Variable pages · IRS 990 Master Concordance
F9_02_PREP_PERS_PTIN
Preparer PTIN
- Description
- Paid Preparer PTIN
- Table
F9-P02-T00-SIGNATURE(one)- Part
- Part II - Signature Block
- Location
F990-PC-PART-02- Type
- text
- Scope
- SG – 990 and 990-EZ (signature block)
- Database
- F990, F990PF
- Forms
- PC
2 / 2
xpaths observed / mapped
5.7M
filings with a value
2009–2024
tax years observed
3
open flags
Checks
Value checks
| Result | Value check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ pass | Values have the PTIN format | 100.0% of values match ^A99999999$ |
| ✓ pass | Stored as text | data type is text |
| ✓ pass | No placeholder values | no all-zero / all-nine placeholders among the most common values |
Flags
| Flag | Severity | Xpath | Detail | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
INCIDENCE_BREAK | ▲ warn | (variable) | 990 fill rate changes up to 2033.7x year-on-year (in 2011) | open |
INCIDENCE_BREAK | ▲ warn | (variable) | 990EZ fill rate changes up to 1398.4x year-on-year (in 2011) | open |
INCIDENCE_BREAK | ▲ warn | (variable) | 990PF fill rate changes up to 38.8x year-on-year (in 2011) | open |
Xpaths
| Xpath (under /Return/ReturnData or /Return/ReturnHeader) | Form | Years | Filings | % filers | Repeats in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x1 | Preparer/PTIN | PC | 2009–2012 | 281,432 | 58.6% | |
| x2 | PreparerPersonGrp/PTIN | PC | 2013–2024 | 5,460,250 | 86% |
% filers: percent of in-scope filers whose return has the xpath, in its latest year. Repeats in: share of filings where the element occurs more than once.
Coverage by tax year
| Filings | ’09 | ’10 | ’11 | ’12 | ’13 | ’14 | ’15 | ’16 | ’17 | ’18 | ’19 | ’20 | ’21 | ’22 | ’23 | ’24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x1 | 15 | 287 | 97k | 184k | ||||||||||||
| x2 | 279k | 317k | 342k | 360k | 427k | 452k | 471k | 550k | 579k | 594k | 598k | 491k | ||||
| Fill rate: % of all filings of the return type (largest xpath) | ||||||||||||||||
| 990 | <1 | 41 | 61 | 84 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 93 | 93 | 92 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 92 | |
| 990-EZ | <1 | 22 | 54 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 88 | 88 | 86 | 88 | 79 | 78 | 77 | 75 | |
| 990-PF | 1 | 1 | 39 | 58 | 76 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 89 | 90 | 88 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 89 |
Filings with a value, by xpath (rows, numbered as in the xpath table) and tax year. A change of row from one year to the next is usually the IRS renaming the element (most were renamed in 2013). Hover a cell for the exact count.
Values
| Format | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
A99999999 | 5,741,682 | 100.0% |
Format of the values: 9 a digit, A a letter.