and
other governmental units, and subsidiary
corporations wholly owned by such
colleges and universities. However, a
section 501(c)(1) corporation that is an
instrumentality of the United States and
both organized and exempt from tax by an
Act of Congress doesn’t have to file.
• Applicable reinsurance entities under
the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA),
section 1341(c)(1), must write “Applicable
Reinsurance Entity” across the top of
Form 990-T.
• Organizations that are liable for other
taxes (such as the section 1291 tax (Form
990-T, line 40 or 41) or recapture taxes
(Form 990-T, line 48)). See a discussion
of these items, later. If your organization is
only required to file Form 990-T because
of these taxes, see Other Taxes under
Which Parts To Complete, later.
• Qualified tuition programs described
under section 529 that have $1,000 or
more of unrelated trade or business gross
income.
• Qualified ABLE programs described
under section 529A that have $1,000 or
more of unrelated trade or business gross
income.
• Trustees for the following trusts that
have $1,000 or more of unrelated trade or
business gross income:
1. Individual retirement accounts (IRAs),
including traditional IRAs described under
section 408(a),

2. Simplified employee pension IRAs (SEP
IRAs) described under section 408(k),
3. Savings incentive match plan for
employees of small employers IRAs
(SIMPLE IRAs) described under section
408(p),
4. Roth IRAs described under section
408A,
5. Coverdell education savings accounts
(ESAs) described under section 530(b),
6. Archer medical savings accounts
(Archer MSAs) described under section
220(d), and
7. Health savings accounts (HSAs)
described under section 223(d).
Each account of a type listed

TIP above is treated as a separate

trust for unrelated business
income tax purposes (even if there is a
single owner or beneficiary for multiple
accounts). A custodian is treated as a
trustee. See section 408(h). Individual
retirement annuities, unlike individual
retirement accounts, aren't subject to
unrelated business income tax.
IRAs and other tax-exempt

TIP shareholders in a RIC or REIT

filing Form 990-T only to obtain a
refund of income tax paid on undistributed
long-term capital gains should complete
Form 990-T as explained in IRAs and
other tax-exempt shareholders in a RIC or
REIT, later.
Qualified Opportunity Investment. If
you deferred a capital gain into a qualified
opportunity fund (QOF), you must file your
Form 990-T with Schedule D, Form 8949,
and Form 8997 attached. You will need to
file Form 990-T with Form 8997 attached
annually until you dispose of the
investment. See the Instructions for Form
8997.

Definitions
Section 501(c)(3) organization.
Section 501(c)(3) describes certain
organizations which are exempt from
taxation under section 501(a). A 501(c)(3)
organization is an organization organized
and operated exclusively for charitable
purposes. See Regulations section
1.501(c)(3)-1(a).
Annual return. An annual return (for
purposes of the public inspection rules
discussed below) is an exact copy of the
Form 990-T that was filed with the IRS,
including all schedules and attachments. It
also includes any amendments to the
original return (amended return).
By annual return (for purposes of the
public inspection rules discussed below),
we mean any annual return (defined
above) that isn't more than 3 years old
from the later of:
• The date the return is required to be
filed (including extensions), or
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• The date that the return is actually filed.
Applicable reinsurance entity. An
applicable reinsurance entity is a
not-for-profit organization:
• The purpose of which is to help stabilize
premiums for coverage in the individual
and small group markets in a state during
the first 3 years of operation of the state's
American Health Benefit Exchange for
such markets within the state when the
risk of adverse selection related to new
rating rules and market changes is
greatest, and
• The duties of which are to conduct the
reinsurance program under ACA section
1341 by coordinating the funding and
operation of the risk-spreading
mechanisms designed to implement the
reinsurance program of the Act.
Directly connected expenses. To be
deductible in computing unrelated
business taxable income, expenses,
depreciation, and similar items must
qualify as deductions allowed by section
162, 167, or other sections, and must be
directly connected with the conduct of
unrelated trade or business activity.
To be directly connected with the
conduct of an unrelated trade or business
activity, expenses, depreciation, and
similar items must bear a proximate and
primary relationship to the conduct of the
activity. For example, where facilities
and/or personnel are used both to conduct
exempt activities and to conduct an
unrelated trade or business, expenses
and similar items attributable to such
facilities and/or personnel must be
allocated between the two uses on a
reasonable basis. The portion of any such
item allocated to the unrelated trade or
business must bear a proximate and
primary relationship to that unrelated trade
or business.
Not substantially related to. Not
substantially related to means the activity
that produces the income doesn’t
contribute importantly to the exempt
purposes of the organization, other than
the need for funds. Whether an activity
contributes importantly depends in each
case on the facts involved.
For details, see Pub. 598, Tax on
Unrelated Business Income of Exempt
Organizations.
Trade or business. A trade or business
is any activity conducted for the
production of income from selling goods or
performing services. An activity must be
conducted with intent to profit to constitute
a trade or business. An activity doesn’t
lose its identity as a trade or business
merely because it is conducted within a
larger group of similar activities that may
or may not be related to the exempt
purpose of the organization. If, however,
an activity conducted for profit is an
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unrelated trade or business, no part of it
can be excluded from this classification
merely because it doesn’t result in profit.
Separate trade or business. An
organization with more than one unrelated
trade or business should refer to Notice
2018-67, 2018-36 I.R.B. 409 when
determining what trades or businesses are
separate trades or businesses for
purposes of calculating UBTI.
Unrelated trade or business income.
Unrelated trade or business income is the
gross income derived from any trade or
business (defined above) regularly carried
on and not substantially related to (defined
above) the organization's exempt purpose
or function (aside from the organization's
need for income or funds or the use it
makes of the profits).
Generally, for section 501(c)(7), (9), or
(17) organizations, unrelated trade or
business income is derived from
nonmembers with certain modifications
(see section 512(a)).
For a section 511(a)(2)(B) state college
or university, or a corporation wholly
owned by such a college or university,
unrelated trade or business income is
derived from activities not substantially
related to exercising or performing any
purpose or function described in section
501(c)(3).
An unrelated trade or business doesn’t
include a trade or business:
1. In which substantially all the work is
performed for the organization without
compensation; or
2. That is conducted by a section
501(c)(3) or 511(a)(2)(B) organization
mainly for the convenience of its
members, students, patients, officers, or
employees; or
3. That sells items of work-related
equipment and clothes, and items
normally sold through vending machines,
food dispensing facilities or by snack bars,
by a local association of employees
described in section 501(c)(4), organized
before May 27, 1969, if the sales are for
the convenience of its members at their
usual place of employment; or
4. That sells merchandise
substantially all of which was received by
the organization as gifts or contributions;
or
5. That consists of qualified public
entertainment activities regularly
conducted by a section 501(c)(3), (4), or
(5) organization as one of its substantial
exempt purposes (see section 513(d)(2)
for the meaning of qualified public
entertainment activities); or
6. That consists of qualified
convention or trade show activities
regularly conducted by a section 501(c)
(3), (4), (5), or (6) organization as one of
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its substantial exempt purposes (see
section 513(d)(3) for the meaning of
qualified convention and trade show
activities); or
7. That furnishes one or more
services described in section 501(e)(1)(A)
by a hospital to one or more hospitals
subject to conditions in section 513(e); or
8. That consists of qualified pole
rentals, as defined in section 501(c)(12)
(D), by a mutual or cooperative telephone
or electric company; or
9. That includes activities relating to
the distribution of low-cost articles, each
costing $11.10 or less, by an organization
described in section 501 and contributions
to which are deductible under section
170(c)(2) or (3) if the distribution is
incidental to the solicitation of charitable
contributions; or
10. That includes the exchange or
rental of donor or membership lists
between organizations described in
section 501 and contributions to which are
deductible under section 170(c)(2) or (3);
or
11. That consists of bingo games as
defined in section 513(f). Generally, a
bingo game isn't included in any unrelated
trade or business if:
a. Wagers are placed, winners are
determined, and prizes are distributed in
the presence of all persons wagering in
that game, and
b. The game doesn’t compete with
bingo games conducted by for-profit
businesses in the same jurisdiction, and
c. The game doesn’t violate state or
local law; or
12. That consists of conducting any
game of chance by a nonprofit
organization in the state of North Dakota
and the conducting of the game doesn’t
violate any state or local law; or
13. That consists of soliciting and
receiving qualified sponsorship payments
that are solicited or received after
December 31, 1997. Generally, qualified
sponsorship payment means any payment
to a tax-exempt organization by a person
engaged in a trade or business in which
there is no arrangement or expectation of
any substantial return benefit by that
person other than the use or
acknowledgment of that person's name,
logo, or product lines in connection with
the activities of the tax-exempt
organization. See section 513(i).

When To File

An employees' trust defined in section
401(a), an IRA (including SEPs and
SIMPLEs), a Roth IRA, a Coverdell ESA,
or an Archer MSA must file Form 990-T by
the 15th day of the 4th month after the end
of its tax year. All other organizations must
file Form 990-T by the 15th day of the 5th
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month after the end of their tax years. If
the regular due date falls on a Saturday,
Sunday, or legal holiday, file no later than
the next business day. If the return is filed
late, see Interest and Penalties, later.
Extension. Filers may request an
automatic extension of time to file Form
990-T by using Form 8868, Application for
Automatic Extension of Time To File an
Exempt Organization Return.
Amended return. To correct errors or
change a previously filed return, write
“Amended Return” at the top of the return.
Also, include a statement that indicates
the line number(s) on the original return
that was changed and give the reason for
each change. Generally, the amended
return must be filed within 3 years after the
date the original return was due or 3 years
after the date the organization filed it,
whichever is later.

Where To File
U.S. Mail. Send Form 990-T and all other
required information to:
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service Center
Ogden, UT 84201-0027
Private Delivery Service. Organizations
can use certain private delivery services
(PDSs) designated by the IRS to meet the
"timely mailing as timely filing" rule for tax
returns. Go to IRS.gov/PDS for the list of
PDS.
The PDS can tell you how to get written
proof of the mailing date. For the IRS
mailing address to use if you're using
PDSs, go to IRS.gov/PDSstreetAddresses
and select the last Submission Processing
Center address for filing Form 990-T using
a PDS.
Private delivery services can't
deliver items to P.O. boxes. You
CAUTION must use the U.S. Postal Service
to mail any item to an IRS P.O. box
address.

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Estimated Tax Payments

Generally, an organization filing Form
990-T must make installment payments of
estimated tax if its estimated tax (tax
minus allowable credits) is expected to be
$500 or more. Both corporate and trust
organizations use Form 990-W, Estimated
Tax on Unrelated Business Taxable
Income for Tax-Exempt Organizations, to
figure their estimated tax liability. Don't
include the proxy tax when computing
your estimated tax liability for 2019.
To figure estimated tax, only trusts
must take the alternative minimum tax (if
applicable) into account. See Form 990-W
for more information.

Depository Method of Tax
Payment

The organization must pay any tax due in
full by the due date of the return without
extension.

Electronic Deposit Requirement
The organization must deposit all
depository taxes (such as employment
tax, excise tax, and corporate income tax)
electronically. Generally, electronic fund
transfers are made using the Electronic
Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS).
For more information about EFTPS or to
enroll in EFTPS, visit the EFTPS website
at IRS.gov/EFTPS, or call 1-800-555-4477
(TTY/TDD 1-800-733-4829). You can also
get Pub. 966, Electronic Federal Tax
Payment System: A Guide to Getting
Started.
Depositing on time. For EFTPS
deposits to be made timely, the
organization must submit the deposit by 8
p.m. Eastern time the day before the
deposit is due.
Same-day wire payment option. If
you fail to submit a deposit transaction on
EFTPS by 8 p.m. Eastern time the day
before the date a deposit is due, you can
still make your deposit on time by using
the Federal Tax Application (FTA), a
same-day federal tax payment system that
works in conjunction with EFTPS. Make
arrangements with your financial institution
ahead of time, noting the institution's
availability, deadlines, and costs, if you
believe you would ever need the
same-day wire payment option. To learn
more, visit
ElectronicFederalTaxPaymentSystem.
Timeliness of deposits. The IRS will
use business days to determine the
timeliness of deposits. Business days are
any day that isn’t a Saturday, Sunday, or
legal holiday in the District of Columbia.
If the organization owes tax when
it files Form 990-T, don't include
CAUTION the payment with the tax return.
Instead, use EFTPS.

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Interest and Penalties

Your organization may be subject to
interest and penalty charges if it files a late
return or fails to pay tax when due.
Generally, the organization isn't required
to include interest and penalty charges on
Form 990-T because the IRS can figure
the amount and bill the organization for it.

Interest. Interest is charged on taxes not
paid by the original due date for the return
even if the organization uses Form 8868 to
request an automatic extension of time to
file. Interest is also charged on penalties
imposed for failure to file, negligence,
fraud, substantial valuation

misstatements, and substantial
understatements of tax from the due date
(including extension) to the date of
payment. The interest charge is figured at
the underpayment rate determined under
section 6621.
Late filing of return. An organization
that fails to file its return when due
(including extension of time for filing) is
subject to a penalty of 5% of the unpaid
tax for each month or part of a month the
return is late, up to a maximum of 25% of
the unpaid tax. The minimum penalty for a
return that is more than 60 days late is the
smaller of the tax due or $435. The
penalty won't be imposed if the
organization can show that the failure to
file on time was due to reasonable cause.
If you receive a notice about a penalty
after you file this return, reply to the notice
with an explanation and we will determine
if you meet reasonable-cause criteria.
Don’t include an explanation when you file
your return.
Late payment of tax. The penalty for late
payment of taxes is usually 1/2 of 1% of the
unpaid tax for each month or part of a
month the tax is unpaid. The penalty can’t
exceed 25% of the unpaid tax. If you
receive a notice about a penalty after you
file this return, reply to the notice with an
explanation and we will determine if you
meet reasonable-cause criteria. Don’t
include an explanation when you file your
return.
Estimated tax penalty. An organization
that doesn’t make estimated tax payments
when due may be subject to an
underpayment penalty for the period of
underpayment. Generally, an organization
is subject to this penalty if its tax liability for
the tax year is $500 or more and it didn’t
make estimated tax payments of at least
the smaller of its tax liability for the tax
year or 100% of the prior year's tax. See
section 6655 for details and exceptions.
Form 2220, Underpayment of
Estimated Tax by Corporations, is used by
corporations and trusts filing Form 990-T
to see if the organization owes a penalty
and its amount. Generally, the
organization isn't required to file this form
because the IRS can figure the amount of
any penalty and notify the organization.
However, even if the organization doesn’t
owe the penalty, you must complete and
attach Form 2220 if either of the following
applies.
• The annualized income or adjusted
seasonal installment method is used.
• The organization is a “large
organization” computing its first required
installment based on the prior year's tax.
If you attach Form 2220, check the box
on Form 990-T, line 53, and enter the
amount of any penalty on this line.

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Trust fund recovery penalty. This
penalty may apply if certain excise,
income, social security, and Medicare
taxes that must be collected or withheld
aren't paid to the United States Treasury.
These taxes are generally reported on:
• Form 720, Quarterly Federal Excise
Tax Return;
• Form 941, Employer's Quarterly
Federal Tax Return;
• Form 943, Employer's Annual Federal
Tax Return for Agricultural Employees; or
• Form 945, Annual Return of Withheld
Federal Income Tax.
The trust fund recovery penalty may be
imposed on all persons who are
determined by the IRS to have been
responsible for collecting, accounting for,
and paying over these taxes, and who
acted willfully in not doing so. The penalty
is equal to the unpaid trust fund tax. See
the Instructions for Form 720; Pub. 15
(Circular E), Employer's Tax Guide; or
Pub. 51 (Circular A), Agricultural
Employer's Tax Guide, for details,
including the definition of responsible
persons.
Other penalties. There are also
penalties that can be imposed for
negligence, substantial understatement of
tax, reportable transaction
understatements, and fraud. See sections
6662, 6662A, and 6663.

Which Parts To Complete
If you are filing Form 990-T only

TIP because of the proxy tax, other

taxes, or only to claim a refund, go
directly to Proxy Tax Only, Other Taxes, or
Claim for Refund, later. If you are filing
Form 990-T only to claim the credit for
small employer health insurance
premiums, see the instructions for line 51f,
later.

Is Gross Income More Than
$10,000?
If the amount in Part I, line 13, column (A)
of Form 990-T or if the sum of the amounts
in Part I, line 13, column (A), of Form
990-T and all Schedules M, is more than
$10,000, complete all lines and schedules
that apply.

Is Gross Income $10,000 or Less?
If Part I, line 13, column (A) of Form 990-T
or if the sum of the amounts in Part I,
line 13, column (A), of Form 990-T and all
Schedules M is $10,000 or less, complete
the following.
• The heading (above Part I);
• Part I, lines 1–13, column (A);
• Part I, line 13, for columns (B) and (C);
• Part II, lines 28–31;
• Parts III–VI; and
• Signature area.
Instructions for Form 990-T

Filers with $10,000 or less on line 13,
column (A) don't have to complete
Schedules A through K (however, refer to
applicable schedules when completing
column (A) and in determining the
deductible expenses to include on line 13
of column (B)).

Proxy Tax Only
Organizations that are required to file
Form 990-T only because they are liable
for the proxy tax on lobbying and political
expenditures must complete the following.
• The heading (above Part I) except
items E, H, and I;
• Lines 42 and 45;
• Part V;
• Signature area; and
• Attach a statement showing the proxy
tax computation.

Other Taxes
Organizations that are required to file
Form 990-T only because they are liable
for recapture taxes, the section 1291 tax,
the tax on a hospital organization’s
non-compliant facility income, or other
items listed in the instructions for line 48
must complete the following.
• The heading above Part I except items
E, H, and I;
• The appropriate lines of Parts IV and V;
• Signature area; and
• Attach all appropriate forms and/or
schedules showing the computation of the
applicable tax or taxes.

Claim for Refund
If your only reason for filing a Form 990-T
is to claim a refund, complete the
following:
• The heading above
Part I except items E, H, and I;
• Enter -0- on line 13, column (A), line 39,
and line 49;
• Enter the credit or payment on the
appropriate line (51a-51g);
• Lines 52, 55, and 56; and
• Signature area.
For claims described below, follow the
additional instructions for that claim.
IRAs and other tax-exempt
shareholders in a RIC or REIT. If you
are an IRA or other tax-exempt
shareholder that is invested in a RIC or a
REIT and file Form 990-T only to obtain a
refund of income tax paid on undistributed
long-term capital gains, follow steps above
under Claim for Refund; write “Claim for
Refund Shown on Form 2439” at the top of
Form 990-T; and attach Copy B of Form
2439, Notice to Shareholder of
Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gains.
Composite Form 990-T. If you are a
trustee of more than one IRA invested in a
Instructions for Form 990-T

RIC, you may be able to file a composite
Form 990-T to claim a refund of tax under
section 852(b) instead of filing a separate
Form 990-T for each IRA. See Notice
90-18, 1990-1 C.B. 327, for information on
who can file a composite return. Complete
steps above under Claim For Refund and
follow the additional requirements in the
notice.
Backup withholding. If your only
reason for filing Form 990-T is to claim a
refund of backup withholding, complete
steps above under Claim for Refund and
attach a copy of the Form 1099 showing
the withholding.

Consolidated Returns

The consolidated return provisions of
section 1501 don't apply to exempt
organizations, except for organizations
having title holding companies. If a title
holding corporation described in section
501(c)(2) pays any amount of its net
income for a tax year to an organization
exempt from tax under section 501(a) (or
would, except that the expenses of
collecting its income exceeded that
income), and the corporation and
organization file a consolidated return as
described below, then treat the title
holding corporation as being organized
and operated for the same purposes as
the other exempt organization (in addition
to the purposes described in section
501(c)(2)).
Two organizations exempt from tax
under section 501(a), one a title holding
company and the other earning income
from the first, will be includible
corporations for purposes of section
1504(a). If the organizations meet the
definition of an affiliated group and the
other relevant provisions of Chapter 6 of
the Code, then these organizations may
file a consolidated return. The parent
organization must attach Form 851,
Affiliations Schedule, to the consolidated
return. For the first year a consolidated
return is filed, the title holding company
must attach Form 1122, Authorization and
Consent of Subsidiary Corporation To Be
Included in a Consolidated Income Tax
Return. See Regulations section
1.1502-100.

