Userid: CPM Schema: Leadpct: 100% Pt. size: 9.5 Draft Ok to Print instrx AH XSL/XML Fileid: … s/I990BL/202001/A/XML/Cycle07/source (Init. & Date) _______ Page 1 of 7 11:13 - 20-Dec-2019 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Instructions for Form 990-BL (Rev. January 2020) Information and Initial Excise Tax Return for Black Lung Benefit Trusts and Certain Related Persons (Use with the December 2013 revision of Form 990-BL) Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless liable for sections 4951 and 4952 taxes reports both taxes on otherwise noted. one return. Future Developments If no tax is due under section 4951 or 4952, do not file For the latest information about developments related to Schedule A (Form 990-BL). Form 990-BL and its instructions, such as legislation enacted Your Area Director will tell you what procedures to follow if after they were published, go to IRS.gov/Form990bl. the trust or any related persons incur any liability for additional taxes and penalties based on sections 4951 and General Instructions 4952. Form 990-BL will not be automatically mailed to persons Purpose of Form required to file it. Go to IRS.gov/forms to view, download, or The Black Lung Benefits Revenue Act of 1977 (the Act) print all of the forms and publications you may need. You can amended the Code to impose excise tax on the sale of coal also download and view popular tax publications and by the producer and established a trust fund (funded by the instructions on mobile devices as an eBook at no charge. Or coal tax and certain other revenues) to be available for you can go to IRS.gov/orderforms to place an order and have expenses of providing medical benefits where not paid by the forms mailed to you within 10 business days. appropriate mine operator. An organization claiming an exempt status under section Form 990-BL generally is used by black lung benefit trusts 501(c)(21) prior to the establishment of exempt status should to meet the reporting requirements of section 6033. If initial file this return if its application for recognition of exemption is taxes are imposed on the trust or certain related parties, pending (including appeal of a proposed adverse decision). trusts also must file Schedule A (Form 990-BL), Initial Excise Taxes on Black Lung Benefit Trusts and Certain Related Accounting Period Persons. The return must be on the basis of the established annual accounting period of the organization. If the organization has Who Must File no established accounting period, the return should be on the The trustee must file Form 990-BL for a trust exempt from tax basis of the calendar year. under section 501(a) and described in section 501(c)(21), unless the trust normally has gross receipts in each tax year Accounting Methods of not more than $50,000. Gross income, receipts, and disbursements must be figured by the method of accounting regularly used by the A trust that normally has gross receipts of $50,000 or less organization in maintaining its books and records, unless may file an annual electronic notice instead of filing Form otherwise specified in the instructions. 990-BL. See IRS.gov/Charities & Other Non-Profits and click on “Annual Reporting & Filing,” and then click on “Annual When and Where To File electronic notice (e-Postcard) for small exempt organizations” for more information. This return, including Schedule A (Form 990-BL) if tax is due, must be filed on or before the 15th day of the 5th month The initial excise taxes imposed on black lung benefit following the close of the filer's tax year. If the regular due trusts, trustees, and disqualified persons under sections date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, file on the 4951 and 4952 are reported on Schedule A (Form 990-BL). next business day. File it at the following address: A black lung benefit trust required to file an annual Department of the Treasury information return and liable for tax under section 4952 Internal Revenue Service Center should complete Form 990-BL and attach a completed Kansas City, MO 64999 Schedule A (Form 990-BL). A trust liable for section 4952 tax but not otherwise required to file Form 990-BL should Tax-exempt organizations can use certain private delivery complete the identification and signature area of Form services (PDS) designated by the IRS to meet the “timely 990-BL and attach a completed Schedule A (Form 990-BL). mailing as timely filing” rule for tax returns. Go to IRS.gov/PDS for the current list of designated services. For A trustee or disqualified person liable for section 4951 or the IRS mailing address to use if you're using PDS, go to 4952 tax should complete the heading (omitting the check IRS.gov/PDSstreetAddresses. boxes for application pending, address change, and fair market value of assets) and signature area of Form 990-BL The PDS can tell you how to get written proof of the and attach a completed Schedule A (Form 990-BL). A trustee mailing date. Dec 20, 2019 Cat. No. 10316J |
