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IRS Further Extends E-Signatures, Until Oct. 31, 2023

GettyImages-174879501 IRS Internal Revenue Service Accounting Today beginning of the pandemic August last year further extended
  • * Form 11-C, Occupational Tax and Registration Return for Wagering; 
  • * Form 637, Application for Registration (For Certain Excise Tax Activities); 
  • * Form 706, U.S. Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return; 
  • * Form 706-A, U.S. Additional Estate Tax Return; 
  • * Form 706-GS(D), Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Return for Distributions; 
  • * Form 706-GS(D-1), Notification of Distribution from a Generation-Skipping Trust; 
  • * Form 706-GS(T), Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Return for Terminations; 
  • * Form 706-QDT, U.S. Estate Tax Return for Qualified Domestic Trusts; 
  • * Form 706 Schedule R-1, Generation Skipping Transfer Tax; 
  • * Form 706-NA, U.S. Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return; 
  • * Form 709, U.S. Gift (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return; 
  • * Form 730, Monthly Tax Return for Wagers; Form 1042, Annual Withholding Tax Return for U.S. Source Income of Foreign Persons; 
  • * Form 1066, U.S. Income Tax Return for Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit; 
  • * Form 1120-C, U.S. Income Tax Return for Cooperative Associations; 
  • * Form 1120-FSC, U.S. Income Tax Return of a Foreign Sales Corporation; 
  • * Form 1120-H, U.S. Income Tax Return for Homeowners Associations; 
  • * Form 1120-IC DISC, Interest Charge Domestic International Sales – Corporation Return; 
  • * Form 1120-L, U.S. Life Insurance Company Income Tax Return; 
  • * Form 1120-ND, Return for Nuclear Decommissioning Funds and Certain Related Persons; Form 1120-PC, U.S. Property and Casualty Insurance Company Income Tax Return; 
  • * Form 1120-REIT, U.S. Income Tax Return for Real Estate Investment Trusts; 
  • * Form 1120-RIC, U.S. Income Tax Return for Regulated Investment Companies; 
  • * Form 1120-SF, U.S. Income Tax Return for Settlement Funds (Under Section 468B); 
  • * Form 1127, Application for Extension of Time for Payment of Tax Due to Undue Hardship; 
  • * Form 1128, Application to Adopt, Change or Retain a Tax Year; 
  • * Form 2678, Employer/Payer Appointment of Agent; 
  • * Form 3115, Application for Change in Accounting Method; 
  • * Form 3520, Annual Return to Report Transactions with Foreign Trusts and Receipt of Certain Foreign Gifts; 
  • * Form 3520-A, Annual Information Return of Foreign Trust With a U.S. Owner; 
  • * Form 4421, Declaration – Executor’s Commissions and Attorney’s Fees; Form 4768, Application for Extension of Time to File a Return and/or Pay U.S. Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Taxes; 
  • * Form 8038, Information Return for Tax-Exempt Private Activity Bond Issues; 
  • * Form 8038-G, Information Return for Tax-Exempt Governmental Bonds; 
  • * Form 8038-GC; Information Return for Small Tax-Exempt Governmental Bond Issues, Leases, and Installment Sales; 
  • * Form 8283, Noncash Charitable Contributions; 
  • * Form 8453 series, Form 8878 series, and Form 8879 series regarding IRS e-file Signature Authorization Forms; 
  • * Form 8802, Application for U.S. Residency Certification; 
  • * Form 8832, Entity Classification Election; 
  • * Form 8971, Information Regarding Beneficiaries Acquiring Property from a Decedent; 
  • * Form 8973, Certified Professional Employer Organization/Customer Reporting Agreement; and, 
  • * Elections made pursuant to Internal Revenue Code section 83(b).

 
The IRS will accept a wide range of e-signatures, including the following:

  1. A name typed on a signature block;
  2. A scanned or digitized image of a handwritten signature attached to an electronic record;
  3. A handwritten signature entered onto an electronic signature pad;
  4. A handwritten signature, mark or command entered on a display screen with a stylus; or
  5. A signature created by third-party software.