Other Forms That May Be
Required
Forms W-2 and W-3. File Form W-2,
Wage and Tax Statement, and Form W-3,
Transmittal of Wage and Tax Statements,
to report wages, tips, other compensation,
withheld income taxes, and withheld
social security/Medicare taxes for
employees.
Form 461. Noncorporate taxpayers may
need to file Form 461, Limitation on
Business Losses. See Form 461 and its
instructions.
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Form 720. File Form 720, Quarterly
Federal Excise Tax Return, to report
environmental excise taxes,
communications and air transportation
taxes, fuel taxes, manufacturer's taxes,
ship passenger tax, and certain other
excise taxes.

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See Trust fund recovery penalty,
earlier.

CAUTION

Form 926. File Form 926, Return by a
U.S. Transferor of Property to a Foreign
Corporation, if the organization is required
to report certain transfers to foreign
corporations under section 6038B.
Form 940. File Form 940, Employer's
Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA)
Tax Return, if the organization is liable for
FUTA tax.
Form 941 and Form 943. File Form 941,
Employer's QUARTERLY Federal Tax
Return, or Form 943, Employer's Annual
Federal Tax Return for Agricultural
Employees, to report income tax withheld,
and employer and employee social
security and Medicare taxes. Also, see
Trust fund recovery penalty, earlier.
Form 945. File Form 945, Annual Return
of Withheld Federal Income Tax, to report
income tax withheld from nonpayroll
distributions or payments, including
pensions, annuities, IRAs, gambling
winnings, and backup withholding.
Form 965, Form 965-A, and Form
965-B. See Form 965, Inclusion of
Deferred Foreign Income Upon Transition
to Participation Exemption System; Form
965-A, Individual Report of Net 965 Tax
Liability; and Form 965-B, Corporate and
Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
Report of Net 965 Tax Liability and
Electing REIT Report of 965 Amounts; and
their respective instructions, for more
information.
Form 1098. File Form 1098, Mortgage
Interest Statement, to report the receipt
from any individual of $600 or more of
mortgage interest (including points) in the
course of the organization's trade or
business and reimbursements of overpaid
interest.
Forms 1099-A, B, DIV, INT, LTC, MISC,
OID, R, S, and SA. Organizations
engaged in an unrelated trade or business
may be required to:
• File an information return on Forms
1099-A, B, DIV, INT, LTC, MISC, OID, R,
S, and SA;
• Report acquisitions or abandonments
of secured property through foreclosure;
• Report proceeds from broker and barter
exchange transactions;
• Report certain dividends and
distributions;
• Report interest income;

• Report certain payments made on a per
diem basis under a long-term care
insurance contract, and certain
accelerated death benefits;
• Report miscellaneous income (such as
payments to providers of health and
medical services, miscellaneous income
payments, and nonemployee
compensation);
• Report original issue discount;
• Report distributions from retirement or
profit-sharing plans, IRAs, SEPs,
SIMPLEs, insurance contracts;
• Report proceeds from real estate
transactions; and
• Report distributions from an HSA,
Archer MSA, or Medicare Advantage
MSA.
When filing the above noted
information returns, the
CAUTION organization must also file Form
1096, Annual Summary and Transmittal of
U.S. Information Returns.

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Form 4466. File Form 4466, Corporation
Application for Quick Refund of
Overpayment of Estimated Tax, to apply
for a quick refund if the organization
overpaid its estimated tax for the year by
at least 10% of its expected income tax
liability and at least $500.
Form 5498. File Form 5498, IRA
Contribution Information, to report
contributions (including rollover
contributions) to any IRA, including a SEP,
SIMPLE, Roth IRA, and to report Roth IRA
conversions, IRA recharacterizations, and
the fair market value (FMV) of the account.
Form 5498-ESA. File Form 5498-ESA,
Coverdell ESA Contribution Information, to
report contributions (including rollover
contributions) to a Coverdell education
savings account (ESA).
Form 5498-SA. File Form 5498-SA,
HSA, Archer MSA, or Medicare
Advantage MSA Information, to report
contributions to an HSA or Archer MSA
and the fair market value of an HSA,
Archer MSA, or Medicare Advantage
MSA. See the Instructions for Forms
1099-SA and 5498-SA.
Form 5713. File Form 5713, International
Boycott Report, if the organization had
operations in, or related to, certain
“boycotting” countries.
Form 5884-C. File Form 5884-C, Work
Opportunity Credit for Qualified
Tax-Exempt Organizations Hiring
Qualified Veterans, to claim the work
opportunity credit for qualified first-year
wages paid to qualified veterans who will
be working for the organization on or after
November 22, 2011, and before January
1, 2021.
Form 6198. File Form 6198, At-Risk
Limitations, if the organization has a loss

from an at-risk activity conducted as a
trade or business or for the production of
income.
Form 8275 and 8275-R. Taxpayers and
income tax return preparers file Form
8275, Disclosure Statement, and Form
8275-R, Regulation Disclosure Statement,
to disclose items or positions taken on a
tax return or that are contrary to Treasury
regulations (to avoid parts of the
accuracy-related penalty or certain
preparer penalties).
Form 8300. File Form 8300, Report of
Cash Payments Over $10,000 Received in
a Trade or Business, if the organization
received more than $10,000 in cash or
foreign currency in one transaction or in a
series of related transactions. See Form
8300 and Regulations section
1.6050I-1(c).
Form 8582. File Form 8582, Passive
Activity Loss Limitations, for trusts that
have losses (including prior year
unallowed losses) from passive activities.
Form 8697. File Form 8697, Interest
Computation Under the Look-Back
Method for Completed Long-Term
Contracts, to figure the interest due or to
be refunded under the look-back method
of section 460(b)(2). The look-back
method applies to certain long-term
contracts that are accounted for under
either the percentage method or the
completion-capitalized cost method.
Form 8810. File Form 8810, Corporate
Passive Activity Loss and Credit
Limitations, for closely held corporations
that have losses or credits (including prior
year unallowed losses and credits) from
passive activities.
Form 8865. File Form 8865, Return of
U.S. Persons With Respect To Certain
Foreign Partnerships, if the organization:
1. Controlled a foreign partnership
(that is, owned more than a 50% direct or
indirect interest in the partnership).
2. Owned at least a 10% direct or
indirect interest in a foreign partnership
while U.S. persons controlled that
partnership.
3. Had an acquisition, disposition, or
change in proportional interest in a foreign
partnership that:
a. Increased its direct interest to at
least 10% or reduced its direct interest of
at least 10% to less than 10%.
b. Changed its direct interest by at
least a 10% interest.
4. Contributed property to a foreign
partnership in exchange for a partnership
interest if:
a. Immediately after the contribution,
the organization directly or indirectly
owned at least a 10% interest in the
foreign partnership; or
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b. The FMV of the property the
organization contributed to the foreign
partnership in exchange for a partnership
interest, when added to other
contributions of property made to the
foreign partnership by the organization or
a related person during the preceding
12-month period, exceeds $100,000.
Also, the organization may have to file
Form 8865 to report certain dispositions
by a foreign partnership of property it
previously contributed to that foreign
partnership if it was a partner at the time of
the disposition. See Form 8865 and its
separate instructions.
Form 8886. File Form 8886, Reportable
Transaction Disclosure Statement, to
disclose information for each reportable
transaction in which the organization
participated. Form 8886 must be filed for
each tax year that the federal income tax
liability of the organization is affected by
its participation in the transaction. The
organization may have to pay a penalty if it
is required to file Form 8886 but doesn’t
do so. The following are reportable
transactions.
• Any listed transaction that is the same
as, or substantially similar to tax
avoidance transactions identified by the
IRS.
• Any transaction offered under
conditions of confidentiality for which the
organization paid an advisor a fee of at
least $250,000.
• Certain transactions for which the
organization has contractual protection
against disallowance of the tax benefits.
• Any transaction resulting in a loss of at
least $10 million in any single year or $20
million in any combination of years.
• Certain transactions identified by the
IRS in published guidance as a
“transaction of interest” (a transaction that
the IRS believes has a potential for tax
avoidance or evasion, but hasn’t yet been
identified as a listed transaction).
Form 8886-T. File Form 8886-T,
Disclosure by Tax-Exempt Entity
Regarding Prohibited Tax Shelter
Transaction, to disclose information with
respect to each prohibited tax shelter
transaction to which the organization is a
party.
Penalties. The organization may have
to pay a penalty if it is required to disclose
a reportable transaction under section
6011 and fails to properly complete and
file Form 8886. The penalty is $50,000
($200,000 if the reportable transaction is a
listed transaction) for each failure to file
Form 8886 with its return or for failure to
provide a copy of Form 8886 to the Office
of Tax Shelter Analysis (OTSA). Other
penalties, such as an accuracy-related
penalty under section 6662A, may also

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apply. See the Instructions for Form 8886
for details.
Form 8899. File Form 8899, Notice of
Income From Donated Intellectual
Property, to report income from qualified
intellectual property.
Form 8925. File Form 8925, Report of
Employer-Owned Life Insurance
Contracts, which must be filed by every
applicable policyholder owning one or
more employer-owned life insurance
contracts issued after August 17, 2006.
Form 8975. Certain United States
persons that are the ultimate parent entity
of a United States multinational enterprise
group with annual revenue for the
preceding reporting period of $850 million
or more are required to file Form 8975.
Form 8975 and its Schedules A (Form
8975) must be filed with the income tax
return of the ultimate parent entity of a
U.S. multinational enterprise group for the
tax year in or within which the reporting
period covered by Form 8975 ends. For
more information, see Form 8975,
Schedule A (Form 8975), and the
Instructions for Form 8975 and
Schedule A (Form 8975).
Form 8978. File Form 8978, Partner's
Additional Reporting Year Tax, to report
adjustments shown on Form 8986,
Partner's Share of Adjustment(s) to
Partnership-Related Items, received from
a partnership that has elected to push out
adjustments to partnership-related items
to their partners.
Form 8990. File Form 8990, Limitation on
Business Interest Expense Under
Section IRC 163(j), to claim a deduction
for business interest unless the taxpayer
meets certain specified exceptions. Also,
Form 8990 must be filed by any taxpayer
that owns an interest in a partnership with
current year or prior year carryover excess
business interest expense allocated from
the partnership.
Form 8991. File Form 8991, Tax on Base
Erosion Payments of Taxpayers With
Substantial Gross Receipts, for any
corporation, other than a regulated
investment company, a real estate
investment trust, or an S corporation, that
has average annual gross receipts for the
3-tax-year period ending with the
preceding tax year of at least $500 million.
Form 8993. File Form 8993, Section 250
Deduction for Foreign-Derived Intangible
Income (FDII) and Global Intangible
Low-Taxed Income (GILTI), for the
allowance of a deduction for the eligible
percentage of FDII. The deduction is
allowed only to domestic corporations (not
including real estate investment trusts
(REITs), regulated investment companies
(RICs), and S corporations).

Instructions for Form 990-T

Form 8994. File Form 8994, Employer
Credit for Paid Family and Medical Leave,
to figure the employer credit for paid
leave.
Form 8995. Refer to Form 8995,
Qualified Business Income Deduction
Simplified Computation if you are a trust
filing Form 990-T and have unrelated
business income, to determine if you have
Qualified Business Income (QBI) and may
be allowed a QBI deduction under section
199A. See instructions for line 38.
Form 8995-A. Refer to Form 8995,
Qualified Business Income Deduction
Simplified Computation if you are a trust
filing Form 990-T and have unrelated
business income, to determine if you have
Qualified Business Income (QBI) and may
be allowed a QBI deduction under section
199A. See instructions for line 38.
Form 8997. File Form 8997, Initial and
Annual Statement of Opportunity Fund
Investments, annually to report
investments held in a qualified opportunity
at any time during the year. See the
Instructions for Form 8997.

Accounting Methods

An accounting method is a set of rules
used to determine when and how income
and expenses are reported. Figure taxable
income using the method of accounting
regularly used in keeping the
organization's books and records.
Generally, permissible methods
include:
• Cash,
• Accrual, or
• Any other method authorized by the
Code.
In all cases, the method used must
clearly show taxable income.
See Pub. 538, Accounting Periods and
Methods.
Change in accounting method. To
change the method of accounting used to
report taxable income (for income as a
whole or for the treatment of any material
item), the organization must file with the
IRS either an (a) advanced consent
request for a ruling or (b) automatic
change request for certain specific
changes in accounting method.
In either case, the organization must
file Form 3115, Application for Change in
Accounting Method. See Pub. 538.
Section 481(a) adjustment. The
organization may have to make an
adjustment under section 481(a) to
prevent amounts of income or expense
from being duplicated or omitted. The
section 481(a) adjustment period is
generally 1 year for a net negative
adjustment and 4 years for a net positive
adjustment. However, an organization
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may elect a 1-year adjustment period for a
net positive section 481(a) adjustment that
is less than $50,000. The organization
may have to complete the appropriate
lines of Form 3115 to make the election.
See the Instructions for Form 3115 for
more information and exceptions.
Include any net positive section 481(a)
adjustment on Form 990-T, line 12. If the
net section 481(a) adjustment is negative,
report it on Form 990-T, line 27.

Accounting Period

The return must be filed using the
organization's established annual
accounting period. If the organization has
no established accounting period, file the
return on the calendar-year basis.
To change an accounting period, some
organizations may make a notation on a
timely filed Form 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, or
990-T. Others may be required to file Form
1128, Application To Adopt, Change, or
Retain a Tax Year. For details on which
procedure applies to your organization,
see Rev. Proc. 85-58, 1985-2 C.B. 740,
and the Instructions for Form 1128.
If the organization changes its
accounting period, file Form 990-T for the
short period that begins with the first day
after the end of the old tax year and ends
on the day before the first day of the new
tax year. For the short period return, figure
the tax by placing the organization's
taxable income on an annual basis. For
details, see section 443.

Reporting Form 990-T Information
on Other Returns
Your organization may be required to file
an annual information return on:
• Form 990, Return of Organization
Exempt From Income Tax;
• Form 990-EZ, Short Form Return of
Organization Exempt From Income Tax;
• Form 990-PF, Return of Private
Foundation or Section 4947(a)(1)
Nonexempt Charitable Trust Treated as a
Private Foundation; or
• Form 5500, Annual Return/Report of
Employee Benefit Plan.
If so, include on that information return
the unrelated business gross income and
expenses (but not including the specific
deduction claimed on line 38, or any
expense carryovers from prior years)
reported on Form 990-T for the same tax
year.

Rounding Off to Whole Dollars
The organization may enter decimal points
and cents when completing its return.
However, the organization should round
off cents to whole dollars on its return,
forms, and schedules to make completing
its return easier. The organization must

either round off all amounts on its return to
whole dollars, or use cents for all
amounts. To round, drop amounts under
50 cents and increase amounts from 50 to
99 cents to the next dollar. For example,
$8.40 rounds to $8 and $8.50 rounds to
$9.
If two or more amounts must be added
to figure the amount to enter on a line,
include cents when adding the amounts
and round off only the total.

Attachments
If you need more space on the form or
schedules, attach separate sheets
(statements). On the attachment, write the
corresponding form or schedule number
or letter and follow the same format. Show
totals on the IRS-printed form. Also,
include the organization's name and EIN.
The separate sheets should be the same
size as the IRS-printed form and should
be attached after the IRS-printed form.

Public Inspection Requirements of
Section 501(c)(3) Organizations
Under section 6104(d), a section 501(c)(3)
organization that files Form 990-T must
make its entire annual exempt
organization business income tax return
(including amended returns) available for
public inspection.
The Form 990-T and related schedules
must be made available for public
inspection for a period of 3 years from the
date the Form 990-T is required to be filed,
including any extension.

What Schedules and Attachments
to Form 990-T Must Be Made
Available for Public Inspection?
Only schedules, attachments
(statements), and supporting documents
that relate to the imposition of tax on
unrelated business income must be made
available for public inspection when
attached to a section 501(c)(3)
organization's Form 990-T filed after
August 17, 2006.
The following documents, when
attached to a section 501(c)(3)
organization's Form 990-T filed after
August 17, 2006, aren't required to be
made available for public inspections.
• Form 926, Return by a U.S. Transferor
of Property to a Foreign Corporation;
• Form 5471, Information Return of U.S.
Persons With Respect to Certain Foreign
Corporations;
• Form 8271, Investor Reporting of Tax
Shelter Registration Number;
• Form 8594, Asset Acquisition
Statement Under Section 1060;

• Form 8621, Information Return by a
Shareholder of a Passive Foreign
Investment Company or Qualified Electing
Fund;
• Form 8832, Entity Classification
Election;
• Form 8858, Information Return of U.S.
Persons With Respect to Foreign
Disregarded Entities;
• Form 8865, Return of U.S. Person with
Respect to Certain Foreign Partnerships;
• Form 8886, Reportable Transaction
Disclosure Statement;
• Form 8913, Credit for Federal
Telephone Excise Tax Paid;
• Form 8925, Report of Employer-Owned
Life Insurance Contracts;
• Form 8941, Credit for Small Employer
Health Insurance Premiums; and
• Form 8975, Country-by-Country
Report.

Public Inspection
How Does a 501(c)(3)
Organization Make Its Annual
Returns Available for Public
Inspection?

A 501(c)(3) organization must make its
annual returns available in two ways.
• By office visitation, and
• By providing copies or making them
widely available.

Public Inspection by Office
Visitation
A 501(c)(3) organization must make its
annual returns available for public
inspection without charge at its principal,
regional, and district offices during regular
business hours.
Conditions that may be set for public
inspection at the office. A 501(c)(3)
organization:
• May have an employee present,
• Must allow the individual conducting the
inspection to take notes freely during the
inspection, and
• Must allow an individual to make
photocopies of documents at no charge
but only if the individual brings
photocopying equipment to the place of
inspection.
Determining if a site is a regional or
district office. A regional or district office
is any office of a 501(c)(3) organization,
other than its principal office, that has paid
employees whose total number of paid
hours a week are normally 120 hours or
more. Include the hours worked by
part-time (as well as full-time) employees
in making that determination.
What sites aren't considered a
regional or district office. A site isn't
considered a regional or district office if:

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1. The only services provided at the
site further the organization's exempt
purposes (for example, day care, health
care, or scientific or medical research),
and
2. The site doesn’t serve as an office
for management staff, other than
managers who are involved only in
managing the exempt function activities at
the site.
What if the 501(c)(3) organization
doesn’t maintain a permanent office?
If the 501(c)(3) organization doesn’t
maintain a permanent office, it will comply
with the public inspection by office
visitation requirement by making the
annual returns available at a reasonable
location of its choice. It must permit public
inspection:
• Within a reasonable amount of time
after receiving a request for inspection
(normally, not more than 2 weeks), and
• At a reasonable time of day.
Optional method of complying. If a
501(c)(3) organization that doesn’t have a
permanent office wishes not to allow an
inspection by office visitation, it may mail a
copy of the requested documents instead
of allowing an inspection. However, it
must mail the documents within 2 weeks
of receiving the request and may charge
for copying and postage only if the
requester consents to the charge.
501(c)(3) organizations with a
permanent office but limited or no
hours. Even if a 501(c)(3) organization
has a permanent office but no office hours
or very limited hours during certain times
of the year, it must still meet the office
visitation requirement. To meet this
requirement during those periods when
office hours are limited or not available,
follow the rules above under What if the
501(c)(3) organization doesn’t maintain a
permanent office?

