Nyc Lclaa Puerto Rico Relief

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DEAR REPRESENTATIVE,WE ARE THE TAX PREPARER FOR OUR CLIENT. WE KINDLY REQUEST THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS TAX FILING WITHOUT PENALTIES FOR LATE FILING. OUR CLIENT, THE NYC LCLAA PUERTO RICO RELIEF FOUNDATION (TAX EXEMPTION PENDING), IS A SMALL INFORMAL GROUP OF LOCAL NYC HISPANIC INDIVIDUALS/ACTIVISTS FROM DIVERSE COMMUNITY GROUPS WHO ARE SEEKING TO ASSIST RESIDENTS OF PUERTO RICO WHOSE ROOFS WERE DAMAGED DURING HURRICANE MARIA (SEPTEMBER 2017) AND ARE STILL NOT REPAIRED. THEY PROVIDE ASSISTANCE THROUGH A BOARD TRUSTEE IN PUERTO RICO WHO ASSISTS IN IDENTIFYING RECIPIENTS AND FOLLOWS UP ON PROJECTS AS THEY OCCUR TO ENSURE THAT FUNDS ARE BEING PROPERLY SPENT FOR ROOF REPAIRS. MOST MEETINGS ARE CONDUCTED VIA VIDEO CONFERENCING, THEY DO NOT MAINTAIN A PHYSICAL LOCATION AND STAFF TO MINIMIZE EXPENSES AND MANAGE THE PROGRAM THEMSELVES. THOUGH THE EXTENSION FOR THIS FILING WAS INITIALLY TRANSMITTED TO THE SERVICE TIMELY ON 4/20/2023, IT WAS REJECTED.DUE TO CERTAIN TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE TAX SOFTWARE, THE REQUIRED INPUT INDICATING THAT THE EXTENSION FILING WAS FOR AN INITIAL TAX FILING NEEDED TO BE ENTERED IN MORE THAN ONE LOCATION FOR THE EXTENSION TO INDICATE AN INITIAL YEAR FILING. OUR TAX SOFTWARE HAD DIAGNOSED THE EXTENSION, SAID THAT IT HAD QUALIFIED FOR FILING, AND INDICTED THAT IT HAD BEEN TRANSMITTED TO THE SERVICE, SO WE HAD THOUGHT THAT THE EXTENSION WAS PROPERLY COMPLETED AND TIMELY FILED WITH THE SERVICE.ALSO, THE CLIENT'S TREASURER HAD RECEIVED A DIAGNOSIS OF A LIFE THREATENING CANCER WHICH REQUIRED TREATMENT DURING THE YEAR (AND IS STILL ON-GOING) AND WHICH IMPEDED HIS AVAILABILITY TO PERFORM THE TREASURER FUNCTIONS AND ASSIST IN THE FILING PROCESS. HIS AVAILABILITY, NORMAL FOLLOW UP ON CONFIRMING FILINGS COMPLETION AND RELATED ACTIONS MAY HAVE RESULTED IN OUR RECEIVING NOTICE OF THE EXTENSION REJECTION EARLIER.UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATION THAT THE FILING HAD BEEN REJECTED UNTIL WE COMMENCED WORK ON THE FINAL FILING FOR THE NOVEMBER 15TH DEADLINE.AT THAT POINT (OCTOBER 18, 2023) WE LEARNED OF THE EXTENSION REJECTION, WE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE REJECTION BY RE-FILING THE CORRECTED EXTENSION BUT THIS FILING OF THE EXTENSION WAS ALSO REJECTED.THE INTENT AND ACTIONS HAD BEEN TO FILE ON TIME, A FILING HAD BEEN TRANSMITTED TO THE SERVICE TIMELY AND IT WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GUIDELINES AND THE TAX SOFTWARE'S DIAGNOSTIC REVIEW AND WE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE DEFICIENCY AS SOON AS WE BECAME AWARE OF IT.THEREFORE, WE KINDLY REQUEST WAIVER OF ANY ASSOCIATED PENALTY FOR THE LATE FILING.

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