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                                          User Fee for Exempt Organization                                                           OMB No. 1545-1798
Form  8718                                                                                                              For          Control number
                                              Determination Letter Request                                              IRS 
(Rev. March 2018)                     ▶ Attach this form to determination letter application.                           Use          Amount paid
Department of the Treasury            (Form 8718 is NOT a determination letter application.)                            Only         User fee screener
Internal Revenue Service             ▶ Go to www.irs.gov/Form8718 for the latest information.  
Name of organization                                                                                   Employer Identification Number

  Caution: Do not attach Form 8718 to an application for a pension plan determination letter. Use Form 8717 instead.

1 Type of request                                                                                                                    Fee

a         Application for recognition of exemption under section 501 or under section 521 from  
          organizations (other than pension, profit-sharing, and stock bonus plans described in  
          section 401). Enter the applicable fee amount   .     .  . .    .  .  .  .   .  .            . . . .  ▶ $

b         Group exemption letters  .      .    . . . .    .   . .  . .    .  .  .  .   .  .            . . . .  ▶ $

Section references are to the Internal Revenue     Where To File                                             You are not required to provide the 
Code, unless otherwise noted.                                                                              information requested on a form that is 
                                                   Send the determination letter application               subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
                                                   and Form 8718 to:
Instructions                                                                                               unless the form displays a valid OMB 
                                                   Internal Revenue Service                                control number. Books or records relating 
The law requires payment of a user fee with        P.O. Box 12192                                          to a form or its instructions must be 
each application for a determination letter.       Covington, KY 41012-0192                                retained as long as their contents may 
For more information, see Rev. Proc.                                                                       become material in the administration of 
2018-5, 2018-1 I.R.B. 233, or latest annual        Who Should File                                         any Internal Revenue law. The rules 
update, available on IRS.gov.                      Organizations applying for federal income               governing the confidentiality of Form 8718 
Check only one box on line 1 for the type          tax exemption, other than filers of Form                are covered in section 6104. 
of application you are submitting. Then,           1023, Application for Recognition of                      The time needed to complete and file 
enter the appropriate user fee amount in           Exemption Under Section 501(c)(3), or                   this form will vary depending on individual 
the space provided.                                Form 1023-EZ (filed only electronically),               circumstances. The estimated average time 
Caution: The application will not be               should file Form 8718.                                  is 5 minutes. If you have suggestions for 
processed without payment of the proper                                                                    making this form simpler, we would be 
user fee.                                          Paperwork Reduction Act Notice.  We                     happy to hear from you. You can send us 
Attach to Form 8718 a check or money               askfor the information on this form to carry            comments fromIRS.gov/FormComments. 
order payable to the “United States                outthe Internal Revenue laws of the United              Or you can send your comments to the 
Treasury” for the full amount of the user          States. If you want your organization to be             Internal Revenue Service, Tax Forms and 
fee. If you do not include the full amount,        recognized as tax-exempt by the IRS, you                Publications, 1111 Constitution Ave. NW, 
your application will be returned. Attach          are required to give us this information. We            IR-6526, Washington, DC 20224. Do not 
Form 8718 to your determination letter             need it to determine whether the                        send the form to this address. Instead, see 
application.                                       organization meets the legal requirements               Where To File, above.
                                                   for tax-exempt status. 
Generally, the user fee will be refunded 
only if the Internal Revenue Service 
declines to issue a determination.

                                                                Cat. No. 64728Z                                                      Form 8718 (Rev. 3-2018)






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