Public Inspection—Providing
Copies
A 501(c)(3) organization must provide
copies of its annual returns to any
individual who makes a request for a copy
in person or in writing unless it makes
these documents widely available.
In-person requests for document copies. A 501(c)(3) organization must
provide copies to any individual who
makes a request in person at the 501(c)(3)
organization's principal, regional, or
district offices during regular business
hours on the same day that the individual
makes the request.
Accepted delay in fulfilling an
in-person request. If unusual
circumstances exist and fulfilling a request
on the same day places an unreasonable
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burden on the 501(c)(3) organization, it
must provide copies by the earlier of:
• The next business day following the
day that the unusual circumstances end,
or
• The fifth business day after the date of
the request.
Examples of unusual circumstances
include:
• Receipt of a volume of requests (for
document copies) that exceeds the 501(c)
(3) organization's daily capacity to make
copies,
• Requests received shortly before the
end of regular business hours that require
an extensive amount of copying, or
• Requests received on a day when the
501(c)(3) organization's managerial staff
capable of fulfilling the request is
conducting official duties (for example,
student registration or attending an off-site
meeting or convention) instead of its
regular administrative duties.
Use of local agents for providing
copies. A 501(c)(3) organization may use
a local agent to handle in-person requests
for document copies. If a 501(c)(3)
organization uses a local agent, it must
immediately provide the local agent's
name, address, and telephone number to
the requester.
The local agent must:
• Be located within reasonable proximity
to the principal, regional, or district office
where the individual makes the request,
and
• Provide document copies within the
same time frames as the 501(c)(3)
organization.
Written requests for document copies.
If a 501(c)(3) organization receives a
written request for a copy of its annual
returns (or parts of these documents), it
must give a copy to the requester.
However, this rule only applies if the
request;
• Is addressed to a 501(c)(3)
organization's principal, regional, or
district office;
• Is delivered to that address by mail,
electronic mail (email), facsimile (fax), or a
private delivery service approved by the
IRS (see Private Delivery Service, earlier,
for a list), and
• Gives the address to which the
document copies should be sent.
How and when a written request is
fulfilled.
• Requested document copies must be
mailed within 30 days from the date the
501(c)(3) organization receives the
request.
• Unless other evidence exists, a request
or payment that is mailed is considered to
be received by the 501(c)(3) organization
7 days after the postmark date.

Instructions for Form 990-T

• If an advance payment is required,
copies must be provided within 30 days
from the date payment is received.
• If the 501(c)(3) organization requires
payment in advance and it receives a
request without payment or with
insufficient payment, it must notify the
requester of the prepayment policy and
the amount due within 7 days from the
date it receives the request.
• A request that is transmitted to the
501(c)(3) organization by email or fax is
considered received the day the request is
transmitted successfully.
• Requested documents can be emailed
instead of the traditional method of mailing
if the requester consents to this method.
A document copy is considered as
provided on the:
• Postmark date,
• Private delivery date,
• Registration date for certified or
registered mail,
• Postmark date on the sender's receipt
for certified or registered mail, or
• Day the email is successfully
transmitted (if the requester agreed to this
method).
Requests for parts of a document
copy. A person can request all or any
specific part or schedule of the annual
returns and the 501(c)(3) organization
must fulfill their request for a copy.
Can an agent be used to provide
copies? A 501(c)(3) organization can use
an agent to provide document copies for
the written requests it receives. However,
the agent must provide the document
copies under the same conditions that are
imposed on the 501(c)(3) organization
itself. Also, if an agent fails to provide the
documents as required, the 501(c)(3)
organization will continue to be subject to
penalties.
Example. The ABC Organization
retained an agent to provide copies for all
written requests for documents. However,
ABC Organization received a request for
document copies before the agent did.
The deadline for providing a response
is referenced by the date that the ABC
Organization received the request and not
when the agent received it. If the agent
received the request first, then a response
would be referenced to the date that the
agent received it.
Can a fee be charged for providing
copies? A 501(c)(3) organization may
charge a reasonable fee for providing
copies. Also, it can require the fee to be
paid before providing a copy of the
requested document.
What is a reasonable fee? A fee is
reasonable only if it is no more than the
per-page copying fee charged by the IRS
for providing copies, plus no more than the
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actual postage costs incurred to provide
the copies.
What forms of payment must the
501(c)(3) organization accept? The
form of payment depends on whether the
request for copies is made in person or in
writing.
Cash and money order must be
accepted for in-person requests for
document copies. The 501(c)(3)
organization, if it wishes, may accept
additional forms of payment.
Certified check, money order, and
either personal check or credit card must
be accepted for written requests for
document copies. The 501(c)(3)
organization, if it wishes, may accept
additional forms of payment.
Other fee information. If a 501(c)(3)
organization provides a requester with
notice of a fee and the requester doesn’t
pay the fee within 30 days, the 501(c)(3)
organization may ignore the request.
If a requester's check doesn’t clear on
deposit, the 501(c)(3) organization may
ignore the request.
If a 501(c)(3) organization doesn’t
require prepayment and the requester
doesn’t prepay, the 501(c)(3) organization
must receive consent from the requester if
the copying and postage charge exceeds
$20.
501(c)(3) organizations subject to a
harassment campaign. If the IRS
determines that a 501(c)(3) organization is
being harassed, it isn't required to comply
with any request for copies that it
reasonably believes is part of the
harassment campaign.
A group of requests for a 501(c)(3)
organization's annual return is indicative of
a harassment campaign if the requests
are part of a single coordinated effort to
disrupt the operations of the 501(c)(3)
organization rather than to collect
information about it.
Requests that may be disregarded
without IRS approval. A 501(c)(3)
organization may disregard any request
for copies of all or part of any document
beyond the first two received within any
30-day period or the first four received
within any 1-year period from the same
individual or the same address.

Making the Annual Returns Widely
Available
A 501(c)(3) organization doesn’t have to
provide copies of its annual returns if it
makes these documents widely available.
However, it must still allow public
inspection by office visitation.
How does a 501(c)(3) organization
make its annual returns widely

available? A 501(c)(3) organization's
annual returns are widely available if it
meets all four of the following
requirements.
1. The Internet posting requirement is
met if:
• The document is posted on an Internet
page that the 501(c)(3) organization
establishes and maintains, or
• The document is posted as part of a
database of like documents of other
tax-exempt organizations on an Internet
page established and maintained by
another entity.
2. An additional posting information
requirement is met if:
• The Internet page through which the
document is available clearly informs
readers that the document is available and
provides instructions for downloading the
document;
• After it is downloaded and viewed, the
web document exactly reproduces the
image of the annual return as it was
originally filed with the IRS, except for any
information permitted by statute to be
withheld from public disclosure; and
• Any individual with access to the
Internet can access, download, view, and
print the document without special
computer hardware or software required
for that format (except software that is
readily available to members of the public
without payment of any fee) and without
payment of a fee to the 501(c)(3)
organization or to another entity
maintaining the web page.
3. The reliability and accuracy
requirements are met if the entity
maintaining the Internet page:
• Has procedures for ensuring the
reliability and accuracy of the document
that it posts on the page;
• Takes reasonable precautions to
prevent alteration, destruction, or
accidental loss of the document when
posted on its page; and
• Corrects or replaces the document if a
posted document is altered, destroyed, or
lost.
4. The notice requirement is met if a
501(c)(3) organization notifies any
individual requesting a copy of its annual
return where the documents are available
(including the Internet address). If the
request is made in person, the 501(c)(3)
organization must notify the individual
immediately. If the request is in writing, it
must notify the individual within 7 days of
receiving the request.

Penalties
A penalty may be imposed on any person
who doesn’t make the annual returns
(including all required attachments)
available for public inspection according to
the section 6104(d) rules discussed,
earlier. If more than one person fails to

comply, each person is jointly and
severally liable for the full amount of the
penalty. The penalty amount is $20 for
each day during which a failure occurs.
The maximum penalty that may be
imposed on all persons for any one annual
return is $10,000.
Any person who willfully fails to comply
with the section 6104(d) public inspection
requirements is subject to an additional
penalty of $5,000.

Specific Instructions
Period Covered

File the 2019 form for calendar year 2019
or a fiscal year beginning in 2019 and
ending in 2020. For a fiscal year, fill in the
tax year information at the top of the form.
The 2019 Form 990-T may also be
used if:
• The organization has a tax year of less
than 12 months that begins and ends in
2020, and
• The 2020 Form 990-T isn't available at
the time the organization is required to file
its return. The organization must show its
2020 tax year on the 2019 Form 990-T
and take into account any tax law changes
that are effective for tax years beginning
after 2019.

Name and Address

The name and address on Form 990-T
should be the same as the name and
address shown on other Forms 990.
Include the suite, room, or other unit
number after the street address. If the
Post Office doesn’t deliver mail to the
street address and the organization has a
P.O. box, show the box number instead of
the street address.
If the organization receives its mail in
care of a third party (such as an
accountant or an attorney), enter on the
street address line “C/O” followed by the
third party's name and street address or
P.O. box.
Change of name. If the
organization has changed its
CAUTION name, it must check the box next
to “Name of organization” and also
provide the following when filing this
return, if it is:

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• A corporation, or is incorporated with
the state—an amendment to the articles of
incorporation along with proof of filing with
the state.
• A trust—an amendment to the trust
agreement with the trustee(s) signature.
• An association, or an unincorporated
association—an amendment to the
articles of association, constitution,
by-laws, or other organizing document
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with signatures of at least two officers/
members.

Blocks A Through J
Block A. If the organization has changed
its address since it last filed a return,
check Block A.
If a change in address occurs after

TIP the return is filed, use Form 8822–

B, Change of Address or
Responsible Party - Business, to notify the
IRS of the new address.
Block B. Check the box under which the
organization receives its tax exemption.
Qualified pension, profit-sharing, and
stock bonus plans should check the 501
box and enter “a” between the first set of
parentheses.
For other organizations exempt under
section 501, check the box for 501 and
enter the section that describes their tax
exempt status, for example, 501(c)(3).
For tax exempt organizations that don't
receive their exemption under section 501,
use the following guide.
IF you are a . . . . .

THEN check this
box

IRA, SEP, or SIMPLE

408(e)

Roth IRA

408A

Archer MSA

220(e)

Coverdell ESA

530(a)

Qualified State
Tuition Program

529(a)

For an “applicable reinsurance entity”
described in section 1341(c)(1) of the
Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA), don't
check any of the boxes. Instead, write
“Applicable Reinsurance Entity” across the
top of the Form 990-T.
Block C. Enter the total of the end-of-year
assets from the organization's books of
account.
Block D. An employees' trust described
in section 401(a) and exempt under
section 501(a) should enter its own trust
identification number in this block.
An IRA trust enters its own EIN in this
block. An IRA trust never uses a social
security number or the trustee's EIN.
An EIN may be applied for:
• Online—Click on the Employer ID
Numbers (EINs) link at Apply for an EIN
online. The EIN is issued immediately
once the application information is
validated.
• By mailing or faxing Form SS-4,
Application for Employer Identification
Number.

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Note. Only organizations located in the
United States or U.S. possessions can
use the online application. Foreign
organizations must use one of the other
methods to apply for an EIN.
Block E. Enter the applicable unrelated
trade or business activity code that
specifically describes the organization's
unrelated trade or business reported in
Parts I and II. The business activity codes
in these instructions (before the Index),
except as otherwise noted, are
non-exclusive list of 6-digit NAICS (North
American Industry Classification System)
codes that may be relied on as a
reasonable, good-faith interpretation
under Notice 2018-67, 2018-36 I.R.B. 409.
Block F. If the organization is covered by
a group exemption, enter the group
exemption number.
Block G. Check the box that describes
your organization, unless you are an
applicable reinsurance entity under
section 1341(c)(1) of the ACA.
“Other trust” includes IRAs, SEPs,
SIMPLEs, Roth IRAs, Coverdell IRAs, and
Archer MSAs.
Section 529 organizations check the
501(c) corporation or 501(c) trust box
depending on whether the organization is
a corporation or a trust. Also, the box for
529(a) in Block B must be checked.
If you check “501(c) corporation,” leave
line 41 blank. If you check “501(c) trust,”
“401(a) trust,” or “Other trust” leave line 40
blank.
An applicable reinsurance entity should
check none of the boxes.
Block H. Enter the total number of the
organization's unrelated trades or
businesses. An organization with only one
unrelated trade or business describes the
unrelated trade or business in Block H
(attach a statement if more space is
needed) and should complete Parts I, II,
and III. An organization with more than
one unrelated trade or business describes
one unrelated trade or business in Block H
(attach a statement if more space is
needed) and should complete Parts I and
II for that unrelated trade or business. The
organization should then complete a
separate Schedule M for each additional
unrelated trade or business. After
completing Parts I, II, and all needed
Schedules M, the organization should
then complete Part III.
Block I. Check the “Yes,” box if your
organization is a corporation and either 1
or 2 below applies:
1. The corporation is a subsidiary in
an affiliated group (defined in section
1504) but isn't filing a consolidated return
for the tax year with that group.

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2. The corporation is a subsidiary in a
parent-subsidiary controlled group
(defined in section 1563).

subparagraph (H) of that section is
excluded from unrelated business taxable
income.

Excluded member. If the corporation
is an “excluded member” of a controlled
group (see section 1563(b)(2)), it is still
considered a member of a controlled
group for purposes of Block I.

Income from qualifying shipping activities. The organization's gross income
doesn’t include income from qualifying
shipping activities (as defined in section
1356) if the organization makes an
election under section 1354 on a timely
filed return (including extensions) to be
taxed on its notional shipping income (as
defined in section 1353) at the highest
corporate rate. If the election is made, the
organization generally may not claim any
loss, deduction, or credit with respect to
qualifying shipping activities. An
organization making this election also may
elect to defer gain on the disposition of a
qualifying vessel under section 1359. Use
Form 8902, Alternative Tax on Qualifying
Shipping Activities, to figure the tax.
Include the alternative tax on Form 990-T,
Part IV, line 48.

Block J. Enter the name of the person
who has the organization's books and
records and the telephone number at
which he or she can be reached.

Part I. Unrelated Trade or
Business Income
Reporting One or More Than
One Unrelated Trade or
Business

An organization with only one unrelated
trade or business should complete Parts I,
II, and III. Complete only the lines relevant
to the unrelated trade or business being
reported on Part I.
An organization with more than one
unrelated trade or business should
complete Parts I and II for one trade or
business, attach a separate Schedule M
for each additional trade or business, then
complete Part III.
If filing one or more Schedules M, refer
to the instructions for Parts I and II in
completing the corresponding lines on
Schedule M. Complete only the lines
relevant to the unrelated trade or business
being reported on Schedule M. Attach
statements containing the information
required by Schedules A through K to
Schedule M as necessary. Filers may fill in
blank copies of Schedules A through K for
this purpose.
Complete lines 1 through 13, column
(A), of Form 990-T and any Schedules M.
If the sum of the amount on Part I, line 13,
of Form 990-T and any Schedules M is
$10,000 or less, you may complete only
line 13 for columns (B) and (C) on Form
990-T and any Schedules M. These filers
don't have to complete Schedules A
through K (however, refer to applicable
schedules when completing lines 1
through 13, column (A) of Form 990-T,
and any Schedules M). If the sum of the
amount on line 13, column (A), of Form
990-T and any Schedules M is more than
$10,000, complete all lines and schedules
that apply. Attach copies of the
appropriate schedules to Schedule M.
Refer to the corresponding schedules to
determine the amount to be reported on
each line.
Member income of mutual or cooperative electric companies. Income of a
mutual or cooperative electric company
described in section 501(c)(12) which is
treated as member income under
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Passive loss and at-risk limitations.
Under section 469, certain taxpayers,
including certain tax-exempt
organizations, may not deduct a passive
activity loss (PAL). Such tax-exempt
organizations (“affected tax-exempt
organizations”) include a trust (such as a
trust described in section 501(c), a trust
described in section 401(a), or an IRA),
and a corporation if at any time during the
last half of its tax year more than 50% in
value of the outstanding stock of the
corporation is owned, directly or indirectly,
by or for not more than five organizations
that are private foundations under section
509(a) or are described in sections 401(a)
or 501(c)(17) (for example, a stock
corporation described in section 501(c)(2)
with a 401(a) parent or private foundation
parent).
A PAL occurs when total losses
(including prior year unallowed losses)
from all the organization’s passive
activities exceed the total income from all
its passive activities. Generally, passive
activities include: (1) trade or business
activities in which the organization didn’t
materially participate for the tax year; and
(2) rental activities, regardless of your
participation. If the organization has
income or loss from a passive activity,
several lines on the Form 990-T may be
affected by these rules.
PALs can’t be used to offset income
from nonpassive activities. Passive activity
income doesn’t include portfolio income.
Portfolio income (see Temporary
Regulations section 1.469-2T(c)(3)) is
income from a nonpassive activity.
Portfolio income includes all gross
income, other than income derived in the
ordinary course of a trade or business,
that is attributable to interest, dividends,
annuities, and royalties (by contrast, a
bank's receipt of interest is in the ordinary

course of a trade or business, as is a
securities dealer's receipt of dividends).
Portfolio income also includes gain or loss
from the disposition of property that
produces portfolio income or is held for
investment (see section 163(d)(5)). The
rule treating portfolio income as not from a
passive activity doesn’t apply to the extent
that income, of a type generally regarded
as portfolio income, is derived in the
ordinary course of a trade or business. For
example, the business income of a bank
typically is largely interest. Similarly, a
securities broker/dealer may earn a
substantial portion of the income from the
business in the form of dividends and
gains on sales of dividend-bearing
instruments. Interest income may also
arise in the ordinary course of a trade or
business with respect to installment sales
and interest charges on accounts
receivable. This means that portfolio
income may not be reduced by PALs or
passive activity credits. For example, any
portfolio income earned by a trust
described in section 501(a) that is
unrelated business taxable income (such
as unrelated debt-financed income) may
not be offset by PALs from an unrelated
trade or business.
Section 469(k) provides that the
passive activity limitations must be applied
separately to items from each publicly
traded partnership (PTP). A PTP is a
partnership whose interests are traded on
an established securities market or are
readily tradable on a secondary market (or
its substantial equivalent). PALs from a
PTP generally may be used only to offset
income or gain from passive activities of
the same PTP. This means that a partner
in a PTP may not use PALs and passive
activity credits from a PTP to offset income
from other sources, including passive
activity income from another PTP. Such
PALs and passive activity credits aren't
allowed for the taxable year.
Generally, PALs are subject to other
limitations (for example, basis and at-risk
limitations) before they are subject to the
PAL limitations. For example, the at-risk
rules under section 465 generally prohibit
trusts and corporations that are affected
tax-exempt organizations from claiming
losses from activities in excess of the
taxpayer’s amount at risk in the activity.
An affected tax-exempt organization
may need to attach Form 6198, At-Risk
Limitations, and either Form 8582,
Passive Activity Loss Limitations, or Form
8810, Corporate Passive Activity Loss and
Credit Limitations. For more information
on these rules, see Pub. 925, Passive
Activity and At-Risk Rules.
How to report income received
TIP from a payment card and third
party network transactions. An
organization that receives a Form 1099-K

reporting a "gross amount" received from
payment card and third party network
transactions in the tax year should report
these amounts in the same manner as if
the payments weren’t reported on a Form
1099-K. There isn't any one specific line
on which to report an amount from Form
1099-K; the correct line should be
determined based on the nature of the
payments. Some payments received may
constitute unrelated business income; see
the instructions below to determine the
appropriate line. For instance, if some of
the payments are sales income from an
unrelated business, then those payments
would be reported on line 1a. Retain
Forms 1099-K with your other records.

Line 1a. Gross Receipts or
Sales

Enter the gross receipts from an unrelated
trade or business regularly conducted that
involves the sale of goods or performance
of services.
A section 501(c)(7) social club
TIP would report its restaurant and bar
receipts from nonmembers on
line 1, but would report its investment
income on line 9 and in Schedule G.