Page 2 of 7 Fileid: … s/I990BL/202001/A/XML/Cycle07/source 11:13 - 20-Dec-2019 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. Private delivery services can’t deliver items to P.O. Public Inspection of Completed ! boxes. You must use the U.S. Postal Service to mail CAUTION any item to an IRS P.O. box address. 990-BL Returns and Approved You may request an extension of time to file Form 990-BL Exemption Applications by filing Form 8868, Application for Automatic Extension of Through the IRS. Generally, the information reported on or Time To File an Exempt Organization Return. with Form 990-BL, including most attachments, is available Rounding off to whole dollars. You may show the money for public inspection (section 6104(b)). This applies both to items on the return and accompanying schedules as information required by the form and to information furnished whole-dollar amounts. To do so, drop amounts less than 50 voluntarily. Approved applications for exemption from federal cents and increase any amounts from 50 to 99 cents to the income tax also are available for public inspection. next dollar. For example, $1.39 becomes $1 and $2.50 Exception. Part IV of Form 990-BL, Statement With becomes $3. Respect to Contributors, etc., and Schedule A (Form 990-BL) are not open to public inspection. If you have to add two or more amounts to figure the amount to enter on a line, include cents when adding the The public inspection rules do not apply to Form 990-BL amounts and round off only the total. and the attached Schedule A (Form 990-BL) filed by a trustee or disqualified person to report initial taxes on Attachments. If you need more space, attach separate self-dealing or taxable expenditures. The public inspection sheets showing the same information in the same order as rules also do not apply to the trustee or disqualified person's on the printed forms. Show the totals on the printed forms. SSN or EIN. Enter the trust's employer identification number (EIN) (or Use Form 4506-A, Request for Public Inspection or Copy the disqualified person's social security number (SSN)) on of Exempt or Political Organization IRS Form, to request a each sheet. Also, use sheets that are the same size as the copy or to inspect an exempt organization return through forms and indicate clearly the line of the printed form to which IRS. There is a fee for photocopying, but not for inspection at the information relates. an IRS office. Penalties Through the organization—Annual return. An If an organization fails to file timely, correctly, or completely, it organization must, during the 3-year period beginning with will have to pay $20 for each day ($105 a day if it is a large the due date (including extensions) of the Form 990-BL (or, if organization) during which such failure continues, unless it later, the date it is actually filed), make its return available for can be shown that the failure was due to reasonable cause. public inspection. It also must provide copies of either all The maximum penalty with respect to any one return is the items that are available for public inspection or specifically smaller of $10,500 ($53,000 for a large organization) or 5% identified items, if so requested. All parts of the return and all of the gross receipts of the organization for the year. All these required schedules and attachments must be made available amounts are subject to inflationary adjustments in later years. except Part IV of Form 990-BL and Schedule A (Form The figures will be updated in the next release of the 990-BL) as discussed above. instructions. Inspection and requests for copies must be permitted during regular business hours at the organization's principal The IRS may make written demand that the delinquent office and at each of its regional or district offices. This return be filed or the information furnished within a provision applies to any organization that files Form 990-BL, reasonable time after mailing of notice of the demand. The regardless of the size of the organization and whether or not person failing to comply with the demand on or before the it has any paid employees. Also, copies must be provided the date specified in the demand will have to pay $10 for each same business day they are requested unless unusual day the failure continues, unless there is reasonable cause. circumstances exist. In the case of unusual circumstances, The maximum penalty imposed on all persons for failures the copies must be provided by the next business day after with respect to any one return shall not exceed $5,000. If the day the unusual circumstances cease to exist, but in no more than one person is liable for any failures, all such event may the delay exceed 5 business days. See persons are jointly and severally liable with respect to such Regulations section 301.6104(d)-1 for what constitutes failures. See section 6652(c). All these amounts are subject unusual circumstances and the definition of regional and to inflationary adjustments in later years. The figures will be district offices. updated in the next release of the instructions. When a request for copies is made in writing, the copies To avoid having to