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1 -3- BOYS AND GIRL CLUB OF THE BIG a public charity for return filing purposes during your entire advance ruling period, you should file Form 990 for each year in your advance ruling period that you exceed the $25,000 filing threshold even if your sources of support do not satisfy the public support test specified in the heading of this letter. If a return is required, it moat be filed by the 15th day of the fifth month after the and of your annual accounting period. A penalty of $20 a day is charged when a return is filed late, unless there is reasonable cause for the delay. However, the maximum penalty charged cannot exceed $10,000 or 5 percent of your gross receipts for the year, whichever is less. For organizations with gross receipts exceeding $1,000,000 in any year, the penalty is $100 per day per return, unless there is reasonable cause for the delay. The maximum penalty for an organization with gross receipts exceeding $1,000,000 shall not "exceed $50,000. This penalty may also be charged if a return is not complete. So, please be sure your return is complete before you file it. You are not reT red to file federal income tax returns unless you are subject to the tax on unrelated business income under section 511 of the Code. If you are subject too this tax, you must file an income tax return on Form 990-T, Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return. In this letter we are not determining whether any of your present or proposed activities are unre- lated trade or business as defined in section 513 of the Code. You are required to make your annual information return, Form 990 or Form 990-EZ, available for public inspection for three years after the later of the due date of the return or the date the return is filed. You are also required to make available for public inspection your exemption application,' any supporting documents, and your exemption letter. Copies of these documents are also required to be provided to any individual upon written or in person request without charge other than reasonable fees for copying and postage. You may fulfill this requirement by placing these documents on the Internet. Penalties may be imposed for failure to comply with these requirements. Additional information-in available in Publication 557, Tax-Exempt Status for Your Organization, or you may call our toll free number shown above. You need an employer identification number even if you have no employees. If an employer identification number was not entered on your application, we will assign a number to you and advise you of it.. Please use that number on all returns you file and in all correspondence with the Internal Revenue Service. This determination is based on evidence that your funds are dedicated to the purposes listed in section 501(c)(3) of the Code. To assure your continued exemption, you should keep records to show that funds are spent only for those purposes. If you distribute funds to other organizations, your records should show whether they are exempt under section 501(c) (3). In cases where the recipient organization is not exempt under section 501(c) (3), you must have evidence that the funds will remain dedicated to the required purposes and that the recipient will use the funds for those purposes. Letter 1045 (DO/CG)