Advance payments. In general, advance
payments are reported in the year of
receipt. To report income from long-term
contracts, see section 460. For special
rules for reporting certain advance
payments for goods and long-term
contracts, see Regulations section
1.451-5. For permissible methods for
reporting advance payments for services
and certain goods by an accrual method
organization, see Rev. Proc. 2004-34,
2004-22 I.R.B. 991, available at IRS.gov/
IRB2004-22.
Installment sales. Generally, the
installment method cannot be used for
dealer dispositions of property. A “dealer
disposition” is (a) any disposition of
personal property by a person who
regularly sells or otherwise disposes of
personal property of the same type on the
installment plan or (b) any disposition of
real property held for sale to customers in
the ordinary course of the taxpayer's trade
or business.
These restrictions on using the
installment method don't apply to
dispositions of property used or produced
in a farming business or sales of
time-shares and residential lots for which
the organization elects to pay interest
under section 453(l)(3).
For sales of time-shares and residential
lots reported under the installment
method, the organization's income tax is
increased by the interest payable under
section 453(l)(3). To report this addition to
the tax, see the instructions for line 48.
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Enter on line 1a and line 3, the gross
profit on collections from installment sales
for any of the following.
• Dealer dispositions of property before
March 1, 1986.
• Dispositions of property used or
produced in the trade or business of
farming.
• Certain dispositions of time-shares and
residential lots reported under the
installment method.
Attach a statement showing the
following information for the current and
the 3 preceding years.
1. Gross sales,
2. Cost of goods sold,
3. Gross profits,
4. Percentage of gross profits to gross
sales,
5. Amount collected, and
6. Gross profit on amount collected.
Nonaccrual experience method.
Accrual method organizations aren't
required to accrue certain amounts to be
received from the performance of services
that, on the basis of their experience,
won't be collected, if:
• The services are in the fields of health,
law, engineering, architecture, accounting,
actuarial science, performing arts, or
consulting; or
• The organization's average annual
gross receipts for the 3 prior tax years
doesn’t exceed $5 million.
This provision doesn’t apply to any
amount if interest is required to be paid on
the amount or if there is any penalty for
failure to timely pay the amount. See
Regulations section 1.448-2.
Organizations that qualify to use the
nonaccrual experience method should
attach a statement showing total gross
receipts, amounts not accrued as a result
of the application of section 448(d)(5), and
the net amount accrued. Enter the net
amount on line 1a.
Gain or loss on disposition of certain
brownfield property. Gain or loss from
the qualifying sale, exchange, or other
disposition of a qualifying brownfield
property (as defined in section 512(b)(19)
(C)), which was acquired by the
organization after 2004, is excluded from
unrelated business taxable income and is
excepted from the debt-financed rules for
such property. See section 512(b)(19) and
514(b)(1)(E).

Line 4a. Capital Gain Net
Income

Generally, organizations required to file
Form 990-T (except organizations
described in sections 501(c)(7), (9), and
(17)) aren't taxed on the net gains from the
sale, exchange, or other disposition of
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property. However, net capital gains on
debt-financed property, capital gains on
cutting timber, and ordinary gains on
sections 1245, 1250, 1252, 1254, and
1255 property are taxed. See Form 4797,
Sales of Business Property, and its
instructions for additional information.
Also, any capital gain or loss passed
through from an S corporation or any gain
or loss on the disposition of S corporation
stock by a qualified tax exempt
organization (see S Corporations, later) is
taxed as a capital gain or loss, and
reported on line 4.
Capital gains and losses should be
reported by a trust on Schedule D (Form
1041), Capital Gains and Losses, and by a
corporation on Schedule D (Form 1120),
Capital Gains and Losses (and Form
8949, Sale and Other Dispositions of
Capital Assets). Schedule D of Form 1041
or Form 1120 (and Form 8949 if
applicable) must be attached to Form
990-T.
If you deferred a capital gain into a
QOF, you must attach Schedule D, Form
8949, and Form 8997 to your return. You
will need to annually file Form 8997 until
you dispose of the investment. See the
Instructions for Form 8997.
An organization that transfers
securities it owns for the contractual
obligation of the borrower to return
identical securities recognizes no gain or
loss. To qualify for this treatment, the
organization must lend the securities
under an agreement that requires:
1. The return of identical securities;
2. The payment of amounts
equivalent to the interest, dividends, and
other distributions that the owner of the
securities would normally receive; and
3. The risk of loss or opportunity for
gain not be lessened.
See section 512(a)(5) for details.
Debt-financed property disposition.
The amount of gain or loss to be reported
on the sale, exchange, or other disposition
of debt-financed property is the same
percentage as the highest acquisition
indebtedness for the property for the
12-month period before the date of
disposition is to the average adjusted
basis of the property. The percentage may
not be more than 100%. See the
instructions for Schedule E, column 5, to
determine adjusted basis and average
adjusted basis.
If debt-financed property is depreciable
or depletable property, the provisions of
sections 1245, 1250, 1252, 1254, and
1255 must be considered first.
Example. On January 1, 2018, an
exempt educational corporation, using
$288,000 of borrowed funds, purchased
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an office building for $608,000. The only
adjustment to basis was $29,902 for
depreciation (straight line method under
MACRS over the 39-year recovery period
for nonresidential real property). The
corporation (section 501(c)(3)
organization) sold the building on
December 31, 2019, for $640,000. At the
date of sale, the adjusted basis of the
building was $578,098 ($608,000 −
$29,902) and the indebtedness remained
at $288,000. The adjusted basis of the
property on the first day of the year of
disposition was $593,037. The average
adjusted basis is $585,568 (($593,037 +
$578,098) ÷ 2). The debt/basis
percentage is 49% ($288,000 ÷
$585,568).
The taxable gain is $30,332 (49% ×
($640,000 − $578,098)). This is a
long-term capital gain. A corporation
should enter the gain on Schedule D
(Form 1120) Part II, line 8. A trust should
enter the gain on Schedule D (Form
1041), if applicable. In either scenario (a
corporation or a trust), the educational
organization must attach a statement to
Form 990-T, in addition to the Schedule D
attachment, showing how the gain was
figured along the lines described in this
example, if the details weren’t provided
with the Schedule D attachment(s).
Disposition of property received from
taxable subsidiary and used in unrelated business. A taxable 80%-owned
subsidiary corporation of one or more
tax-exempt entities is generally subject to
tax on a distribution in liquidation of its
assets to its exempt parent (or parents).
See section 337. The assets are treated
as if sold at FMV.
“Tax-exempt entities” for this purpose
include organizations described in
sections 501(a), 529, 529A, and 115,
charitable remainder trusts, U.S. and
foreign governments; Indian tribal
governments; international organizations;
and similar non-taxable organizations.
A taxable corporation that transfers
substantially all of its assets to a
tax-exempt entity in a transaction that
otherwise qualifies for nonrecognition
treatment must recognize gain on the
transaction as if it sold the assets at FMV.
However, such a transfer isn't taxable if it
qualifies as a like-kind exchange under
section 1031 or an involuntary conversion
under section 1033. In such a case the
built-in appreciation is preserved in the
replacement property received in the
transaction. A “taxable corporation” is any
corporation that isn't a tax-exempt entity
as defined above, including an S
corporation.
A corporation that changes status from
taxable to tax-exempt is treated generally
as if it transferred all of its assets to a
tax-exempt entity immediately before the
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change in status (thus subjecting it to the
tax on a deemed sale for fair FMV). This
rule doesn’t apply where the taxable
corporation becomes exempt within 3
years of formation, or had previously been
exempt and within several years
(generally a period of 3 years) regains
exemption, unless the principal purpose of
the transactions is to avoid the tax on the
change in status.
In the transactions described above,
the taxable event is deferred for property
that the tax-exempt entity immediately
uses in an unrelated business. If the
parent later disposes of the property, then
any gain (not in excess of the amount not
recognized) is included in the parent’s
unrelated business taxable income. If
there is partial use of the assets in
unrelated business, then there is partial
recognition of gain or loss with respect to
the assets not so used. Property is treated
as disposed if the tax-exempt entity no
longer uses it in an unrelated business.
Losses on the transfer of assets to a
tax-exempt entity are disallowed if part of
a plan having a principal purpose of
recognizing losses.

Line 4b. Net Gain or (Loss)

Show gains and losses on other than
capital assets on Form 4797. Enter on this
line the net gain or (loss) from Form 4797,
Part II, line 17.
An exempt organization using Form
4797 to report ordinary gain on sections
1245, 1250, 1252, 1254, and 1255
property will include only depreciation,
amortization, or depletion allowed or
allowable in figuring unrelated business
taxable income or taxable income of the
organization (or a predecessor
organization) for a period when it wasn’t
exempt.

Line 4c. Capital Loss Deduction
for Trusts
If a trust has a net capital loss, it is subject
to the limitations of Schedule D (Form
1041). Enter on this line the loss figured
on Schedule D (Form 1041).

Line 5. Income or (Loss) From a
Partnership or an S
Corporation
Refer to Notice 2018-67, 2018-36 I.R.B.
409 when reporting the organization's
distributive share of partnership income
(and partnership deductions directly
connected with such income) from trades
or businesses of a partnership that are
unrelated trades or businesses with
respect to the organization. Refer to
Notice 2018-67, 2018-36 I.R.B. 409 for
rules permitting the aggregation of income
(and directly connected deductions) of
certain partnership interests. Also, for
trusts and certain corporations, there are

limitations on income and losses
(including from a partnership or an S
corporation) under section 469 (the
passive activity loss and credit limitation
rules) and section 465 (at-risk limitations).
For more information on these rules, see
the discussion of the application of the
passive loss and at-risk limitations to
affected tax-exempt organizations in the
introductory instructions to Part I.
Unrelated Trade or Business Income,
earlier.

Partnerships
If the organization is a partner in a
partnership conducting an unrelated trade
or business, enter the organization's share
(whether or not distributed) of the
partnership's income or loss from the
unrelated trade or business. The
organization is required to notify the
partnership of its tax-exempt status.
Figure the gross income and
deductions of the partnership in the same
way you figure unrelated trade or business
income the organization earns directly.
Attach a statement to this return
showing the organization's share of the
partnership's gross income from the
unrelated trade or business, and its share
of the partnership deductions directly
connected with the unrelated gross
income. Also, see Attachments, earlier for
other information you must include.

S Corporations
Qualified tax exempt organizations can be
shareholders in an S corporation without
the S corporation losing its status as an S
corporation. Qualified tax exempt
organizations that hold stock in an S
corporation treat their stock interest as an
interest in an unrelated trade or business.
All items of income, loss, or deduction that
the organization receives as a shareholder
of the S corporation are taken into account
in line 5 in figuring unrelated business
taxable income and not reported on
another line of Form 990-T that otherwise
would apply, except capital gains and
losses, which are reported on line 4.
Report on line 4 any gain or loss on the
disposition of S corporation stock.
Qualified tax exempts. A qualified tax
exempt is an organization that is
described in section 401(a) (qualified
stock bonus, pension, and profit-sharing
plans) or 501(c)(3) and exempt from tax
under section 501(a).
Exception. Employee stock ownership
plans (ESOPs) don't follow these S
corporation rules if the S corporation stock
is an employer security as defined in
section 409(l).

Attach a statement to this return
showing the qualified tax exempt's share
of all items of income, loss, or deduction.
Combine the income, loss, and
deductions (except for the capital gains
and losses) on the statement. If you hold
stock in more than one S corporation, total
the combined amounts. Show capital
gains and losses separately and include
them on line 4a. Also, see Attachments,
earlier, for other information you must
include.

Line 6. Rent income

Report on line 6 rent income described in
the instructions for Schedule C.

Line 7. Unrelated
Debt-Financed Income

Report on line 7 and Schedule E unrelated
debt-financed income described in
sections 512(b)(4) and 514 from
debt-financed property only to the extent
that the income doesn’t constitute income
from the conduct of an unrelated trade or
business and isn't specifically taxable
under other provisions of the Code, such
as taxable rents from personal property
leased with real property reportable on
line 6 and Schedule C, or taxable interest,
annuities, royalties, and rents from a
controlled entity reportable on line 8 and
Schedule F. See Regulations section
1.514(b)-1(b)(2). Refer to Notice 2018-67,
2018-36 I.R.B. 409 when reporting income
from one or more debt-financed properties
and also for rules permitting the
aggregation of unrelated debt-financed
income with other UBTI in certain
circumstances. Gain or loss from the sale
or disposition of debt-financed property is
reported on line 4 and not line 7 or
Schedule E. Section 501(c)(7), (9), and
(17) organizations should report income
from debt-financed property on line 9 and
Schedule G, not line 7 and Schedule E.

Line 8. Interest, Annuities,
Royalties, and Rents from a
Controlled Organization

Report on line 8 and Schedule F interest,
annuities, royalties, and rents (other than
rents reportable on line 6 and Schedule C)
from a controlled entity to the extent
taxable under section 512(b)(13). See
Regulations section 1.512(b)-1(l)(5).

Line 9. Investment Income of a
Section 501(c)(7), (9), or (17)
Organization

Report on line 9 and Schedule G all
income of a section 501(c)(7), (9), or (17)
organization from investments in
securities and other similar investment
income from nonmembers, other than rent
income (gross rents are reportable on
line 6 and Schedule C). For these
purposes, investment income includes all
income from debt-financed property.
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Line 12. Other Income

Enter on line 12 any item of unrelated
business income from a particular trade or
business that isn't reportable elsewhere
on the return. Include:
• Recoveries of bad debts deducted in
earlier years under the specific charge-off
method. Attach a separate statement of
any items of other income to your return;
• The amount from Form 6478, Alcohol
and Cellulosic Biofuel Fuels Credit (if
applicable);
• The amount from Form 8864, Biodiesel
and Renewable Diesel Fuels Credit (if
applicable); and
• Proceeds received from employerowned life insurance contracts issued
after August 17, 2006. Complete Form
8925 and attach a copy to Form 990-T.
Excess business loss limitations for
noncorporate taxpayers. Noncorporate
taxpayers may be subject to the excess
business loss limitations. If you are a
noncorporate taxpayer with a loss
attributable to your trade or business, see
Form 461 and its instructions for details on
the amount of excess business loss
limitation. Write "ELA" and the amount
from Form 461, line 16 as a positive
number on the entry space for line 12.
Include this amount in the total of all Other
Income on line 12.
Organizations described in section
501(c)(19). Enter the net income from an
insurance business that was not properly
set aside. These organizations may set
aside income from payments received for
life, sickness, accident, or health
insurance for members of the organization
or their dependents.
1. To provide for the payment of
insurance benefits.
2. For a purpose specified in section
170(c)(4) (religious, charitable, scientific,
literary, educational, etc.).
3. For administrative costs directly
connected with benefits described in 1
and 2 above.
Amounts set aside and used for
purposes other than those in 1, 2, or 3
above must be included in unrelated
business taxable income for the tax year if
they were previously excluded from
taxable income.
Any amount spent for a purpose
described in section 170(c)(4) is first
considered paid from funds earned by the
organization from insurance activities if the
income isn't used for the insurance
activities.
Expenditures for lobbying aren't
considered section 170(c)(4) expenses.
Income from property financed with
qualified 501(c)(3) bonds. If any part of
the property is used in a trade or business
of any person other than a section 501(c)
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(3) organization or a governmental unit,
and such use isn't consistent with the
requirement for qualified 501(c)(3) bonds
under section 145, the section 501(c)(3)
organization is considered to have
received unrelated business income in the
amount of the greater of the actual rental
income or the fair rental value of the
property for the period it is used. No
deduction is allowed for interest on the
private activity bond. Report the greater of
the actual rent or the fair rental value on
line 12. Report allowable deductions in
Part II. See sections 150(b)(3) and (c).
Passive foreign investment company
(PFIC) shareholders. If the organization
is a direct or indirect shareholder of a
PFIC within the meaning of section 1297,
it may have income tax consequences
under section 1291 upon the disposition of
the PFIC stock or on the receipt of an
excess distribution from the PFIC,
described in section 1291(a). The
organization may have current income
under section 1293 if the PFIC is a
qualified electing fund (QEF) with respect
to the organization. The organization may
also have current income under section
1296 if it makes a section 1296
mark-to-market election with respect to
the PFIC stock.
Include on line 12 the portion of an
excess distribution (or gain treated as an
excess distribution) section 1293 inclusion
or section 1296 inclusion that is taxable as
unrelated business taxable income. See
Form 8621, Return by a Shareholder of a
Passive Foreign Investment Company or
Qualified Electing Fund.
See the instructions for Part III, lines 40
and 41, for reporting the deferred tax
amount that may be owed by the
organization with respect to an excess
distribution (or gain treated as an excess
distribution).
Treatment of deferred foreign income
upon transition to participation exemption system of taxation. If the
organization has a section 965(a)
inclusion for the tax year, enter the net
amount (the section 965(a) inclusion less
the corresponding section 965(c)
deduction) on line 12. You must also
complete and attach Form 965, Inclusion
of Deferred Foreign Income Upon
Transition to Participation Exemption
System and applicable schedules and
Form 965-A (trusts) or Form 965-B
(corporations).

Part II. Deductions Not
Taken Elsewhere

M. However, you must complete the
remainder of Part II of Form 990-T and
Schedules M and Part III of Form 990-T.
Note. Only expenses directly connected
with the unrelated trade or business
income of the particular trade or business
being reported in Part I of Form 990-T or
Schedule M (as applicable) may be
deducted on these lines (see Directly
connected expenses, earlier). Don't
separately include in Part II any expenses
that are reported in Schedules A through
J, other than excess exempt expenses
entered on line 25 and excess readership
costs entered on line 26. For example,
officers' compensation allocable to
advertising income is reported on
Schedule J only, and shouldn’t be
included on Schedule K or Part II, line 14.

Limitations on Deductions

The following items discuss certain areas
in which the deduction may to some extent
be limited.

Activities Lacking a Profit Motive
In some instances it is necessary to report
income whether or not it comes from a
trade or business (including interest,
annuities, royalties, and rents from
controlled organizations, and income of a
section 501(c)(7), (9), or (17) organization
other than exempt function income). If
income is attributable to an activity lacking
a profit motive, then a net loss from the
activity can’t be claimed on Form 990-T.
Therefore, in Part I, column (B) and Part II,
the total of deductions for expenses
directly connected with income from an
activity lacking a profit motive is limited to
the amount of that income. Generally, an
activity lacking a profit motive is one that
isn't conducted for the purpose of
producing a profit or one that has
consistently produced losses when both
direct and indirect expenses are taken into
account.

Deductions Related to Property
Leased to Tax-Exempt Entities
For property leased to a governmental or
other tax-exempt entity, or in the case of
property acquired after March 12, 2004,
that is treated as tax-exempt use property
other than by reason of a lease, the
organization may not claim deductions
related to the property when they exceed
the organization's income from the lease
payments. Amounts disallowed may be
carried over to the next year and treated
as a deduction concerning the property.
See section 470.

If the sum of the amount on Part I, line 13,
column (A), of Form 990-T and any
Schedules M is $10,000 or less, you don't
have to complete lines 14 through 27 of
Part II of Form 990-T and any Schedules

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Transactions Between Related
Taxpayers
Generally, an accrual basis taxpayer may
only deduct business expenses and
interest owed to a related party in the year
the payment is included in the income of
the related party. See sections 163(e)(3)
and 267 for limitations on deductions for
unpaid interest and expenses.

Preference Items
Corporations may be required to adjust
deductions for depletion of iron ore and
coal, intangible drilling and exploration
and development costs, and the
amortizable basis of pollution control
facilities. See section 291 to determine the
amount of the adjustment.