explain an incomplete return, if a part generally must be sent within 30 days of the date the request or line item does not apply, enter “N/A” (not applicable) or was received. “-0-” if an amount is zero. Note. A black lung benefit trust does not have to comply with There are penalties for willful failure to file and for filing individual requests for copies if it makes this information fraudulent returns and statements. (See sections 7203, 7206, widely available. This can be done by posting the application and 7207.) for tax exemption and/or an annual information return on a Large organization. A large organization is one that has readily accessible Web page. However, an organization that gross receipts greater than $1,067,000 for the tax year. makes its information available this way must advise requesters how the material may be accessed. See In the text under Penalties, the amounts under Regulations section 301.6104(d)-2 for specific instructions. ! section 6652(c) are subject to an annual inflation Fee for copies. An organization may charge a reasonable CAUTION adjustment. The amounts used in this text apply for fee for providing copies. returns required to be filed in 2020. If filing a return required to be filed in 2021 or later, revised amounts may apply. -2- |
Page 3 of 7 Fileid: … s/I990BL/202001/A/XML/Cycle07/source 11:13 - 20-Dec-2019 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. Before the organization provides the documents, it may Include the suite, room, or other unit number after the require that the individual requesting copies of the street address. If the Post Office does not deliver mail to the documents pay the fee. If the organization has provided an street address and the filer has a P.O. box, show the box individual making a request with notice of the fee, and the number instead of the street address. individual does not pay the fee within 30 days, or if the Foreign address. Enter the information in the following individual pays the fee by check and the check does not clear order: city or town, state or province, and country. Follow the upon deposit, the organization may disregard the request. country's practice for entering the postal code, if any. Do not Additional information. See Regulations sections abbreviate the country name. 301.6104(d)-1 through 301.6104(d)-3 for additional information on reasonable fees for providing copies, not “Return filed by.” Check only the box that applies to you. filling requests for copies when material is widely available, 1. Check the “Trust” box when the return is filed by a and other related information. black lung benefit trust as an information return, or tax return, Exemption application. Any section 501(c)(21) or both. organization that submitted an application for recognition of 2. Check the “Trustee” box when the return is filed by a exemption to the IRS after July 15, 1987, must make trustee because of liability for taxes under section 4951 or available for public inspection a copy of its application 4952, or both. (together with a copy of any papers submitted in support of 3. Check the “Disqualified person” box when the return is its application) and any letter or other document issued by filed by a disqualified person who is liable for section 4951 the IRS in response to the application. As in the case of tax only. annual returns, the copy of the application and related documents must be made available for inspection during Taxpayer identification number. Enter the EIN of the regular business hours at the organization's principal office black lung benefit trust. If the return is being filed by a trustee and at each of its regional or district offices having at least or disqualified person, also enter that person's SSN or EIN. three employees. Each trust should have only one employer identification Penalties for failure to comply with public inspection re- number. If the trust has more than one number and has not quirements. If a person does not comply with the been advised which one to use, you should notify the: requirement to permit public inspection of annual returns, there is a penalty of $20 for each day during which such Internal Revenue Service Center failure continues, unless there is reasonable cause. The Attention: Entity Control, Stop 6273 maximum penalty imposed on all persons for failures that Ogden, UT 84201-0027 apply to any one return is $10,500. If a person does not comply with the public inspection of Inform the IRS Center what numbers the trust has, the applications requirement, there is a penalty of $20 a day for name and address to which each number was assigned, and each day during which such failure continues, unless there is the address of its principal office. The IRS will then advise reasonable cause. There is no maximum penalty limitation you which number to use. (see section 6652(c)). Application pending, address change, and FMV of as- In the text in the last two paragraphs, the amounts sets. Fill in these blocks only when a return must be filed for a trust. Enter the fair market value (FMV) of the trust's