Form 4506-A

(December 2019)

Department of the Treasury 

Internal Revenue Service 

Request for a Copy of Exempt or Political Organization 

IRS Form

▶ Type or print clearly. Request may be rejected if the form is incomplete or illegible.

▶ Information about Form 4506-A and its separate instructions is at www.irs.gov/form4506.

OMB No. 1545-0495

You may not have to complete Form 4506-A to get the copies you need. 

• Internet. Form 8871, Political Organization Notice of Section 527 Status, and Form 8872, Political Organization Report of Contributions and 

Expenditures, are available for inspection from the Internet. The website address for both forms is www.irs.gov/polorgs. 

• Public disclosure by the organization. Exempt or political organizations must make their returns, reports, notices, and exempt applications 

available for public inspection. You can visit the organization to inspect the material instead of requesting it from the IRS. The organization may be 

able to mail the copies to you. 

• Form 990-N (e-Postcard) annual electronic notice is available for inspection on IRS.gov using Tax Exempt Organization Search (see instructions).

• Machine Readable Data: Efiled Forms 990, 990-EZ, and 990-PF are available on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and IRS.gov Tax Exempt Organization 

Search (see instructions).

1 Exempt or political organization. Complete a separate Form 4506-A for each organization.

Name Employer identification number 

Address 

City or town, state or province, country, and ZIP or foreign postal code 

2 Requester 

Name 

Address 

City or town, state or province, country, and ZIP or foreign postal code 

Contact person 

Phone 

Date 

3 Category of requester: 

You must check a box. 

Commercial user Non-commercial scientific institution Media 

Educational institution All others Name of Media Outlet 

4 Reason for request. All requesters except for commercial users must provide an explanation of how the records will be used to avoid being 

charged the commercial rate. Attach additional sheets if necessary. 

Lines 5–8. For each applicable form, check the box(es) for the item(s) you are requesting. You may request more than one form. For each form 

requested, complete either the paper or digital data and enter the specific tax year(s), as indicated. If ordering a partial set in digital data or Sample 

digital data, indicate the state(s), and month(s) requested. If you check “other” you must indicate the specific form(s) you are requesting on the line 

provided. See instructions for more information.

Line 9. Check the box(es) for the item(s) you are requesting. You may request more than one item. If you check “other,” you must indicate the specific 

item(s) you are requesting on the line provided or on an attachment. See instructions for more information.

Note. Digital data and Sample digital data are not available for individual exempt organizations. Sample digital data requests are not available for 

individual states.

5 Form 990, Form 990-EZ: 

a Paper request 

Tax year(s) or period(s) requested: 

YYYYMM

;

YYYYMM

;

YYYYMM

.

b Digital data request: Yearly Sample

State(s): ; ; . 

Calendar year(s): ; ; . 

6 Form 990-PF: 

a Paper request

Tax year(s) or period(s) requested: 

YYYYMM

;

YYYYMM

;

YYYYMM

.

b Digital data request: Yearly Sample

State(s): ; ; . 

Calendar year(s): ; ; . 

7 Form 990-T (501(c)(3) organizations filed after August 17, 2006): 

a Paper request

Tax year(s) or period(s) requested: 

YYYYMM

;

YYYYMM

;

YYYYMM

.

b Digital data request: Yearly Sample

State(s): ; ; . 

Calendar year(s): ; ; . 

8 Form 5227 (for tax years beginning after December 31, 2006): 

a Paper request 

Tax year(s) or period(s) requested: 

YYYYMM

;

YYYYMM

;

YYYYMM

.

b Other Form(s) 

Tax year(s) or period(s) requested:

YYYYMM

;

YYYYMM

;

YYYYMM

.

9 Application for exemption (Form 1023, 1023-EZ, 

Form 1024, etc.)

Exemption determination letter only

Affirmation letter

Other

For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the separate instructions. Cat. No. 41722P Form 4506-A (Rev. 12-2019)