Section 263A Uniform
Capitalization Rules
These rules require organizations to
capitalize or include as inventory cost
certain costs incurred in connection with:
• The production of real property and
tangible personal property held in
inventory or held for sale in the ordinary
course of business.
• Real property or personal property held
in inventory (tangible and intangible)
acquired for resale.
• The production of real property and
tangible personal property produced by
the organization for use in its trade or
business or in an activity engaged in for
profit.
Tangible personal property produced
by an organization includes a film, sound
recording, videotape, book, or similar
property.
Indirect expenses. Organizations
subject to the section 263A uniform
capitalization rules are required to
capitalize direct costs and an allocable
part of most indirect costs (including
taxes) that benefit the assets produced or
acquired for resale or are incurred by
reason of the performance of production
or resale activities.
For inventory, some of the indirect
expenses that must be capitalized are:
• Administration expenses;
• Taxes;
• Depreciation;
• Insurance;
• Compensation paid to officers
attributable to services;
• Rework labor; and
• Contributions to pension, stock bonus,
and certain profit-sharing, annuity, or
deferred compensation plans.
Regulations section 1.263A-1(e)(3)
specifies other indirect costs that relate to
production or resale activities that must be

capitalized and those that may be
currently deductible.

See section 274, Pub 15-B, and Pub.
535 for details.

Interest expense. Interest expense paid
or incurred during the production period of
designated property must be capitalized
and is governed by special rules. See
Regulations section 1.263A-8 through
1.263A-15.

Travel. The organization can’t deduct
travel expenses of any individual
accompanying an organization's officer or
employee, including a spouse or
dependent of the officer or employee,
unless:
• That individual is an employee of the
organization, and
• His or her travel is for a bona fide
business purpose and would otherwise be
deductible by that individual.

When are section 263A capitalized
costs deductible? The costs required to
be capitalized under section 263A aren't
deductible until the property (to which the
costs relate) is sold, used, or otherwise
disposed of by the organization.
Exceptions. Section 263A doesn’t apply
to:
• Personal property acquired for resale if
the organization's average annual gross
receipts for the 3 prior tax years were $10
million or less;
• Timber;
• Most property produced under
long-term contract;
• Certain property produced in a farming
business;
• Research and experimental costs
under section 174;
• Geological and geophysical costs
amortized under section 167(h);
• Intangible drilling costs for oil, gas, and
geothermal property;
• Mining exploration and development
costs; and
• Inventory of an organization that
accounts for inventories in the same
manner as materials and supplies that
aren't incidental. See Schedule A. Cost of
Goods Sold, later.
See Regulations sections 1.263A-1
through 1.263A-3.

Travel, Meals, and Entertainment
Subject to limitations and restrictions
discussed below, an organization can
deduct ordinary and necessary travel,
meals, and non-entertainment expenses
paid or incurred in its trade or business.
Generally, entertainment expenses,
membership dues, and facilities used in
connection with these activities cannot be
deducted. In addition, no deduction is
generally allowed for qualified
transportation fringe benefits. Special
rules apply to deductions for gifts, luxury
water travel, and convention expenses.
See section 274 and Pub. 463.
Qualified transportation fringes
(QTFs). Generally, no deduction is
allowed under section 274(a)(4) for QTF's
provided by employers to their employees.
QTFs are defined in section 132(f)(1) and
include:
• Transportation in a commuter highway
vehicle between the employee's residence
and place of employment,
• Any transit pass, and
• Qualified parking.

Meals. Generally, the organization can
deduct only 50% of the amount otherwise
allowable for meal expenses paid or
incurred in an unrelated trade or business.
Meals not separately stated from
entertainment are generally not
deductible. In addition (subject to
exceptions under section 274(k)(2)):
• Meals mustn’t be lavish or extravagant;
and
• An employee of the organization must
be present at the meal.
Membership dues. The organization can
deduct amounts paid or incurred for
membership dues in civic or public service
organizations, professional organizations
(such as bar and medical associations),
business leagues, trade associations,
chambers of commerce, boards of trade,
and real estate boards. However, no
deduction is allowed if a principal purpose
of the organization is to entertain or
provide entertainment facilities for
members or their guests. In addition,
organizations cannot deduct membership
dues in any club organized for business,
pleasure, recreation, or other social
purpose. This includes country clubs, golf
and athletic clubs, airline and hotel clubs,
and clubs operated to provide meals
under conditions favorable to business
discussion.
Entertainment facilities. The
organization can’t deduct an expense paid
or incurred for use of a facility (such as a
yacht or hunting lodge) for an activity
usually considered entertainment,
amusement, or recreation.
Amounts treated as compensation.
The organization generally may be able to
deduct otherwise nondeductible travel,
meals, and entertainment expenses if the
amounts are treated as compensation and
reported on Form W-2 for an employee or
Form 1099-MISC for an independent
contractor and if the total amount of such
compensation isn't unreasonable.

Reducing Certain Expenses For
Which Credits Are Allowable
If the organization claims certain credits, it
may need to reduce the otherwise
allowable deductions for expenses used
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to figure the credit. This applies to credits
such as the following.
• Disabled access credit.
• Employer credit for social security and
Medicare taxes paid on certain employee
tips.
• Credit for employer-provided childcare
facilities and services.
• Orphan drug credit.
• Credit for small employer pension plan
start-up costs.
• Mine rescue team training credit.
• Employer credit for paid family and
medical leave.
If the organization has any of these
credits, figure each current year credit
before figuring the deduction for expenses
on which the credit is based.

Business Start-up and
Organizational Costs
For business start-up and organizational
costs paid or incurred after September 8,
2008, an organization can deduct up to
$5,000 of such costs in the year it begins
business (unless the organization elects to
capitalize the full amount of such costs).
The $5,000 deduction is reduced (but not
below zero) by the amount the total costs
exceed $50,000. If the total costs are
$55,000 or more, the deduction is reduced
to zero. Any costs not deducted must be
amortized as explained below.
Note. For start-up and organizational
costs paid or incurred after September 8,
2008, the organization isn't required to
attach a statement or specifically identify
the amount deducted for the election
under sections 195(b) and 248(a) to be
effective. It is a deemed election. Whether
an organization deducts a portion of its
start-up and organizational costs under
Regulations sections 1.195-1 and 1.248-1
or elects to amortize the full amount of
such costs, its election is irrevocable. For
start-up and organizational costs paid or
incurred after October 22, 2004, and
before September 9, 2008, an
organization generally must attach the
statement required by Regulation sections
1.195-1(b) and 1.248-1(c) to make the
election to deduct a portion of such costs
(as explained above). This election is
irrevocable. However, an organization can
apply the provisions of these regulations
to costs paid or incurred after October 22,
2004.
Amortization. Any costs not deducted
under the above rules must be amortized
ratably over the 180-month period,
beginning with the month the organization
begins business. See the Instructions for
Form 4562, Depreciation and
Amortization, for details. If the association
elected to amortize business start-up and
organizational costs paid or incurred
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before October 23, 2004, over a period of
60 months or more, it must continue to
amortize those costs over the elected
amortization period. Report the deductible
amount of these costs and any
amortization on line 27. For amortization
that began during the tax year, complete
and attach Form 4562.

Line 16. Repairs and
Maintenance

Enter the cost of incidental repairs and
maintenance not claimed elsewhere on
the return, such as labor and supplies, that
don't add to the value or appreciably
prolong the life of the property.

Line 17. Bad Debts

Enter the total receivables from an
unrelated trade or business that were
previously included in taxable income and
that became worthless in whole or in part
during the tax year.

Line 18. Interest

Attach a separate statement listing the
interest being claimed on this line.

• Interest allocation. If the proceeds of
a loan were used for more than one
purpose (for example, to purchase a
portfolio investment and to acquire an
interest in a passive activity), an interest
allocation must be made. See Temp. Reg.
section 1.163-8T for the interest allocation
rules.
• Tax-exempt interest. Don't include
interest on indebtedness incurred or
continued to purchase or carry obligations
on which the interest income is totally
exempt from income tax. For exceptions,
see section 265(b).
• Prepaid interest. Generally, a cash
basis taxpayer cannot deduct prepaid
interest allocable to years following the
current tax year. For example, during the
tax year a cash basis taxpayer prepaid
interest on a loan. The taxpayer can
deduct only that part of the prepaid
interest that was for the use of the loaned
funds during the tax year, not for the use
of the loaned funds during the subsequent
years.
• Straddle interest. Generally, the
interest and carrying charges on straddles
cannot be deducted and must be
capitalized. See section 263(g).
• Original issue discount. See section
163(e)(5) for special rules for the
disqualified portion of original issue
discount on a high yield discount
obligation.
• Interest on certain underpayments
of tax. Don't deduct interest paid or
incurred on any portion of an
underpayment of tax that is attributable to
an understatement arising from an
undisclosed listed transaction or an
undisclosed reportable avoidance
transaction (other than a listed
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transaction) entered into in tax years
beginning after October 22, 2004.
• Interest allocable to the production
of designated property. Don't deduct
interest on debt allocable to the production
of designated property. Interest that is
allocable to such property produced by an
organization for its own use or for sale
must be capitalized. An organization must
also capitalize any interest on debt
allocable to an asset used to produce the
earlier property. See section 263A(f) and
Regulations sections 1.263A-8 through
1.263A-15.
• Interest on below-market loans. See
section 7872 for special rules regarding
the deductibility of foregone interest on
certain below-market-rate loans.
• Limitation on deduction of business
interest. Business interest expense is
limited to the sum of business interest
income, 30% of the adjusted taxable
income and floor plan financing interest.
Business interest expense includes any
interest paid or accrued on indebtedness
properly allocable to an unrelated trade or
business. A taxpayer, other than a tax
shelter, that meets the gross receipts test
is not required to limit business interest
expense under section 163(j). A taxpayer
meets the gross receipts test if the
taxpayer has average annual gross
receipts that are taken into account in
determining its unrelated business taxable
income of $26 million or less for the three
prior tax years. Gross receipts include the
aggregate gross receipts from all persons
treated as a single employer such as a
controlled group of corporations,
commonly controlled partnerships or
proprietorships, and affiliated service
groups. If the taxpayer fails to meet the
gross receipts test, Form 8990 is generally
required.

Line 19. Taxes and Licenses

Enter taxes and license fees paid or
accrued during the year, but don't include
the following taxes.
• Federal income taxes.
• Foreign or U.S. possession income
taxes if a foreign tax credit is claimed.
• Taxes not imposed on your
organization.
• Taxes, including state or local sales
taxes, paid or incurred in connection with
an acquisition or disposition of property.
These taxes must be treated as part of the
cost of the acquired property or, in the
case of a disposition, as a reduction in the
amount realized on the disposition.
• Taxes assessed against local benefits
that increase the value of the property
assessed (such as for paving, etc.).
• Taxes deducted elsewhere on the
return, such as those reflected in cost of
goods sold.

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See section 164(d) for apportionment
of taxes on real property between the
buyer and seller.

Line 20. Depreciation

Besides depreciation, include on line 20
the part of the cost, under section 179,
that the organization elected to expense
for certain tangible property placed in
service during the tax year or carried over
from the prior tax year. See Form 4562
and its instructions.

Line 22. Depletion

See sections 613 and 613A for
percentage depletion rates for natural
deposits. Attach Form T, Forest Activities
Schedules, if a deduction is taken for
depletion of timber.

Line 23. Contributions to
Deferred Compensation Plans

Employers who maintain pension,
profit-sharing, or other funded deferred
compensation plans are generally
required to file Form 5500. This
requirement applies whether or not the
plan is qualified under the Code and
whether or not a deduction is claimed for
the current tax year. Section 6652(e)
imposes a penalty for late filing of these
forms. In addition, there is a penalty for
overstating the pension plan deduction.
See section 6662(f).

Line 24. Employee Benefit
Programs

Enter the amount of contributions to
employee benefit programs (such as
insurance, health, and welfare programs)
that aren't an incidental part of a deferred
compensation plan included on line 23.

Line 27. Other Deductions

Enter on this line the deduction taken for
amortization (see Form 4562) as well as
other authorized deductions for which no
space is provided on the return. Attach a
separate statement listing the deductions
claimed on this line. Deduct only items
directly connected with the unrelated trade
or business for which income is reported
in Part I or Schedule M.

Extraterritorial income exclusion.
Complete Form 8873 and enter the
deduction from line 53, on this line.
Don't deduct fines or penalties paid to a
government for violating any law. The
exclusion was repealed generally for
transactions after 2004, with some
exceptions. See Form 8873 and its
instructions.

Line 30. Net Operating Loss
(NOL) Deduction Arising in Tax
Years Beginning On or After
January 1, 2018

The NOL deduction is the net operating
loss carryover and carrybacks that can be
deducted in the tax year with regard to
each separate trade or business. To be
deductible, a NOL must have been
incurred in an unrelated trade or business
activity. See section 172(a).
P.L. 115-97 eliminated the option for
most taxpayers to carry back a net
operating loss (NOL). For most taxpayers,
NOLs arising from tax years ending after
2017 can carry the NOL only to a
subsequent year. The 2-year carryback
rule does not apply to NOL’s arising in tax
years ending after 2017. Exceptions apply
to certain farming losses and NOLs of
insurance companies other than life
insurance companies. See section 172(b),
as amended by P.L. 115-97, section
13302. See Publication 225, Farmer's Tax
Guide, Publication 536, Net Operating
Losses, or Publication 542, Corporations,
for additional information. Noncorporate
taxpayers may be subject to the excess
business loss limitations. If you are a
noncorporate taxpayer with a loss
attributable to your trade or business, see
Form 461 and instructions for details on
the amount of excess business loss
limitation.
Enter on line 30 the NOL carryover
from other tax years attributable to that
trade or business, but don't enter more
than the amount shown on line 29. An
organization that claims the deduction with
respect to any NOL carried through tax
years for which the organization was not
required to file Form 990-T must show the
amount of the deduction and how it was
computed, but the organization need not
file a Form 990-T in order to preserve a
NOL carryover. The amount of a NOL
carryback or carryover is determined
under section 172. See Regulations
section 1.512(b)-1(e). Attach a statement
showing the computation of the NOL
deduction.
An organization eligible to carry a NOL
back to a prior year must file an amended
Form 990-T for that year. Form 1045 or
1139 can’t be used for this purpose,
though it may be attached to the amended
Form 990-T to show the NOL
computation. See Pub. 536, Net Operating
Losses for Individuals, Estates, and
Trusts.

Part III. Total Unrelated
Business Taxable Income
Line 32. Total of Unrelated
Business Taxable Income
Computed From All Unrelated
Trades or Businesses

An organization with only one unrelated
trade or business should enter the amount
from line 31. An organization with more
than one unrelated trades or businesses
should enter the sum of the amounts from
lines 31 of Form 990-T and all Schedules
M. For an organization with more than one
unrelated trades or businesses, if line 31
from Form 990-T or any Schedule M is
less than zero, do not include the amount
in calculating the sum reported on line 32.

Line 33. Amounts Paid for
Disallowed Fringes

Do not enter any amount on this line. The
provision was retroactively repealed in
P.L. 116-94.

Line 34. Charitable
Contributions

Enter contributions or gifts actually paid
within the tax year to or for the use of
charitable and governmental
organizations described in section 170(c).
Also, enter any unused contributions
carried over from earlier years. The
deduction for contributions will be allowed
whether or not directly connected with the
conduct of a trade or business.
Corporations. The total amount claimed
normally can’t be more than 10% of
unrelated business taxable income figured
without regard to the following.
• Any deduction for contributions.
• Any capital loss carryback to the tax
year under section 1212(a)(1).
Corporations on the accrual basis can
elect to deduct contributions paid by the
15th day of the 4th month after the end of
the tax year if the contributions are
authorized by the board of directors during
the tax year. Attach a declaration
statement to the return stating that the
resolution authorizing the contributions
was adopted by the board of directors
during the tax year. The declaration
statement must also include the date the
resolution was adopted. See Regulations
section 1.170A-11.
Temporary suspension of 10%
limitation for certain disaster-related
contributions. A corporation may elect
to deduct qualified cash contributions
without regard to the 10% taxable income
limit. Qualified contributions are any
charitable contributions that were made
after December 31, 2017, and before
February 19, 2020, to a qualified
charitable organization (other than certain
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private foundations described in section
509(a)(3) or donor advised funds
described in section 4966(d)(2)) for relief
efforts in one or more qualified disaster
areas. The corporation must obtain
contemporaneous written
acknowledgment (within the meaning of
section 170(f)(8)) from the qualified
charitable organization that the
contribution was used or is to be used for
disaster relief efforts.
The total amount of the contribution
claimed for disaster relief efforts cannot
exceed 100% of the excess of the
corporation's taxable income (as
computed above substituting “100%” for
“10%” ) over all other allowable charitable
contributions. Any excess qualified
contributions are carried over to the next 5
years.
Suspension of 10% limitation for
farmers and ranchers. An organization
that is a qualified farmer or rancher (as
defined in section 170(b)(1)(E)) that
doesn’t have publicly traded stock can
deduct contributions of qualified
conservation property without regard to
the general 10% limit. The total amount of
the contribution claimed for the qualified
conservation property can’t exceed
“100%” of the excess of the organization's
taxable income (as computed above
substituting “100%” for “10%” over all
other allowable charitable contributions).
Any excess qualified conservation
contributions can be carried over the next
15 years subject to the 100% limitation.
See section 170(b)(2)(B).
Contributions of conservation property
made after August 17, 2006, that is used
in agriculture or livestock production must
remain available for such productions.
Carryover. Charitable contributions
over the 10% limitation can’t be deducted
for the tax year, but may be carried over to
the next 5 tax years.
In figuring the charitable contributions
deduction, if the corporation has a NOL
carryover to the tax year, the 10% limit is
applied using the taxable income after
taking into account any deduction for the
NOL.
To figure the amount of any remaining
NOL carryover to later years, taxable
income must be modified. See section
172(b). To the extent charitable
contributions are used to reduce taxable
income for this purpose and increase a net
operating loss carryover, a contributions
carryover isn't allowed. See section 170(d)
(2)(B).
Trusts. In general:
1. For contributions to organizations
described in section 170(b)(1)(A), the
amount claimed may not be more than

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50% of the unrelated business taxable
income figured without this deduction; and
2. For contributions to other
organizations, the amount claimed may
not be more than the smaller of:
a. 30% of unrelated business taxable
income figured without this deduction; or
b. The amount by which 50% of the
unrelated business taxable income is
more than the contributions allowed in 1
above.
An increased limitation may be
available for cash contributions under
section 170(b)(1)(G).
Contributions not allowable in

TIP whole or in part because of the

limitations may not be deducted
as a business expense but may be carried
over to the next 5 tax years.
Substantiation requirements.
Generally, no deduction is allowed for any
contribution of $250 or more, unless the
organization gets a written
acknowledgment from the donee
organization that shows the amount of
cash contributed, describes any property
contributed, and either gives a description
and a good faith estimate of the value of
any goods or services provided in return
for the contribution or states that no goods
or services were provided in return for the
contribution. The acknowledgment must
be obtained by the due date (including
extension) of the organization's return, or,
if earlier, the date the return is filed.
However, see section 170(f)(8) and the
related regulations for exceptions to this
rule. Don't attach the acknowledgment to
the return but keep it with the
organization's records.
Note. For contributions of cash, check, or
other monetary gifts (regardless of the
amount), the organization must maintain a
bank record, or a receipt, letter, or other
written communication from the donee
organization indicating the name of the
organization, the date of the contribution,
and the amount of the contribution.
Contributions of property other
than cash. If an organization contributes
property other than cash and claims over
a $500 deduction for the property, it must
attach a statement to the return describing
the kind of property contributed and the
method used to determine its fair market
value (FMV). All organizations generally
must complete and attach Form 8283,
Noncash Charitable Contributions, to their
returns for contributions or property (other
than money) if the total claimed deduction
for all property contributed was more than
$5,000. Special rules apply to the
contribution of certain property. See the
Instructions for Form 8283. A donee
organization must use Form 8282, Donee
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Information Return, to report information to
the IRS and donors about dispositions of
certain charitable deduction property
made within 3 years after the donor
contributed the property. See the
Instructions for Form 8282.
Special rules for contributions of certain easements in registered historic
districts. The following rules apply to
certain contributions of real property
interests located in a registered historic
district.
• A deduction is allowed for the qualified
real property interest, if the exterior of the
building (including the front, side, rear,
and space above the building) is
preserved and no portion of the exterior is
changed in a manner that is inconsistent
with its historical character. See section
170(h)(4)(B).
• A deduction is allowed on the building
only (no deduction is allowed for a
structure or land) if located in a registered
historic district. However, if listed in the
National Register, a deduction is also
allowed for structures or land areas. See
section 170(h)(4)(C).
• The organization must also include the
following information with the tax return.
1. A qualified appraisal (as defined in
section 170(f)(11)(E)) of the qualified
property interest,
2. Photographs of the entire exterior
of the building, and
3. A description of all restrictions on
the development of the building. See
section 170(h)(4)(B)(iii).
• The organization's deduction may be
reduced if rehabilitation credits were
claimed on the building. See section
170(f)(14).
• A $500 filing fee may apply to certain
deductions over $10,000. See section
170(f)(13).
Reduced deductions for contributions
for certain property. The organization
must reduce its deduction for contributions
of certain capital gain property and
qualified appreciated stock. See sections
170(e)(1) and 170(e)(5).
Special rules for corporation. A larger
deduction is allowed for certain
contributions of:
• Inventory and other property to certain
organizations for use in the care of the ill,
needy, or infants (including contributions
of apparently wholesome food (see
section 170(e)(3)(C); and
• Scientific equipment used for research
to institutions of higher learning or to
certain scientific research organizations
(see section 170(e)(4)).
See section 170, the related
regulations, and Pub. 526, Charitable
Contributions.