assets ! under section 6652(c) are subject to an annual at the beginning of the operator's tax year within which the CAUTION inflation adjustment. The amounts used in this text apply for returns required to be filed in 2020. If filing a return trust's tax year begins. required to be filed in 2021 or later, revised amounts may Signature. The return must be signed by the authorized apply. trustee or trustees and also by any person, firm, or corporation who prepared the return. If the return is prepared Any person who willfully does not comply with the public by a firm or corporation, it should be signed in the name of inspection requirements for the annual return or application is the firm or corporation. subject to an additional penalty of $5,000 for each return or application (see section 6685). Paid preparer. Generally, anyone who is paid to prepare the return must sign the return and fill in the other blanks in If more than one person is liable for any penalty, all such the Paid Preparer Use Only area. An employee of the filing persons shall be jointly and severally liable for each failure. organization is not a paid preparer. The paid preparer must: Specific Instructions • Sign the return in the space provided for the preparer's signature, Identification Area • Enter the preparer information, and • Give a copy of the return to the organization. Period covered by the return. Enter the calendar year or fiscal year that corresponds to the accounting period being The paid preparer also must enter the preparer's reported. identifying number and the firm's EIN. The preparer's identifying number is the preparer's taxpayer identification Name and address. Enter the name and address of the number (PTIN). trust. Because the Form 990-BL is a publicly disclosable If the return and a Schedule A (Form 990-BL) are filed by a ! document, any information entered in this block will trustee or disqualified person liable for tax under section CAUTION be publicly disclosed (see Public Inspection of 4951 or 4952, then enter that person's name and address Completed 990-BL Returns and Approved Exemption below the name of the trust. Applications). Any paid preparer whose identifying number -3- |
Page 4 of 7 Fileid: … s/I990BL/202001/A/XML/Cycle07/source 11:13 - 20-Dec-2019 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. must be listed on Form 990-BL can apply for and obtain a Line 9. Enter the administrative expenses (including legal, PTIN using Form W-12, IRS Paid Preparer Tax Identification accounting, actuarial, and trustee expenses) for the year Number (PTIN) Application and Renewal. For more other than salaries and wages paid to trustees and other information about applying for a PTIN online, visit the IRS employees. website at IRS.gov/PTIN. Line 10. Attach a schedule, listing by type and amount, all Paid preparer authorization. On the last line of the allowable deductions that are not deductible elsewhere on Signature Block, check “Yes,” if the IRS can contact the paid Form 990-BL. Enter the total of these deductions on line 10. preparer who signed the return to discuss the return. This See Regulations section 1.501(c)(21)-1 for additional authorization applies only to the individual whose signature information. appears in the Paid Preparer Use Only section of Form 990-BL. It does not apply to the firm, if any, shown in that Part II—Balance Sheets section. By checking “Yes,” to this box, the organization is Complete the balance sheets on the basis of the accounting authorizing the IRS to contact the paid preparer to answer method regularly used by the trust in keeping its books and any questions that arise during the processing of the return. records. The organization also is authorizing the paid preparer to: Line 19. Enter only liabilities of the trust as of the first and • Give the IRS any information missing from the return; last days of the tax year of the trust. Include payments for • Call the IRS for information about processing the return; approved black lung claims that are due but not paid, and accrued trustee fees, etc. Do not include amounts for black • Respond to certain IRS notices about math errors, offsets, lung claims being contested, the present value of payments and return preparation. for approved claims, or the estimated liability for future The organization is not authorizing the paid preparer to claims. bind the organization to anything or otherwise represent the Line 21. Enter the total of lines 19 and 20. That figure must organization before the IRS. equal the figure for total assets reported on line 18 for both The authorization will automatically end no later than the the beginning and end of year. due date (excluding extensions) for filing next year's Form 990-BL. If the organization wants to expand the paid Part III—Questionnaire preparer’s authorization or revoke it before it ends, see Pub. 947, Practice Before the IRS and Power of Attorney. General Instructions Check “No,” if the IRS should contact the organization or The Black Lung Benefits Revenue Act of 1977 imposes its trustee rather than