Due Mon, Nov 16: June 30 year ends, and calendar years on extension.Due Monday, November 16: returns for tax years ending June 30, and calendar-year returns extended with Form 8868. Other year ends
File your Form 990-N free
Enter your organization's e-Postcard information online and check it before we send it. There's nothing to upload, and you don't need a payment card. Form 990-N is permanently free here.
Form 990-N
Electronic Notice (e-Postcard) for Tax-Exempt Organizations Not Required to File Form 990 or 990-EZ · Tax year 2025
Filing fee
- We file the e-Postcard, which has no schedules, attachments or PDF.
After you sign up, we open Form 990-N so you can enter your organization's information. You won't need a PDF or a payment card.
Authorized IRS e-file Provider
Fast File Exempt LLC, Sacramento, California.
We send the e-Postcard to the IRS and email you their acknowledgement.
Questions? Email support@fast-file-exempt.com.
- For organizations whose gross receipts are normally $50,000 or less. This doesn't cover private foundations, supporting organizations that must file Form 990 or 990-EZ, or organizations included in a group return. You can use a foreign address, and the principal officer can be an organization.
See the due dates for every tax year end.
Not ready to file yet?
Get one email a week before Form 990-N is due. No account needed.
How filing a Form 990-N works
These are screens from the app, filled in with a made-up example.
Step 1
Fill in the e-Postcard
Choose Form 990-N. We fill in your organization's name, address and tax period from IRS records. You add the principal officer and confirm the declarations.
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An officer signs, and we e-file it
When an officer signs, we send the e-Postcard to the IRS and email you their acknowledgement.
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You won't need a PDF or a payment card.
Check that your organization qualifies
Many small tax-exempt organizations whose gross receipts are normally $50,000 or less can file Form 990-N. "Normally" is a multi-year test, and there are exceptions. Private foundations generally file Form 990-PF, and some other organizations need Form 990 or 990-EZ even when their receipts are small. Check the IRS rules before you file the e-Postcard.
Source: IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) page
See also: Who can file Form 990-N
Have the required information ready
The e-Postcard asks for:
- The organization's EIN and the tax year
- Its legal name and mailing address, and any other names it uses
- The principal officer's name and address
- Its website address, if it has one
- Confirmation that gross receipts are normally $50,000 or less
- A statement that the organization has terminated, if it has
Tax year and filing
We file the tax year 2025 e-Postcard.
An officer reviews the entries and signs in the app. Then we send the e-Postcard to the IRS and email you their acknowledgement.
Free here or with the IRS
You can file the e-Postcard free here or through the IRS's own e-Postcard system. You don't have to buy another return to file it here.
Source: IRS: how to file Form 990-N
Questions
Why is Form 990-N free here?
The IRS charges nothing to receive the e-Postcard, so we don't charge to file it. You don't need a payment card, and you don't have to buy another return.
Why file here instead of with the IRS?
Both are free. Here, we fill in your organization's name, address and tax period from IRS records, email you the IRS acknowledgement, and keep your filings and deadline reminders in one account. The IRS's own e-Postcard system works too.
Can Form 990-N be extended?
No. Form 8868 can't extend Form 990-N, so check the due date and file the e-Postcard on time.
Is there a PDF to download?
No. Form 990-N is an electronic notice with no PDF version. Keep the IRS acknowledgement and your organization's supporting records.
What happens if Form 990-N is filed late?
There's no monetary penalty for filing Form 990-N late. But if an organization doesn't file a required return or notice for three years in a row, it automatically loses its tax-exempt status.
Read next
- Who can file Form 990-NThe "normally $50,000 or less" test, what the e-Postcard asks for, and when it's due.
- Form 990-N filing problemsEIN not in IRS records, IRS sign-in, filing too early, late and prior-year notices, and checking a past filing.
- Form 990 for PTAs, PTOs and booster clubsWhether a unit under a state group exemption files its own return, which form, the July–June deadline, and the treasurer handover.
- Form 990-N, 990-EZ or 990: which to fileThe three tests, what "normally $50,000" means, who must file Form 990 regardless, and who doesn't file at all.
- Form 990 filing deadlinesThe general due date for each tax-year end, and how weekends and holidays move it.
- Stop paying for Form 990-NThe IRS accepts the e-Postcard for free, yet some services charge up to $55 a year to file it. We file it free, permanently.
File your Form 990-N
After you sign up, we open Form 990-N so you can enter your organization's information. You won't need a PDF or a payment card.