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Line 36. Deduction for Net
Operating Loss Arising in Tax
Years Beginning Before
January 1, 2018

Enter the lesser of (a) the amount of net
operating losses arising in tax years
beginning before January 1, 2018, or (b)
the amount shown on line 32.

Line 38. Specific Deduction

A specific deduction of $1,000 is allowed
except for computing the net operating
loss and the net operating loss deduction
under section 172.
Only one specific deduction may be
taken, regardless of the number of
unrelated businesses conducted.
However, a diocese, province of a
religious order, or convention or
association of churches is allowed one
specific deduction for each parish,
individual church, district, or other local
unit that regularly conducts an unrelated
trade or business. This applies only to
those parishes, districts, or other local
units that aren't separate legal entities, but
are components of a larger entity
(diocese, province, convention, or
association). Each specific deduction will
be the smaller of $1,000 or the gross
income from any unrelated trade or
business the local unit conducts. If you
claim a total specific deduction larger than
$1,000, attach a statement showing how
you figured the amount.
The diocese, province of a religious
order, or convention or association of
churches must file a return reporting the
gross income and deductions of all its
units that aren't separate legal entities.
These local units can’t file separate
returns because they aren't separately
incorporated. Local units that are
separately incorporated must file their own
returns and can’t be included with any
other entity except for a title holding
company. See Consolidated Returns,
earlier.
For details on the specific deduction,
see section 512(b)(12) and the related
regulations.

For Trust filers only. If you are a trust
filing Form 990-T and have unrelated
business income, you may have Qualified
Business Income (QBI) and may be
allowed a QBI deduction under section
199A.
Refer to the Instructions for Form 8995,
Qualified Business Income Deduction
Simplified Computation, or Form 8995-A,
Qualified Business Income Deduction, (as
applicable) to determine whether you
meet the requirements for the QBI
deduction and how to complete the
applicable form.

For purposes of calculating the QBI
deduction, the taxable income before the
QBI deduction is the amount reported on
line 37, Total of unrelated business
taxable income before specific deduction,
less the specific deduction permitted
under section 512(b)(12).
Note. For tax years beginning after
December 31, 2017, the organization
determines the unrelated business income
separately for each unrelated trade or
business, and the income for an unrelated
trade or business cannot be less than
zero. Since a loss from an unrelated trade
or business is not included in the
unrelated business taxable income for the
tax year due to application of section
512(a)(6), when calculating QBI, omit
items of income, gain, deduction, and loss
from any unrelated trade or business that
operated at a loss. A loss from an
unrelated trade or business will be carried
forward to future years when the trust has
income (or gain that is subject to unrelated
business income tax) from the same
unrelated trade or business and will be
used in those years in calculating the QBI.
Additionally, W-2 wages and unadjusted
basis immediately after the acquisition
(UBIA) of qualified property from an
unrelated trade or business that operated
at a loss for the current tax year are not
used in calculating the limitation on QBI for
taxpayers over the threshold.
Where to report the QBI deduction.
Add the QBI deduction to any specific
deduction allowable and report the total of
these two amounts on line 38, Specific
deduction. Attach a statement to the return
identifying the amount of the QBI
deduction claimed on line 38.

Part IV. Tax Computation
Line 40. Organizations Taxable
as Corporations.

Multiply line 39 by 21% (0.21).

Lines 40 and 41
Deferred tax amount under section
1291. If your organization has an excess
distribution from a passive foreign
investment company (PFIC) that is taxable
as unrelated business taxable income, the
organization may owe the deferred tax
amount defined in section 1291(c)(1). The
portion of the deferred tax amount that is
the aggregate increases in taxes
(described in section 1291(c)(2)) must be
included in the amount entered on lines 40
or 41. Write to the left of lines 40 or 41,
“Sec. 1291” and the amount.
Don't include on lines 40 or 41 the
portion of the deferred tax amount that is
the aggregate amount of interest
determined under section 1291(c)(3).
Instead, write “Sec. 1291 interest” and the

amount in the bottom right margin of Form
990-T, page 2. See Part V of Form 8621.

Trusts, and enter any tax from Schedule I
on this line.

Line 41. Trusts

Line 44. Tax on Non Compliant
Facility Income

Trusts exempt under section 501(a),
which otherwise would be subject to
subchapter J (estates, trusts, etc.), are
taxed at trust rates. This rule also applies
to employees' trusts that qualify under
section 401(a). Most trusts figure the tax
on the unrelated business taxable income
amount on line 39 using the Tax Rate
Schedule for Trusts, below. If the tax rate
schedule is used, enter the tax on line 41
and check the “Tax rate schedule” box on
line 41. If the trust is eligible for the rates
on net capital gains and qualified
dividends, complete Schedule D (Form
1041) and enter on line 41 the tax from
Schedule D (Form 1041). Check the
“Schedule D” box on line 41 and attach
Schedule D (Form 1041) to Form 990-T.

Tax Rate Schedule for Trusts
If the amount on line 41, is:

Over—

But not over—

$0
2,600
9,300
12,750

$2,600
9,300
12,750
-----

Tax is:
10%
$260.00 + 24%
1,868.00 + 35%
3,075.50 + 37%

Of the
amount
over—
$0
2,600
9,300
12,750

Line 42. Proxy Tax

To pay the section 6033(e)(2) proxy tax on
nondeductible lobbying and political
expenditures, enter the proxy tax on
line 42 and attach a statement showing
the computation.
Exempt organizations, except section
501(c)(3) and certain other organizations,
must include certain information regarding
lobbying expenditures on Form 990. In
addition, organizations may have to
provide notices to members regarding
their share of dues to which the
expenditures are allocable. See the
Instructions for Form 990 and Rev. Proc.
98-19, 1998-1 C.B. 547, for exceptions.
If the organization elects not to provide
the notices described earlier, it must pay
the proxy tax described in section 6033(e)
(2). If the organization doesn’t include the
entire amount of allocable dues in the
notices, it may have to pay the proxy tax.
This tax isn't applicable to section 501(c)
(3) organizations. Figure the proxy tax by
multiplying the aggregate amount not
included in the notices described earlier
by 21%. No deductions are allowed.

Line 43. Alternative Minimum
Tax (Trusts Only)

Only trusts liable for tax on unrelated
business taxable income may be liable for
alternative minimum tax on certain
adjustments and tax preference items.
Trusts attach Schedule I (Form 1041),
Alternative Minimum Tax—Estates and
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There is a tax on a hospital organization’s
non-compliant facility income. See
Regulations section 1.501(r)-2 for more
information. This tax is an income tax and
is separate from the excise tax on a failure
to meet the community health needs
assessment requirements of section
501(r)(3) that is reported on Form 4720.

Line 45. Total

Add lines 42, 43, and 44 to line 40 or 41,
whichever applies.

Increase in tax attributable to partner's
audit liability. If your organization
received Form 8986 from one or more
partnerships that have elected to push out
adjustments to partnership-related items
to their partners, complete and attach
Form 8978. See the Instructions for Form
8978. Include any increase in taxes due
from Form 8978, line 14, in the total for
line 45. On the dotted line next to line 45,
enter "From Form 8978” and the amount.

Part V. Tax and Payments
Line 46a. Foreign Tax Credit
• Corporations. See Form 1118,

Foreign Tax Credit—Corporations, for an
explanation of when a corporation can
claim this credit for payment of income tax
to a foreign country or U.S. possession.
• Trusts. See Form 1116, Foreign Tax
Credit (Individual, Estate, or Trust), for
rules on how the trust computes the
foreign tax credit.
Complete the form that applies to the
organization and attach the form to its
Form 990-T. Enter the credit on this line.

Line 46b. Other Credits
• Enter any qualified electric vehicle

passive activity credits from prior years
allowed for the current tax year from Form
8834, Qualified Electric Vehicle Credit,
line 7, Attach Form 8834.
• Enter the allowable credits from Form
8912, Credit to Holders of Tax Credit
Bonds, line 12.

Line 46c. General Business
Credit

Enter on line 46c the organization's total
general business credit (excluding the
work opportunity credit, employee
retention credit, the empowerment zone
employment credit, the Indian
employment credit, and the credit for
employer differential wage payments).
Additionally, in some cases, certain
general business credits should not be
claimed if the seller of the property
discloses to the organization that the seller
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intends to claim the credit and discloses
the tentative amount of the credit. These
include the qualified electric vehicle credit,
the alternative motor vehicle credit, the
alternative fuel vehicle refueling property
credit, and the qualified plug-in electric
drive motor vehicle credit.
The organization is required to file
Form 3800, General Business Credit, to
claim any business credit. For a list of
credits, see Form 3800. Include the
allowable credit from Form 3800, Part II,
line 38, on Form 990-T, line 46c.
An organization described in
section 501(c) which is exempt
CAUTION from tax under section 501(a)
should not use Form 3800 to claim the
refundable small employer tax credit for
certain health insurance premiums paid on
behalf of its employees. See the
instructions for line 51f.

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Line 46d. Credit for Prior Year
Minimum Tax

Use Form 8801 to figure the minimum tax
credit and any carryforwards of that credit
for trusts. For corporations, use Form
8827.

Line 46e.

Total credits. Add lines 46a through 46d.
Decrease in tax attributable to partner's audit liability. If your organization
received Form 8986 from one or more
partnerships that have elected to push out
adjustments to partnership-related items
to their partners, complete and attach
Form 8978. See the Instructions for Form
8978. Include any decrease in taxes due
from Form 8978, line 14, in the total for
line 46e. On the dotted line next to
line 46e, enter “From Form 8978” and the
amount.

Line 48. Other Taxes
Recapture of investment credit. If
property is disposed of or ceases to be
qualified property, before the end of the
recapture period or the useful life
applicable to the property, there may be a
recapture of the credit. See Form 4255,
Recapture of Investment Credit.
Recapture of low-income housing
credit. If the organization disposed of
property (or there was a reduction in the
qualified basis of the property) for which it
took the low-income housing credit, it may
owe a tax. See Form 8611, Recapture of
Low-Income Housing Credit, and section
42(j) for details.
Interest due under the look-back method. If the organization used the look-back
method for certain long-term contracts,
see Form 8697 for information on figuring
the interest the organization may have to
include. The organization may also have
to include interest due under the look-back
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method for property depreciated under the
income forecast method. See Form 8866,
Interest Computation Under the
Look-Back Method for Property
Depreciated Under the Income Forecast
Method.
Other. Additional taxes and interest
amounts may be included in the total
entered on line 48. Check the box for
“Other” if the organization includes any of
the taxes and interest discussed. See
How to report, below, for details on
reporting these amounts on an attached
statement.
• Use this line to report the base erosion
minimum tax under section 59A. Section
59A applies to base erosion payments
paid or accrued in tax years beginning
after 2017. See the Form 8991
instructions to determine if the
organization qualifies as an applicable
taxpayer under section 59A(e), in which
case the base erosion minimum tax will
need to be computed and entered on
line 48.
• Tax and interest on a nonqualified
withdrawal from a capital construction
fund (section 7518).
• Interest on deferred tax attributable to
(a) installment sales of certain time-shares
and residential lots (section 453(l)(3)) and
(b) certain nondealer installment
obligations (section 453A(c)).
• Interest due on deferred gain (section
1260(b)).
• If the organization makes the election to
be taxed on its income from qualifying
shipping activities, complete and attach
Form 8902 to Form 990-T. See Income
from qualifying shipping activities, earlier.
How to report. If the organization
checked the “Other” box, attach a
statement showing the computation of
each item included in the total for line 48.
In addition, identify (a) the applicable
Code section, (b) the type of tax or
interest, and (c) the amount of tax or
interest. For example, if the organization is
reporting $100 of tax due from the
recapture of the QEV credit, write “Section
30-QEV recapture tax–$100” on the
attached statement.

Line 49. Total Tax

Include any deferred tax on the
termination of a section 1294 election
applicable to shareholders in a qualified
electing fund in the amount entered on
line 49. See Form 8621, Part VI, and How
to report, later.
Subtract from the total entered on
line 49 any deferred tax on the
corporation's share of undistributed
earnings of a qualified electing fund (see
Form 8621, Part III).

How to report. Attach a statement
showing the computation of each item
included in, or subtracted from, the total
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on line 49. On the dotted line next to
line 49, specify (a) the applicable Code
section, (b) the type of tax, and (c) the
amount of tax.

Line 50. Section 965 Payments
Corporations. If an election to pay the
section 965 net tax liability in installments
has been made under section 965(h),
complete and attach Form 965-B. Enter
the current year section 965 installment
payment (from Form 965-B, Part II,
column (k), line 3).
Trust. If an election to pay the section
965 net tax liability in installments has
been made under section 965(h),
complete and attach Form 965-A. Enter
the current year section 965 installment
payment (from Form 965-A, Part II,
column (k), line 3).

Line 51b. Estimated Tax
Payments

Enter the total estimated tax payments
made for the tax year.
If an organization is the beneficiary of a
trust, and the trust makes a section 643(g)
election to credit its estimated tax
payments to its beneficiaries, include the
organization's share of the estimated tax
payment in the total amount entered here.
In the entry space to the left of line 51b,
write “T” and the amount attributable to it.

Line 51d. Foreign
Organizations

Enter the tax withheld on unrelated
business taxable income from U.S.
sources that isn't effectively connected
with the conduct of a trade or business
within the United States. Attach Form
1042-S, Foreign Person's U.S. Source
Income Subject to Withholding, or another
form which verifies the withheld tax
reported on line 51d.

Line 51e. Backup Withholding

Recipients of dividend or interest
payments must generally certify their
correct tax identification number to the
bank or other payer on Form W-9. If the
payer doesn’t get this information, it must
withhold part of the payments as “backup
withholding.” If your organization was
subject to erroneous backup withholding
because the payer didn’t realize you were
an exempt organization and not subject to
this withholding, you can claim credit for
the amount withheld by including it on
line 51e. See Backup withholding under
Which Parts To Complete, earlier.

Line 51f. Credit for Small
Employer Health Insurance
Premiums

An organization described in section
501(c) which is exempt from tax under
section 501(a) may be eligible to claim the

refundable small employer tax credit for a
percentage of certain health insurance
premiums paid on behalf of its employees.

on Form 4136. See the Instructions for
Form 8849 and Pub. 510, Excise Taxes
(Including Fuel Tax Credits and Refunds).

A tax-exempt eligible small employer
can request the refundable credit by
attaching Form 8941, Credit for Small
Employer Health Insurance Premiums,
showing the calculation for the amount of
the refundable credit claimed. A
tax-exempt organization isn't eligible for
the refundable credit if it isn't an
organization that is described in section
501(c) which is exempt from tax under
section 501(a). The organization must
keep records to substantiate the amount
of the credit claimed.

Line 54. Tax Due

If a tax-exempt eligible small

TIP employer is filing Form 990-T only

to request a credit for small
employer health insurance premiums paid,
complete the following steps.
1. Fill in the heading (the area above
Part I) except items E, H, and I.
2. Enter -0- on line 13, column (A),
line 39, and line 49.
3. Enter the credit from Form 8941,
line 20, on line 51f.
4. Complete lines 52, 55, 56, and the
signature area.
5. Write “Request for 45R Credit Only”
on the top of Form 990-T.

Line 51g. Other Credits and
Payments

Check the appropriate box(es) and enter:
• From Form 2439, Notice to Shareholder
of Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gains,
the credit from a regulated investment
company (RIC) or a real estate investment
trust (REIT). Also, attach Form 2439. If
you are filing a composite Form 990-T,
see Composite Form 990-T under Which
Parts To Complete, earlier.
• From Form 4136, the credit for federal
tax paid on fuels. Also, attach Form 4136,
Credit for Federal Tax Paid on Fuels, if the
organization qualifies to claim this credit.
• The credit for ozone-depleting
chemicals. Include any credit the
organization is claiming under section
4682(g) for taxes paid on chemicals used
as propellants in metered-dose inhalers.
• Enter the amount of current year net
section 965 tax liability. For a corporation,
this amount will be from Form 965-B, Part
I, column (d), line 3. For a trust, this
amount will be from Form 965-A, Part I,
column (d), line 3.
After entering these amounts in the
appropriate spaces, add them all together
and enter the total on line 51g.
Form 8849, Claim for Refund of
TIP Excise Taxes, may be used to
claim a periodic refund of excise
taxes instead of waiting to claim a credit

Domestic organizations owing less than
$500 and foreign organizations that don't
have an office or place of business in the
United States should enclose a check or
money order (in U.S. funds), made
payable to the “United States Treasury,”
with Form 990-T.
Domestic organizations owing $500 or
more and foreign organizations with an
office or place of business in the United
States should see Depository Method of
Tax Payment, earlier.

Part VI. Statements
Regarding Certain
Activities and Other
Information

Complete all items in Part VI.

Line 57. Check “Yes,” if either item 1 or 2
below applies.
1. At any time during the year the
organization had an interest in or signature
or other authority over a financial account
in a foreign country (such as a bank
account, securities account, or other
financial account); and
a. The combined value of the
accounts was more than $10,000 at any
time during the year; and
b. The accounts were not with a U.S.
military banking facility operated by a U.S.
financial institution.
2. The organization owns more than
50% of the stock in any corporation that
would answer “Yes” to item 1, earlier.
If the “Yes,” box is checked, write the
name of the foreign country or countries.
Attach a separate sheet if more space is
needed.
Get FinCEN Form 114, Report of
Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts
(FBAR), to see if the organization is
considered to have an interest in or
signature or other authority over a financial
account in a foreign country (such as a
bank account, securities account, or other
financial account). If the organization is
required to file this form, file FinCEN Form
114 electronically with the Department of
the Treasury using FinCEN's BSA E-Filing
System. Because FinCEN Form 114 isn't
a tax form, don't file it with Form 990-T.
See www.fincen.gov for more
information.
Line 58. The organization may be
required to file Form 3520, Annual Return
To Report Transactions With Foreign
Trusts and Receipt of Certain Foreign
Gifts, if:
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• It directly or indirectly transferred
money or property to a foreign trust. For
this purpose, any U.S. person who
created a foreign trust is considered a
transferor;
• It is treated as the owner of any part of
the assets of a foreign trust under the
grantor trust rules; or
• It received a distribution from a foreign
trust.
See the Instructions for Form 3520.
An owner of a foreign trust must
ensure that the trust files an
CAUTION annual information return on Form
3520-A, Annual Information Return of
Foreign Trust With a U.S. Owner. For
details, see the Instructions for Form
3520-A.