the paid preparer. excise taxes and penalties on acts of self-dealing between trusts and disqualified persons, and on taxable expenditures Part I—Analysis of Revenue and made by the trusts. These taxes and penalties apply to the trust (section 4952), trustees (sections 4951 and 4952), and Expenses self-dealers (section 4951). The purpose of the questions is Line 1. Enter the total contributions received under section to determine whether there is any initial tax due under either 192 from the coal mine operator who established the trust. of these two sections. Contributions to the trust must be in cash or property of Definitions the type in which the trust is permitted to invest (i.e., public debt securities of the United States, obligations of a state or Self-dealing (Section 4951) local government that are not in default as to principal or interest, or time and demand deposits in a bank or insured Self-dealing. For purposes of section 4951, the term credit union as described in section 501(c)(21)(D)(ii)). “self-dealing” means any direct or indirect: • Sale, exchange, or leasing of real or personal property Line 2. Enter the amounts received during the year from the between a trust described in section 501(c)(21) and a sources listed in 2a, b, c, and d. disqualified person; Line 4. Enter the amounts contributed by the trust to the • Lending of money or other extension of credit between Federal Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as provided for by such a trust and a disqualified person; section 3(b)(3) of Public Law 95-227. • Furnishing of goods, services, or facilities between such a trust and a disqualified person; Line 5. Enter the amounts paid for insurance exclusively • Payment of compensation (or payment or reimbursement covering liabilities under sections 501(c)(21)(A)(i)(I), and of expenses) by such a trust to a disqualified person; and 501(c)(21)(A)(i)(IV). For details, see Regulations section • Transfers to, or use by or for the benefit of, a disqualified 1.501(c)(21)-1(d). person of the income or assets of such a trust. Line 6. Enter the amounts paid to or for the benefit of miners Special rules. For purposes of section 4951: or their beneficiaries other than amounts included in lines 4 • The transfer of personal property by a disqualified person or 5. Such payments could include direct payment of medical to such a trust is treated as a sale or exchange if the property bills, etc., authorized by the Act and accident and health is subject to a mortgage or similar lien; benefits for retired miners and their spouses and • If a bank or an insured credit union is a trustee of the trust dependents. or otherwise is a “disqualified person” with respect to the Line 7. Enter the total amount of compensation for the year trust, any amount invested in checking accounts, savings of all trustees. See Part III, line 26. accounts, certificates of deposit, or other time or demand deposits in that bank or credit union constitutes a lending of Line 8. Enter the total of the salaries and wages of all money; employees other than those included in line 7. -4- |
Page 5 of 7 Fileid: … s/I990BL/202001/A/XML/Cycle07/source 11:13 - 20-Dec-2019 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. • The furnishing of goods, services, or facilities by a 8. A trust or estate in which persons described in 1, 2, 3, disqualified person to such a trust is not an act of self-dealing 4, or 5 hold more than 35% of the beneficial interest. if the furnishing is without charge and if the goods, services, or facilities so furnished are used exclusively for the For purposes of items 3a and 6 above, indirect purposes specified in section 501(c)(21)(A); and stockholdings are taken into account if they would be taken • The payment of compensation (and the payment or into account under section 267(c), except that, for purposes reimbursement of expenses) by such a trust to a disqualified of this paragraph, section 267(c)(4) is treated as providing person for personal services that are reasonable and that the members of the family of an individual are only those necessary to carry out the exempt purpose of the trust is not individuals described in item 5. For purposes of items 3b and an act of self-dealing if the compensation (or payment or c, 7, and 8, the ownership of profits or beneficial interests is reimbursement) is not excessive. See Regulations section determined by the rules for constructive ownership of stock 53.4951-1 for additional information. provided in section 267(c) (other than paragraph (3)), except that section 267(c)(4) is treated as providing that the Taxable period. The term “taxable period” means, with members of the family of an individual are only those respect to any act of self-dealing, the period beginning with individuals described in item 5. the date on which the act of self-dealing occurs and ending on the earliest of: Payment of benefits. For purposes of section 4951, a payment out of assets or income of a trust described in 1. The date of mailing of a notice of deficiency under section 501(c)(21) for the purposes described in sections section 6212, with respect to the tax imposed by section 501(c)(21)(A)(i)(I) and 501(c)(21)(A)(i)(IV) is not considered 4951(a)(1), an act of self-dealing. 