Delayed Form 990 Filing Season for Certain Tax-Exempt Hospitals
February 27, 2011
Authored by: Keith Kehrer
In IRS Announcement 2011-20, the IRS granted tax-exempt organizations that operate one or more hospital facilities (hospital organizations), and that would otherwise be required to file Form 990, Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax, including Schedule H, Hospitals, for the 2010 tax year before August 15, 2011, an automatic three-month extension of time to file the Form 990 for 2010. In addition, this announcement directs these hospital organizations not to file the 2010 Form 990 before July 1, 2011.