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Line 59. Report any tax-exempt interest
received or accrued in the space
provided. Include any exempt-interest
dividends received as a shareholder in a
mutual fund or other regulated investment
company.

Signature
Corporations. The return must be signed
and dated by the president, vice
president, treasurer, assistant treasurer,
chief accounting officer, or by any other
corporate officer (such as a tax officer)
authorized to sign. Receivers, trustees, or
assignees must also sign and date any
return filed on behalf of the organization.
Trusts. The return must be signed and
dated by the individual fiduciary, or by the
authorized officer of the trust receiving or
having custody or control and
management of the income of the trust. If
two or more individuals act jointly as
fiduciaries, any one of them may sign.
Special rule for IRA trusts. A trustee
of IRA trusts may use a facsimile signature
if all of the following conditions are met.
• Each group of returns sent to the IRS
must be accompanied by a letter signed
by the person authorized to sign the
returns declaring, under penalties of
perjury, that the facsimile signature
appearing on the returns is the signature
adopted by that person to sign the returns
filed and that the signature was affixed to
the returns by that person or at that
person's direction.
• The letter must also list each return by
the name and EIN of the IRA trust.
• After the facsimile signature is affixed,
no entries on the return may be altered
other than to correct discernible arithmetic
errors.
• A manually signed copy (of the letter
submitted to the IRS with the returns and a
record of any arithmetic errors corrected)
must be retained on behalf of the IRA
trusts listed in the letter and it must be
available for inspection by the IRS.
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Paid preparer. If an officer of the
organization filled in its return, the paid
preparer's space should remain blank.
Anyone who prepares the return but
doesn’t charge the organization should not
sign the return. Certain others who
prepare the return should not sign. For
example, a regular, full-time employee of
the organization, such as a clerk,
secretary, etc. should not sign.
Generally, anyone who is paid to
prepare the organization's tax return must
sign it and fill in the Paid Preparer Use
Only area.
The paid preparer must complete the
required preparer information.
• Sign the return in the space provided
for the preparer's signature.
• Give a copy of the return to the
organization.
Note. A paid preparer may sign original
returns, amended returns, or requests for
filing extension by rubber stamp,
mechanical device, or computer software
program. Also, facsimile signatures are
authorized.
Paid preparer authorization. If the
organization wants to allow the IRS to
discuss this tax return with the paid
preparer who signed it, check the “Yes”
box in the signature area of the return.
This authorization applies only to the
individual whose signature appears in the
Paid Preparer Use Only section of its
return. It doesn’t apply to the firm, if any,
shown in that section.
If the “Yes,” box is checked, the
organization is authorizing the IRS to call
the paid preparer to:
• Give the IRS any information that is
missing from its return,
• Call the IRS for information about the
processing of its return or the status of its
refund or payment(s), and
• Respond to certain IRS notices that the
organization has shared with the preparer
about a math error, offsets, and return
preparation. The notices won't be sent to
the preparer.
The organization isn't authorizing the
paid preparer to receive any refund check,
bind the organization to anything
(including any additional tax liability), or
otherwise represent the organization
before the IRS. If the organization wants to
expand the paid preparer's authorization,
see Pub. 947, Practice Before the IRS and
Power of Attorney.
The authorization can’t be revoked.
However, the authorization will
automatically end no later than the due
date (excluding extension) for filing next
year's Form 990-T.

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CAUTION

Enter the paid preparer’s PTIN,
not his or her social security
number (SSN), in the “PTIN” box

Instructions for Form 990-T

in the paid preparer’s block. Because
Form 990-T is publicly disclosable when
filed by a 501(c)(3) organization, any
information entered in this block will be
publicly disclosed. For more information
about PTIN's, visit the IRS website at
IRS.gov/Taxpros.

Schedule A. Cost of Goods
Sold
Generally, inventories are required at the
beginning and end of each tax year if the
production, purchase, or sale of
merchandise is an income-producing
factor. See Regulations section 1.471-1.

However, if the organization is a
qualifying taxpayer or a qualifying small
business taxpayer, it may adopt or change
its accounting method to account for
inventoriable items in the same manner as
materials and supplies that aren't
incidental (unless its business is a tax
shelter (as defined in section 448(d)(3))).
A qualifying taxpayer is a taxpayer that,
for each prior tax year ending after
December 16, 1998, has average annual
gross receipts of $1 million or less for the
3-tax-year period ending with that prior tax
year.
A qualifying small business taxpayer is
a taxpayer (a) that has average annual
gross receipts of $26 million or less for the
3-tax-year period ending with that prior tax
year, and (b) whose principal business
activity isn't an ineligible activity.
Under this accounting method,
inventory cost for raw materials purchased
for use in producing finished goods and
merchandise purchased for resale are
deductible in the year the finished goods
or merchandise are sold (but not before
the year the organization paid for the raw
materials or merchandise, if it is also using
the cash method). For additional guidance
on this method of accounting for
inventoriable items, see Pub. 538 and the
Instructions for Form 3115.
Enter amounts paid for all raw materials
and merchandise during the tax year on
line 2. The amount the organization can
deduct for the tax year is figured on line 7.
All filers not using the cash method of
accounting should see Section 263A
uniform capitalization rules, earlier in the
instructions for Limitations on Deductions
before completing Schedule A. The
instructions for lines 1, 4a, 4b, and 6 later
apply to Schedule A.
Inventory valuation methods.
Inventories can be valued at:
1. Cost as described in Regulations
section 1.471-3,
2. Lower of cost or market as
described in Regulations section 1.471-4,
or
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3. Any other method approved by the
IRS that conforms to the requirements of
the applicable regulations cited below.
However, if the organization is using
the cash method of accounting, it is
required to use cost.
A small producer is one whose average
annual gross receipts are $1 million or
less. Small producers that account for
inventories in the same manner as
materials and supplies that aren't
incidental may currently deduct
expenditures for direct labor and all
indirect costs that would otherwise be
included in inventory costs.
The average cost (rolling average)
method of valuing inventories generally
doesn’t conform to the requirement of the
regulations. See Rev. Rul. 71-234, 1971-1
C.B. 148.
Organizations that use erroneous
valuation methods must change to a
method permitted for federal income tax
purposes. File Form 3115 to make this
change.
Inventory may be valued below cost
when the merchandise is unsalable at
normal prices or unusable in the normal
way because the goods are subnormal
because of damage, imperfections, shop
wear, etc., within the meaning of
Regulations section 1.471-2(c). The
goods may be valued at the bona fide
selling price, minus direct cost of
disposition (but not less than scrap value).
Bona fide selling price means actual
offering of goods during a period ending
not later than 30 days after inventory date.
If this is the first year the Last-in
First-out (LIFO) inventory method was
either adopted or extended to inventory
goods not previously valued under the
LIFO method provided in section 472,
attach Form 970, Application To Use LIFO
Inventory Method, or a statement with the
information required by Form 970.
If the organization changed or
extended its inventory method to LIFO and
had to write up the opening inventory to
cost in the year of election, report the
effect of this write-up as other income
(line 12) proportionately over a 3-year
period that begins in the tax year the LIFO
election was made (section 472(d)).
Schedule A, line 1. If the organization is
changing its method of accounting to no
longer account for inventories, it must
refigure last year's closing inventory using
the new method of accounting and enter
the result on line 1. If there is a difference
between last year's closing inventory and
the refigured amount, attach an
explanation and take it into account when
figuring the organization's section 481(a)
adjustment (explained earlier).

Schedule A, line 4a. An entry is required
on this line only for organizations that have
elected a simplified method of accounting.
For organizations that have elected the
simplified production method, additional
section 263A costs are generally those
costs, other than interest, that are now
required to be capitalized under section
263A but that weren’t capitalized under
the organization's method of accounting
immediately prior to the effective date of
section 263A. For details, see Regulations
section 1.263A-2(b).
For organizations that have elected the
simplified resale method, additional
section 263A costs are generally those
costs incurred with respect to the following
categories.
• Off-site storage or warehousing;
• Purchasing;
• Handling, such as processing,
assembling, repackaging, and
transporting; and
• General and administrative costs
(mixed service costs).
For details, see Regulations section
1.263A-3(d).
Enter on line 4a the balance of section
263A costs paid or incurred during the tax
year not included on lines 2 and 3.

under the lease, determined at the time
the personal property is placed in service.
2. Rents from real and personal
property if;
a. More than 50% of the total rents
received or accrued under the lease are
for personal property; or
b. The amount of the rent depends on
the income or profits derived by any
person from the property leased (except
an amount based on a fixed percentage of
receipts or sales).

Schedule A, line 4b. Enter on line 4b
any costs paid or incurred during the tax
year not entered on lines 2 through 4a.

Rents from personal property not
leased with real property should be
reported on Part I, line 12.

Schedule A, line 6. See Regulations
sections 1.263A-1 through 1.263A-3 for
details on figuring the amount of additional
section 263A costs to be included in
ending inventory.
If the organization accounts for
inventories in the same manner as
materials and supplies that aren't
incidental, enter on line 6 the portion of its
raw materials and merchandise
purchased for resale that are included on
line 5 and weren’t sold during the year.

See Form 8582 (for trusts) or Form
8810 (for corporations) and section 469
for limitations on losses from rental
activities.

Schedule C. Rent Income

Section 501(c)(7), (9), and (17)
organizations, enter gross rents in Part I,
line 6, and applicable expenses in Part II,
lines 14 through 27. All rents except those
that are exempt function income must be
included.
All organizations that have applicable
rent income, other than section 501(c)(7),
(9), and (17) organizations, should
complete Schedule C. For organizations
other than section 501(c)(7), (9), and (17)
organizations, only the following rents are
taxable in Part I, line 6.
1. Rents from personal property
leased with real property, if the rents from
the personal property are more than 10%
of the total rents received or accrued

A redetermination of the percentage of
rent for personal property is required when
either:
1. There is an increase of 100% or
more by the placing of additional or
substitute personal property in service, or
2. There is a modification of the lease
that changes the rent charged.
Rents from both real and personal
property not taxable in Part I, line 6, may
be taxable on line 8 if the income is from a
controlled organization or on line 7 if the
property is debt-financed. Taxability of the
rents must be considered in that order;
that is, rents not taxed on line 6 may be
taxed on line 8 and rents not taxed on
line 6 or line 8 may be taxed on line 7.

Schedule E. Unrelated
Debt-Financed Income

Schedule E applies to all organizations
except sections 501(c)(7), (9), and (17)
organizations.
When a debt-financed property is held
for exempt purposes and other purposes,
the organization must allocate the basis,
debt, income, and deductions among the
purposes for which the property is held.
Don't include in Schedule E amounts
allocated to exempt purposes.
For section 514 purposes, don't
treat an interest in a qualified state
CAUTION tuition program (QSTP) as debt.
However, a QSTP's investment income is
treated as debt-financed income if the
QSTP incurs indebtedness when
acquiring or improving income-producing
property.

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Column 1. A property held to produce
income is debt-financed property if at any
time during the tax year there was
acquisition indebtedness outstanding for
the property. When a property held for the
production of income by an organization is
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disposed of at a gain during the tax year,
and there was acquisition indebtedness
outstanding for that property at any time
during the 12-month period before the
date of disposition, the property is
debt-financed property. Securities
purchased on margin are considered
debt-financed property if the liability
incurred in purchasing them remains
outstanding.
Acquisition indebtedness is the
outstanding amount of principal debt
incurred by the organization to acquire or
improve the property. Acquisition
indebtedness also includes indebtedness
incurred:
1. Before the property was acquired
or improved, if the indebtedness would not
have been incurred but for such
acquisition or improvement of the
property; or
2. After the property was acquired or
improved, if the indebtedness would not
have been incurred but for such
acquisition or improvement and the
incurrence of such indebtedness was
reasonably foreseeable at the time of such
acquisition or improvement. See
Regulations section 1.514(c)-1(a).
With certain exceptions, acquisition
indebtedness doesn’t include debt
incurred by:
1. A qualified (section 401) trust in
acquiring or improving real property. See
section 514(c)(9).
2. A tax-exempt school (section
170(b)(1)(A)(ii)) and its affiliated support
organizations (section 509(a)(3)) for
indebtedness incurred after July 18, 1984.
3. An organization described in
section 501(c)(25) in tax years beginning
after December 31, 1986.
4. An obligation, to the extent that it is
insured by the Federal Housing
Administration, to finance the purchase,
rehabilitation, or construction of housing
for low and moderate income persons, or
indebtedness incurred by a small business
investment company licensed after
October 22, 2004, under the Small
Business Investment Act of 1958 if such
indebtedness is evidenced by a debenture
issued by such company under section
303(a) of that Act, and held or guaranteed
by the Small Business Administration (see
section 514(c)(6)(B) for limitations).
5. A retirement income account
described in section 403(b)(9) in acquiring
or improving real property in tax years
beginning on or after August 17, 2006.
See Pub. 598 for additional exceptions
to the rules for debt-financed property.
Column 2. Income isn't unrelated
debt-financed income if it is otherwise
included in unrelated business taxable
income. For example, don't include rents
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from personal property shown in
Schedule C, or rents and interest from
controlled organizations shown in
Schedule F.
Column 4. Average acquisition
indebtedness for any tax year is the
average amount of the outstanding
principal debt during the part of the tax
year the property is held by the
organization. To figure the average
amount of acquisition debt, determine the
amount of the outstanding principal debt
on the first day of each calendar month
during that part of the tax year that the
organization holds the property. Add these
amounts together, and divide the result by
the total number of months during the tax
year that the organization held the
property. See section 514(a) and the
related regulations for property acquired
for an indeterminate price.
Column 5. The average adjusted basis
for debt-financed property is the average
of the adjusted basis of the property on
the first and last days during the tax year
that the organization holds the property.
Determine the adjusted basis of property
under section 1011. Adjust the basis of the
property by the depreciation for all earlier
tax years, whether or not the organization
was exempt from tax for any of these
years. Similarly, for tax years during which
the organization is subject to tax on
unrelated business taxable income, adjust
the basis of the property by the entire
amount of allowable depreciation, even
though only a part of the deduction for
depreciation is taken into account in
figuring unrelated business taxable
income.
If no adjustments to the basis of
property under section 1011 apply, the
basis of the property is cost.
See section 514(d) and the related
regulations for the basis of debt-financed
property acquired in a complete or partial
liquidation of a corporation in exchange for
its stock.
Column 7. The amount of income from
debt-financed property included in
unrelated trade or business income is
figured by multiplying the property's gross
income by the percentage obtained from
dividing the property's average acquisition
indebtedness for the tax year by the
property's average adjusted basis during
the period it is held in the tax year. This
percentage cannot be more than 100%.
Column 8. For each debt-financed
property, deduct the same percentage (as
determined earlier) of the total deductions
that are directly connected to the income
(including the dividends-received
deductions allowed by sections 243, 244,
and 245). However, if the debt-financed
property is depreciable property, figure the
depreciation deduction by the straight line
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method only and enter the amount in
column 3(a).
For each debt-financed property,
attach statements showing separately a
computation of the depreciation deduction
(if any) reported in column 3(a) and a
breakdown of the expenses included in
column 3(b). Corporations owning stock
that is unrelated debt-financed property
should see Schedule C (Dividends and
Special Deductions) of Form 1120, U.S.
Corporation Income Tax Return, to
determine the dividends-received
deductions to include in column 3(b).
Enter on the last line of Schedule E the
total dividends-received deductions (after
reduction, when applicable, by the
debt-basis percentage(s)) included in
column 8.
When a capital loss for the tax year
may be carried back or carried over to
another tax year, the amount to carry over
or back is figured by using the percentage
determined above. However, in the year to
which the amounts are carried, don't apply
the debt-basis percentage to determine
the deduction for that year.
Example 1. An exempt organization
owns a four-story building. Two floors are
used for an exempt purpose and two
floors are rented (as an unrelated trade or
business) for $10,000. Expenses are
$1,000 for depreciation and $5,000 for
other expenses that relate to the entire
building. The average acquisition
indebtedness is $6,000, and the average
adjusted basis is $10,000. Both apply to
the entire building.
To complete Schedule E for this
example, describe the property in column
1. Enter $10,000 in column 2 (since the
entire amount is for debt-financed
property), $500 and $2,500 in columns
3(a) and 3(b), respectively (since only
one-half of the expenses are for the
debt-financed property), $3,000 and
$5,000 in columns 4 and 5, respectively
(since only one-half of the acquisition
indebtedness and the average adjusted
basis are for debt-financed property), 60%
in column 6, $6,000 in column 7, and
$1,800 in column 8.
Example 2. Assume the same facts as
in Example 1, except the entire building is
rented out as an unrelated trade or
business for $20,000. To complete
Schedule E for this example, enter
$20,000 in column 2, $1,000 and $5,000
in columns 3(a) and 3(b), respectively
(since the entire amount is for
debt-financed property), $6,000 and
$10,000 in columns 4 and 5 (since the
entire amount is for debt-financed
property), 60% in column 6, $12,000 in
column 7, and $3,600 in column 8.

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Schedule F. Interest,
Annuities, Royalties, and
Rents From Controlled
Organizations

Interest, annuities, royalties, and rents
received or accrued (directly or indirectly)
by a controlling organization from a
controlled organization are subject to tax,
whether or not the activity conducted by
the controlling organization to earn these
amounts is a trade or business or is
regularly conducted.

Controlled organization. An entity is a
“controlled organization” if the controlling
organization owns:
• By vote or value more than 50% of a
corporation's stock (for an organization
that is a corporation);
• More than 50% of a partnership's profits
or capital interests (for an organization
that is a partnership); or
• More than 50% of the beneficial
interests in an organization (for an
organization other than a corporation or
partnership).
To determine the ownership of stock in
a corporation, apply the principles of
section 318 (constructive ownership of
stock). Apply similar principles to
determine the ownership of interests in
partnership or any other organization.
Specified payment. Specified payment
means any payment of interest, annuities,
royalties, or rents. Include the specified
payment in gross income to the extent that
the payment reduces the net unrelated
income (or increases the net unrelated
loss) of the controlled organization. If any
part of a specified payment is included in
gross income, Schedule F must be
completed.
Qualifying specified payment.
Qualifying specified payment means any
payment of interest, annuities, royalties, or
rents received or accrued from the
controlled organization after 2005,
pursuant to a binding written contract that
was in effect on August 17, 2006, or is a
renewable contract under substantially
similar terms of a contract in effect on
August 17, 2006. Qualifying specified
payments are subject to tax only on the
amount that exceeds what would have
been paid or accrued if such payment had
been determined under the principles of
section 482.
Column 1 and 2. List every controlled
entity and its EIN from which your
organization received interest, annuities,
royalties, or rents. For each of the
columns, if a controlled organization
makes specified payments, some of which
are qualifying specified payments and
some of which aren't, report the qualifying
specified payments on one line and all

other specified payments on another line.
Thus, the organization must repeat the
name of any controlled organization from
which the organization receives both
specified payments and qualifying
specified payments.
Column 3. Enter the net unrelated
income (or net unrelated loss) of each
controlled entity listed that is exempt from
tax under section 501(a).
Column 7. Enter each controlled
organization's taxable income.
Column 8. Enter the net unrelated
income (or net unrelated loss) of each
controlled entity listed that isn't exempt
from tax under section 501(a). Net
unrelated income is that portion of the
controlled entity's taxable income that
would be unrelated business taxable
income if the entity were exempt under
section 501(a) and had the same exempt
purposes as the controlling organization.
Net unrelated loss is the controlled
organization's net operating loss adjusted
under rules similar to those used to
determine net unrelated income.
Column 4 or 9. For each controlled
organization, enter the total of specified
payments received from each controlled
organization. If the organization received
both specified payments and qualifying
specified payments from a controlled
organization, enter specified payments on
one line and qualifying specified payments
on another so that there are dual entries
for that controlled organization.
Column 5 or 10. For specified payments,
enter the portion of columns 4 or 9 to the
extent that the payment reduced the net
unrelated income (or increased the net
unrelated loss) of the controlled entity.
Column 6 or 11. Enter only those
deductions directly connected with the
income entered in columns 5 or 10.
With respect to qualifying specified
payments, enter only that portion of
expenses directly connected to the
amounts included in columns 5 or 10, that
is, the excess of the payment over the fair
market value amount as determined in
accordance with section 482. Don't enter
any expenses relating to the portion of
such payment that isn't includible in
income under this special rule.
For valuation misstatements
regarding qualifying specified
CAUTION payments, there is a 20% addition
to tax. See section 512(b)(13)(E)(ii).