2. The date on which the tax imposed by section 4951(a) (1) is assessed, or Taxable Expenditures (Section 4952) 3. The date on which correction of the act of self-dealing is completed. Taxable expenditure. For purposes of section 4952, the term “taxable expenditure” means any amount paid or Amount involved. The term “amount involved” means, for incurred by a trust described in section 501(c)(21) other than any act of self-dealing, the greater of the amount of money for a purpose specified in that section. and the fair market value (FMV) of the other property given or Correction. The terms “correction” and “correct” mean, with the amount of money and the FMV of the other property respect to any taxable expenditure, placing the trust in a received. However, in the case of services described in financial position not worse than that in which it would have section 4951(d)(2)(C), the amount involved is only the been if the taxable expenditure had not been made: excess compensation. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the FMV: 1. By recovering all or part of the expenditure to the extent recovery is possible, and 1. For the initial taxes imposed by section 4951(a), is determined as of the date on which the act of self-dealing 2. When full recovery is not possible, by contributions by occurs; and the person or persons whose liabilities for black lung benefit claims (as defined in section 192(e)) are to be paid out of the 2. For additional taxes imposed by section 4951(b), is the trust. highest FMV during the taxable period. Taxable period. The term “taxable period” means, with Correction. The terms “correction” and “correct” mean, for respect to any taxable expenditure, the period beginning with any act of self-dealing, undoing the transaction to the extent the date on which the taxable expenditure occurs and ending possible, but in any case, placing the trust in a financial on the earlier of: position not worse than that in which it would be if the disqualified person were dealing under the highest fiduciary 1. The date of mailing a notice of deficiency under standards. section 6212 with respect to the tax imposed by section 4952(a)(1), or Disqualified person. The term “disqualified person” means, 2. The date on which the tax imposed by section 4952(a) for a trust described in section 501(c)(21), a person who is: (1) is assessed. 1. A contributor to the trust; 2. A trustee of the trust; Specific Instructions 3. An owner of more than 10% of: Line 22. A “conformed” copy is one that agrees with the a. The total combined voting power of a corporation, original document, and all amendments to it. If the copies are not signed, they must be accompanied by a written b. The profits interest of a partnership, or declaration signed by an officer authorized to sign for the c. The beneficial interest of a trust or unincorporated organization certifying that they are complete and accurate enterprise, which is a contributor to the trust; copies of the original documents. 4. An officer, director, or employee of a person who is a Chemically or photographically reproduced copies of contributor to the trust; articles of incorporation showing the certification of an 5. The spouse, ancestor, lineal descendant, or spouse of appropriate state official need not be accompanied by such a a lineal descendant of an individual described in 1, 2, 3, or 4; declaration. See Rev. Proc. 68-14, 1968-1 C.B. 768, for 6. A corporation of which persons described in 1, 2, 3, 4, additional information. or 5 own more than 35% of the total combined voting power; Line 23. If you answered “Yes,” to 23a(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) 7. A partnership in which persons described in 1, 2, 3, 4, and “No,” to 23b, notify each self-dealer and trustee who may or 5 own more than 35% of the profits interest; or be liable for initial taxes under section 4951 of the requirement to file a return for each year (or part of a year) -5- |
Page 6 of 7 Fileid: … s/I990BL/202001/A/XML/Cycle07/source 11:13 - 20-Dec-2019 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. and pay the applicable tax. The trust also must furnish the Part IV—Statement With Respect to information required by Schedule A (Form 990-BL), Part I, Section A (other than columns (g) and (h)) on its own return. Contributors, etc. For exceptions to the self-dealing rules, see Special Rules Note. This part is not open for public inspection. and Payment of Benefits, earlier. Statement with respect to contributors, etc. For returns Line 24. If you answered “Yes,” complete Part I, Section B filed for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2018, (other than column (h)) and Part II of Schedule A (Form Form 990-BL filers are no longer required to report the 990-BL). The trust also must notify any trustees who may be names and addresses of persons who contributed $5,000 or liable for