Are Form 843 Additions 2011-2023

Hi this is David McCray cpa today i want to give you a look at a reasonable cause penalty abatement request letter written by a tax-exempt organization that was unsuccessful in having penalties abated here's the letter on behalf of the above nonprofit organization i'm requesting your consideration in abating the penalty charged in your attached letter as a nonprofit organization whose mission it is to prassistance to the homeless the payment of this penalty would create an economic hardship as an entity and would be detrimental to fulfilling the mission of the organization regarding the late filing of form 990 additional processes and safeguards have been put in place by our organization to avoid late filing of any subsequent returns again we respectfully request that this penalty be abated now this is the exact text with some identifying information removed disguised to protect the identity this is the exact letter that was written by the organization now why do you think that letter was unsuccessful what do you see there that's missing can you see anything that's wrong let's have a look at the IRS as response to this letter and here is the actual IRS response letter dear taxpayer thank you for the inquiry your request for penalty abatement did not state the reason why the return was filed past the due date in order to consider the request for penalty adjustment we need the following information and then they go on to ask for some specific information the reason for the delay attach supporting information the date the delay occurred and the information about people involved and so on and so forth so this is the kind of response that the organization got so what the IRS is saying is that the organization didn't give them the...