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Excess qualifying specified
payments. Excess qualifying specified
payments received or accrued from a
controlled entity (that is, the amount of
qualifying specified payments in excess of
what would have been paid or accrued if
the payments had been determined under

section 482) are included in a controlling
exempt organization's unrelated business
taxable income.

Report income set aside in
Schedule G, column 4. Amounts set aside
aren't deductible under section 170 or any
other section of the Code.

Schedule G. Investment
Income of a Section 501(c)
(7), (9), or (17)
Organization

The organization may elect to treat
income set aside by the date for filing the
return, including any extension of time, as
income set aside in the tax year for which
the return is filed. The income set aside
must have been includible in gross income
for that earlier tax year.

Generally, for section 501(c)(7), (9), or
(17) organizations, unrelated trade or
business income includes all gross
income from nonmembers with certain
modifications. See section 512(a)(3)(A).
Report on Schedule G all income from
investments in securities and other similar
investment income from nonmembers,
including 100% of income and directly
connected expenses from debt-financed
property. Don't report nonmember income
from debt-financed property on
Schedule E.
All section 501(c)(7), (9), and (17)
organizations figure their investment
income using Schedule G. Don't include
interest on state and local governmental
obligations described in section 103(a).
Investment income includes all income
from debt-financed property.
Deduct only those expenses that are
directly connected to the net investment
income. Allocate deductions between
exempt activities and other activities
where necessary. The organization may
not take the dividends-received
deductions in figuring net investment
income because they aren't treated as
directly connected with the production of
gross income.

Section 501(c)(7), (9), and (17)
organizations may set aside income that
would otherwise be taxable under section
512(a)(3). However, income derived from
an unrelated trade or business may not be
set aside and thus can’t be exempt
function income. In addition, any income
set aside and later expended for other
purposes must be included in income.
Section 501(c)(7), (9), and (17)
organizations won't be taxed on income
set aside for:
1. Religious, charitable, scientific,
literary, or educational purposes, or for the
prevention of cruelty to children or animals
(and reasonable administration costs
directly connected to such purposes); or
2. The payment of life, sickness,
accident, or other benefits (and
reasonable administration costs directly
connected to such benefits) by a section
501(c)(9) or (17) organization. The
amount allowed as a set aside may not
exceed a limit determined using section
512(a)(3)(E). See sections 512(a)(3)(E)
and 419A for details.
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Although set aside income may be
accumulated, any accumulation that is
unreasonable will be evidence that the set
aside wasn’t for the purposes previously
mentioned.
Net investment income set aside must
be specifically earmarked as such, or
placed in a separate account or fund
(except for a section 501(c)(9) or (17)
organization which, by the terms of its
governing instrument, must use its net
investment income for the purposes stated
in 2, earlier).
These rules apply to a corporation
described in section 501(c)(2) (title
holding corporation) whose income is
payable to an organization described in
section 501(c)(7), (9), or (17) if it files a
consolidated return with the section 501(c)
(7), (9), or (17) organization.
If a section 501(c)(7), (9), or (17)
organization (or a title holding corporation
described earlier) sells property that was
used for the exempt function of the section
501(c)(7), (9), or (17) organization and
buys other property used for the
organization's exempt function within a
period beginning 1 year before the date of
the sale, and ending 3 years after the date
of the sale, the gain from the sale will be
recognized only to the extent that the
sales price of the old property is more than
the cost of the other property. The other
property need not be similar in type or use
to the old property. The organization must
notify the IRS of the sale by a statement
attached to the return, or other written
notice.
To compute the gain on the sale of
depreciable property, see the instructions
for Schedule E, column 5, to determine
the adjusted basis of the property.

Schedule I. Exploited
Exempt Activity Income,
Other Than Advertising
Income

Exempt organizations that have gross
income from an unrelated trade or
business activity that exploits an exempt
activity (other than periodical advertising
income reportable in Schedule J) should
complete Schedule I. See Regulations
Instructions for Form 990-T

section 1.513-1(d)(4)(iv) for a definition of
exploited exempt activity. Report income
from advertising other than in a periodical
in Schedule I.
An exempt organization may take all
deductions directly connected with the
gross income from the unrelated trade or
business activity. In addition, the exempt
organization may take into account all
deductible items attributable to the
exploited exempt activity, with the
following limitations.
1. Reduce the deductible items of the
exempt activity by the income from the
activity;
2. Limit the net amount of deductible
items arrived at in item 1, earlier, for the
exempt activity to the net unrelated
business income from the exploited
exempt activity;
3. Exclude income and expenses of
the exempt activity in figuring a loss
carryover or carryback from the unrelated
trade or business activity exploiting the
exempt activity; and
4. Exclude deductible items of the
exempt activity in figuring unrelated trade
or business income from an activity that
isn't exploiting the same exempt activity.
As a result, the net includible exploited
exempt activity income is the unrelated
business taxable income minus the
excess of the exempt activity expenses
over the exempt activity income. If the
income from the exempt activity exceeds
the exempt activity expenses, don't add
that profit to the net income from the
unrelated business activity. Attach a
separate statement showing the
computation.

Schedule J. Advertising
Income

An exempt organization that earned gross
income from the sale of advertising in an
exempt organization periodical must
complete Schedule J. The part of the
advertising income taken into account is
determined as follows.
1. If direct advertising costs
(expenses directly connected with
advertising income) are more than
advertising income (unrelated business
income), deduct that excess in figuring
unrelated business taxable income from
any other unrelated trade or business
activity conducted by the organization.
2. If advertising income is more than
direct advertising costs, and circulation
income (exempt activity income) equals or
exceeds readership costs (exempt activity
expenses), then unrelated business
taxable income is the excess of
advertising income over direct advertising
costs.

Instructions for Form 990-T

3. If advertising income is more than
direct advertising costs, and readership
costs are more than circulation income,
then unrelated business taxable income is
the excess of total income (advertising
income and circulation income) over total
periodical costs (direct advertising costs
and readership costs).
4. If the readership costs are more
than the circulation income, and the net
readership costs are more than the excess
of advertising income over direct
advertising costs, no loss is allowable.
See Regulations section 1.512(a)-1(f)(2)
(ii)(b).
For allocating membership receipts to
circulation income, see Rev. Rul. 81-101,
1981-1 C.B. 352.
Consolidated periodicals. If an
organization publishes two or more
periodicals, it may elect to treat the gross
income for all (but not less than all)
periodicals, and deductions directly
connected with those periodicals
(including excess readership costs) as if
the periodicals were one to determine its
unrelated business taxable income. This
rule only applies to periodicals published
for the production of income. A periodical
is considered published for the production
of income if gross advertising income of
the periodical is at least 25% of the
readership costs, and the periodical is an
activity engaged in for profit.

Schedule K.
Compensation of Officers,
Directors, and Trustees
Complete columns 1 through 4 for those
officers, directors, and trustees whose
salaries or other compensation are
allocable to unrelated business gross
income. Don't include in column 4
compensation that is deducted on lines
15, 27, or Schedules A through J.

Include on Schedule K (or elsewhere
on the return) only compensation that is
directly attributable to the unrelated trade
or business activities of the organization. If
personnel are used both to conduct
exempt activities and to conduct unrelated
trade or business activities, the salaries
and wages of those individuals will be
allocated between the activities. For
example, assume an exempt organization
derives gross income from the conduct of
certain unrelated trade or business
activities. The organization pays its
president a salary of $65,000 a year. Ten
percent of the president's time is devoted
to the unrelated business activity. On
Form 990-T, the organization enters
$6,500 (10% of $65,000) on Schedule K
for the part of the president's salary
allocable to the unrelated trade or
business activity. However, the remaining
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$58,500 (90% of $65,000) cannot be
deducted on Form 990-T because it isn't
directly attributable to the organization's
unrelated trade or business activities.
If taxable fringe benefits are provided to
your employees, such as personal use of
a car, don't deduct as salaries and wages
the amounts you deducted for
depreciation and other deductions.

Schedule M. Unrelated
Business Taxable Income
for Unrelated Trade or
Business

An organization with more than one
unrelated trade or business should
complete Part I and Part II on page 1 of
Form 990-T and complete and attach a
separate Schedule M for each additional
unrelated trade or business. Report the
sum of the unrelated business taxable
income from line 31 of Form 990-T and
each Schedule M on Part III, line 32. For
an organization filing one or more
Schedules M, if line 31 of Form 990-T or
any Schedule M is less than zero, do not
include it in the sum reported on Part III,
line 32.

When completing Schedule M, refer to
the instructions for Parts I and II for the
corresponding lines on Schedule M.
Complete only the lines relevant to the
unrelated trade or business being reported
on Schedule M. Complete and attach
statements containing the information
required by Schedules A through K as
necessary. Filers may fill in blank copies
of Schedules A through K for this purpose.
The statements should be labeled at the
top to identify the trade or business to
which they relate and should be submitted
behind the applicable Schedule M.
If more space is needed on
Schedule M, attach separate sheets using
the same size and format as the printed
forms. If there are supporting statements
and attachments, label the filer’s name,
EIN, and identify the unrelated trade or
business (Schedule M) to which they are
related, and submit them immediately
behind Schedule M.
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may become material in the administration
of any Internal Revenue law. Generally,
tax returns and return information are
confidential, as required by section 6103.
Estimates of Taxpayer Burden.
These include Forms in the 990 series and
attachments and 1023, 1024, 1028, 5578,
5884-C, 8038, 8038-B, 8038-CP, 8038-G,
8038-GC, 8038-R, 8038-T, 8038-TC,
8328, 8718, 8282, 8453-EO, 8453-X,
8868, 8870, 8871, 8872, 8879-EO,
8886-T, 8899 and their schedules and all
the forms tax-exempt organizations attach
to their tax returns. Time spent and
out-of-pocket costs are presented

separately. Time burden includes the time
spent preparing to file and to file, with
recordkeeping representing the largest
component. Out-of-pocket costs include
any expenses incurred by taxpayers to
prepare and submit their tax returns.
Examples include tax return preparation
and submission fees, postage and
photocopying costs, and tax preparation
software costs. Note that these estimates
do not include burden associated with
post-filing activities. IRS operational data
indicate that electronically prepared and
filed returns have fewer arithmetic errors,
implying lower post-filing burden.

Reported time and cost burdens are
national averages and do not necessarily
reflect a “typical” case. Most taxpayers
experience lower than average burden,
with taxpayer burden varying considerably
by taxpayer type. For instance, the
estimated average time burden for all
taxpayers filing Forms 990, 990-EZ,
990-PF, 990-T, and 990-N and related
forms is 32.7 hours, with an average cost
of $932 per return. This average includes
all associated forms and schedules,
across all preparation methods and
taxpayer activities.

Fiscal Year 2020 Form 990 Series Tax Compliance Cost Estimates
Form 990

Form 990-EZ

Form 990-PF

Form 990-T

Form 990-N

Projections of the Number of
Returns to be Filed with IRS

315,762

232,345

118,192

198,798

741,133

Estimates Average Total Time
(Hours)

85

45

47

40

2

Estimated Average Total
Out-of-Pocket Costs

$2,600

$500

$2,000

$1,500

$10

Estimated Average Total
Monetized Burden

$8,000

$1,200

$3,900

$4,400

$30

Estimates Total Time (Hours)

26,760,000

10,500,000

5,510,000

8,040,000

1,630,000

Estimated Total Out-of-Pocket
Costs (Note: Totals may not
add due to rounding.)

$835,700,000

$127,500,000

$236,200,000

$290,300,000

$6,800,000

Note: Amounts above are for FY2020. Reported time and cost burdens are national averages and do not necessarily reflect a “typical” case. Most taxpayers experience lower than average burden,
with taxpayer burden varying considerably by taxpayer type. Detail may not add due to rounding.

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Business Activity Codes
The codes listed in this section
are a selection from the North
American Industry
Classification System (NAICS)
that should be used in
completing Form 990, Part VIII,
lines 2 and 11. If you don't see

a code for the activity you are
trying to categorize, select the
appropriate code from the
NAICS website at
www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/
naics/naicsrch?chart=2017.
The codes listed in Other

Principal Business Activity Codes
(If engaged in more than one unrelated business
activity, select up to two codes for the principal

Agriculture, Forestry, Hunting
and Fishing
Code
110000
111000

Agriculture, forestry, hunting and
fishing
Crop production

Code
211110
211120
211130
212000

Oil and gas extraction
Crude petroleum extraction
Natural gas extraction
Mining (except oil and gas)

Mining

Utilities
Code
221000

Utilities

Construction
Code
230000
236000

Construction
Construction of buildings

Manufacturing
Code
310000
323100
339110

Manufacturing
Printing and related support
activities
Medical equipment and supplies
manufacturing

Wholesale Trade
Code
423000
424000

Merchant wholesalers, durable
goods
Merchant wholesalers,
nondurable goods

Retail Trade
Code
441100
442000
444100
445100
445200
446110
446199
448000
451110
451211
452000
453000
453220
453310
454110

Automobile dealers
Furniture and home furnishings
stores
Building materials and supplies
dealers
Grocery stores
Specialty food stores
Pharmacies and drug stores
All other health and personal
care stores
Clothing and clothing
accessories stores
Sporting goods stores
Book stores
General merchandise stores
Miscellaneous store retailers
Gift, novelty, and souvenir stores
Used merchandise stores
Electronic shopping and
mail-order houses

Transportation and
Warehousing
Code
480000
485000
493000

Transportation
Transit and ground passenger
transportation
Warehousing and storage

Information
Code
511110
511120

Newspaper publishers (except
Internet)
Periodical publishers (except
Internet)

511130
511140
511190
512000
515100
517000

519100
519130

(beginning with 90) are not part
of the NAICS and are not listed
on the NAICS website. Select
the most specific 6-digit code
available that describes the
activity producing the income
being reported. Note that most

activities. List first the largest in terms of gross unrelated
income, then the next largest. When classifying your
unrelated activities for example, code income from
advertising in publications as 541800, Advertising and
Book publishers (except Internet)
Directory and mailing list
publishers (except Internet)
Other publishers (except
Internet)
Motion picture and sound
recording industries
Radio and television
broadcasting (except Internet)
Telecommunications (including
paging, cellular, satellite, cable,
other telecommunications, and
Internet service providers)
Other information services
(including news syndicates and
libraries)
Internet Publishing and
Broadcast

Data Processing Services
Code
518210

Data Processing, Hosting, and
Related Services

522200
522110
522220
522291
522292
522298
523000
523920
523930
524113
524114
524126
524130
524292
524298
525100
525920
525990

Depository credit intermediation
(including commercial banking,
savings institutions, and credit
unions)
Nondepository credit
intermediation (including credit
card issuing and sales financing)
Credit card issuing
Sales Financing
Consumer lending
Real estate credit
Other nondepository credit
intermediation
Securities, commodity contracts,
and other financial investments
and related activities
Portfolio management
Investment advice
Direct life insurance carriers
Direct health and medical
insurance carriers
Direct property and casualty
insurance carriers
Reinsurance carriers
Third-party administration of
insurance and pension funds
All other insurance-related
activities
Insurance and employee benefit
funds
Trusts, estates, and agency
accounts
Other Financial vehicles
(including mortgage REITs)

Real Estate and Rental Leasing
Code
531110
531120

531190
531310
531390
532000
532420

Lessors of residential buildings
and dwellings (including equity
REITs)
Lessors of nonresidential
buildings (except
minwarehouses) (including
equity REITs)
Lessors of other real estate
property (including equity REITs)
Real estate property managers
Other activities related to real
estate
Rental and leasing services
Office machinery and equipment
rental and leasing

related services, rather than selecting a code describing
a printing or publishing activity.)

Lessors of nonfinancial
intangible assets (except
copyrighted works)

Professional, Scientific, and
Technical Services
Code
541100
541990
541200
541300
541380
541511
541519
541610
541700

Finance and Insurance
Code
522100

533110

541800
541860
541900

Legal services
Consumer credit counseling
services
Accounting, tax preparation,
bookkeeping, and payroll
services
Architectural, engineering, and
related services
Testing laboratories
Custom computer programming
services
Other computer-related services
Management consulting services
Scientific research and
development services
Advertising and related services
Direct mail advertising
Other professional, scientific,
and technical services

Management of Companies and
Enterprises
Code
551111
551112

Offices of bank holding
companies
Offices of other holding
companies

Administrative and Support
Services
Code
561000
561300
561439
561499
561500
561520
561700

Administrative and support
services
Employment services
Other business service centers
All other business support
services
Travel arrangement and
reservation services
Tour operators
Services to buildings and
dwellings

Waste Management and
Remediation Services
Code
562000

Waste management and
remediation services (sanitary
services)

Educational Services
Code
611420
611430
611600

611710

Computer training
Professional and management
development training
Other schools and instruction
(other than elementary and
secondary schools or colleges
and universities, which should
select a code to describe their
unrelated activities)
Educational support services

Healthcare and Social
Assistance
Code
621110
621300
621400

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Offices of physicians
Offices of other health
practitioners
Outpatient care centers

codes describe more than one
type of activity. Avoid using
codes that describe the
organization rather than the
income-producing activity.

621500
621610
621910
621990
623000
623990
624100
624110
624200
624210
624310
624410

Medical and diagnostic
laboratories
Home health care services
Ambulance services
All other ambulatory health care
services
Nursing and residential care
facilities
Other residential care facilities
Individual and family services
Community centers (except rec.
only), youth Adoption agencies
Community food and housing,
and emergency and other relief
services
Meal delivery programs, Soup
kitchens, or Food banks
Vocational rehabilitation services
Child day care services

Arts, Entertainment, and
Recreation
code
711110
711120
711130
711190
711210
711300
713110
713200
713910
713940
713990

Theater companies and dinner
theaters
Dance companies
Musical groups and artists
Other performing art companies
Spectator sports (including
sports clubs and racetracks)
Promoters of performing arts,
sports and similar events
Amusement and theme parks
Gambling industries
Golf courses and country clubs
Fitness and recreational sports
centers
All other amusement and
recreation industries (including
skiing facilities, marinas, and
bowling centers)

Accommodation and Food
Services
Code
721000
721110
721210
721310
722320
722440
722511
722513
722514
722515

Accommodation
Hotels (except casino hotels)
and motels
RV (recreational vehicle) parks
and recreational camps
Rooming and boarding houses,
dormitories, and workers’ camps
Caterers
Drinking places (alcoholic
beverages)
Full-service restaurants
Limited-service restaurants
Cafeterias and buffets
Snack and non-alcoholic
beverage bars

Other Services
Code
811000
812300
812900
812930

Other

Code
900001
900002
900003

Repair and maintenance
Drycleaning and laundry services
Other personal services
Parking lots and garages

Investment activities of section
501(c)(7), (9), or (17)
organizations
Rental of personal property
Passive income activities with
controlled organizations

Principal Business Activity Codes (Continued)
900004

Exploited exempt activities

900099

Other activity

Index
A
Attachments 8
B
Business Activity Codes 30
P
Paperwork Reduction Act
Notice 27

S
Schedule E.:
Unrelated Debt-Financed
Income 24
Schedule G.:
Investment Income of a
Section 501(c)(7), (9), or
(17) Organization 26

Schedule K.:
Compensation of Officers,
Directors, and
Trustees 27
Schedule M.:
Unrelated Business
Taxable Income for
Unrelated Trade or
Business 27

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U
Unrelated Trade or Business
Income 11
W
When To File 3
Who Must File 1