initial taxes under section 4952 of the requirement more in the tax year. Accordingly, filers will enter “N/A” on to file Form 990-BL, Schedule A (Form 990-BL), and to pay line 1 of Part IV of Form 990-BL for each such contribution. the tax. Line 25. If you answered “No,” or if there were multiple acts Note. Under regulations proposed by the Treasury or transactions giving rise to Chapter 42 taxes and all of them Department and the IRS, certain organizations would not were not corrected, attach an explanation of each have to report the names and addresses of their contributors uncorrected act including the names of all parties to the act, on Schedule B. These organizations must continue to: the date of the act, the amount involved, why the act has not • Collect the names and addresses of their contributors, been corrected, and the date you expect correction to be • Keep this information in their records and books, and made. • Make the information available to the IRS upon request. Line 26. List each of the organization's officers, directors, Line 2. If the trust receives contributions that are more than trustees, and other persons having responsibilities or powers what the contributor can deduct under section 192, the similar to those of officers, directors, or trustees. List all of person making the excess contributions may be required to these persons even if they did not receive any compensation file Form 6069, Return of Excise Tax on Excess from the organization. Show all forms of compensation Contributions to Black Lung Benefit Trust Under Section received by each listed officer, etc. Enter “-0-” in columns (c), 4953 and Computation of Section 192 Deduction, and pay (d), and (e) if none was paid. the tax imposed by section 4953(a). Note. If you pay any other person, such as a management service company, for the services provided by any of your Instructions for Schedule A (Form officers, directors, trustees, or key employees, report the 990-BL) compensation and other items on line 26 as if you had paid the officer, etc. directly. Initial Excise Taxes on Black Lung Benefit Column (b). In column (b), a numerical estimate of average Trusts and Certain Related Persons hours per week devoted to the position is required for a complete answer. Phrases such as “as needed” or “as General Instructions required” are unacceptable. Schedule A (Form 990-BL) is not open for public inspection. If you attach any exhibits to Schedule A (Form 990-BL), be Column (c). Include all forms of deferred compensation sure to label them and write “Not open for public inspection” (whether or not funded and whether or not the deferred on them. compensation plan is a qualified plan under section 401(a)) and payments to welfare benefit plans on behalf of the Purpose of form. Use Schedule A (Form 990-BL) only to officers, etc. report initial taxes under section 4951 or 4952. Schedule A (Form 990-BL) must be attached to a completed Form Column (d). Enter expense allowances or reimbursements 990-BL. It cannot be filed separately. If no taxes are due that the recipients must report as income on their separate under section 4951 or 4952, do not file Schedule A (Form income tax returns. Examples include amounts for which the 990-BL). recipient did not account to the organization or allowances that were more than the payee spent on serving the organization. Include payments made under indemnification Specific Instructions arrangements, the value of the personal use of housing, See Who Must File in the “General Instructions” and the automobiles, or other assets owned or leased by the “Specific Instructions” of Form 990-BL for completing the organization (or provided for the organization's use without identification area of this schedule. charge), as well as any other taxable and nontaxable fringe benefits. Get Pub. 525, Taxable and Nontaxable Income, for When filer is a trust. A trust filing this schedule for a year in details. which there are initial taxes due under section 4951 or 4952 completes Part I as follows: Column (e). Enter salary, fees, bonuses, and severance payments received by each person listed. Section A (Section 4951). Enter the information required in columns (b) through (f). Enter “N/A” in columns (g) and (h). Black lung benefit trusts that pay salaries, wages, or other compensation to officers or other employees generally are Section B (Section 4952). Enter the information required in liable for filing Form 941, Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax columns (b) through (g). Enter “N/A” in column (h). Return, and Form 940, Employer's Annual Federal When filer is a self-dealer, Section A only. A self-dealer Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return, to report social security, liable for initial taxes under section 4951 completes this withholding, and federal unemployment taxes. schedule by entering the information required by columns (b) through (g) of Section A, Part I. Enter “N/A” in column (h). Enter only the “prorated” portion of column (g) on line 1 of Part II. -6- |
