2020 Form 990 Information Worksheet

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March 28, 2021
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Why does the form 990 worksheet require the social security number of the officer signing the return? I don't believe this was required in past years.

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PATAX

Level 12

Ksg, others have stated the same thing on different posts on this forum.... Do a search and you should be able to find it... Hopefully this will be resolved soon..

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CPA1

Level 2

I have the same issue. The SSN requirement of the Officer signing the return is new on the ProSeries 2020 Form 990 Information Worksheet Part VI. Obviously my client (the officer of the nonprofit 501(c)(3) is not wiling to give me his SSN because the 990 is public information and is readily accessible to the public with 2 clicks on the EO search tool at irs.gov. The IRS instructions say nothing about this new requirement. If I leave it blank, the box is highlighted "pink" as an error. Is there a "workaround" that Proseries has so I can efile the 990 without entering the officer's SSN?

PATAX

Level 12

@CPA1 I do not think that Social Security number prints out on the actual tax return... enter the number and then print the return to the screen to make sure it does not print out.. Also if it did I would think that the IRS wood block that number out as they do I believe with our ptin number... Just my opinion