Page 7 of 7 Fileid: … s/I990BL/202001/A/XML/Cycle07/source 11:13 - 20-Dec-2019 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. When filer is a trustee, Sections A and B. A trustee liable who knowingly agreed to the expenditure must pay a tax of for initial taxes under sections 4951 and 4952 completes this 2.5% of the amount of the taxable expenditure unless such schedule by entering the required information in columns (b) agreement was not willful and was due to reasonable cause. through (h) (other than (g)) of Section A and/or Section B, Liability for tax. A person's liability for tax as a self-dealer Part I. For Section A, enter the “prorated” portion of column or trustee under sections 4951 and 4952 is joint and several. (h) on line 2 of Part II. For Section B, enter the “prorated” Therefore, if more than one person is liable for tax on an act portion of column (h) on line 4 of Part II. of self-dealing as a self-dealer or trustee, they may prorate the tax among themselves. The IRS may assess a deficiency Part I—Initial Taxes on Self-dealing and Taxable against one or more self-dealers or trustees liable for the tax Expenditures under section 4951 or 4952, regardless of the apportionment Disqualified persons and trustees who participate in acts of of tax shown on the return, if the amount paid by all those self-dealing with a section 501(c)(21) trust and who have tax who are liable for a particular transaction, is less than the years different from the trust should use their own tax years total tax due for that transaction. to figure the initial tax and file the return. Part II—Summary of Taxes Initial Section 4951 taxes on self-dealer. An initial tax of Generally, no more than three lines in Part II will be 10% of the amount involved is imposed for each act of completed on any return. However, when a trustee is liable self-dealing between a disqualified person and a section for section 4951 initial taxes, both as a trustee and as a 501(c)(21) trust, for each year (or part of a year) in the self-dealer, and also is liable for section 4952 initial taxes taxable period. The tax is paid by any disqualified person because of taxable expenditure involvement, enter the (other than a trustee acting only as such) who participated in section 4951 taxes on lines 1 and 2 and enter the section the act of self-dealing. 4952 tax on line 4, with a total of the tax due on line 5. Pay in Initial Section 4951 taxes on trustee. When a tax is full with the return. Make the check or money order payable imposed on an act of self-dealing, any trustee who knowingly to the “United States Treasury”. In all other instances, follow participated in such an act must pay a tax of 2.5% of the “Specific Instructions” given above. amount involved in the act of self-dealing for each year (or part of a year) in the taxable period unless participation in the The payment of section 4951 tax for the tax year will not act was not willful and was due to reasonable cause. necessarily satisfy the entire initial tax liability for an act of self-dealing. A self-dealer who is liable for tax under section Initial Section 4952 taxes on trust. An initial tax of 10% of 4951 must file Form 990-BL, Schedule A (Form 990-BL), and the amount of the expenditure is imposed on each taxable must pay the tax for each year (or part of a year) in the expenditure from the assets of a section 501(c)(21) trust. The “taxable period.” tax is paid by the trustee out of the assets of the trust. Initial Section 4952 taxes on trustee. When a tax is imposed on the trust for a taxable expenditure, any trustee Paperwork Reduction Act Notice. We ask for the information on these forms to carry out the Internal Revenue laws of the United States. You are required to give us the information. We need it to ensure that you are complying with these laws. The organization isn't required to provide the information requested on a form that is subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act unless the form displays a valid OMB control number. Books or records relating to a form or its instructions must be retained as long as their contents can become material in the administration of any Internal Revenue law. The rules governing the confidentiality of Form 990-BL are covered in section 6104. The time needed to complete and file this form and related schedules will vary depending on individual circumstances. The estimated average times are: Learning about the law or the Preparing and sending the form Form Recordkeeping form to the IRS 990-BL 16 hr., 30 min. 3 hr., 22 min. 3 hr., 48 min. Sch. A (Form 990-BL) 7 hr., 10 min. 18 min. 25 min. If you have comments concerning the accuracy of these time estimates or suggestions for making this form simpler, we would be happy to hear from you. You can send us comments from IRS.gov/FormComments. Or you can write to the Internal Revenue Service, Tax Forms and Publications Division, 1111 Constitution Ave. NW, IR-6526, Washington, DC 20224. Don't send your return to this address. Instead, see When and Where To File, earlier, for the location for filing your return. -7- |