Variable pages · IRS 990 Master Concordance
F9_04_LOB_ACT_X
Engaged in lobbying or had a section 501(h) election [x]
- Description
- Lobbying activities?
- Table
F9-P04-T00-REQUIRED-SCHEDULES(one)- Part
- Part IV - Checklist of Required Schedules
- Location
F990-PC-PART-04-LINE-04- Type
- checkbox
- Scope
- PZ – 990 and 990-EZ
- Database
- F990
- Forms
- EZ, PC
4 / 5
xpaths observed / mapped
4.6M
filings with a value
2009–2024
tax years observed
0
open flags
Checks
Value checks
| Result | Value check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ pass | Values are checkbox codes | 100.0% of values are X / true / false / 1 / 0 |
| ⓘ info | Meaning of a blank | 96% of values are explicit false/0, so a missing value is not the same as unchecked |
| ✓ pass | Element names agree in polarity | all element names have the same polarity |
No flags.
Xpaths
| Xpath (under /Return/ReturnData or /Return/ReturnHeader) | Form | Years | Filings | % filers | Repeats in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x1 | IRS990/LobbyingActivities | PC | 2009–2012 | 406,547 | 81.6% | |
| x2 | IRS990EZ/EngageInLobbyingActivities | EZ | 2009–2012 | 175,580 | 70.4% | |
| x3 | IRS990/LobbyingActivitiesInd | PC | 2013–2024 | 2,621,519 | 76.9% | |
| x4 | IRS990EZ/LobbyingActivitiesInd | EZ | 2013–2024 | 1,416,876 | 78.3% | |
| x5 | IRS990/Form990PartIV/LobbyingActivities | PC | not observed | 0 |
% 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 | 29k | 101k | 130k | 147k | ||||||||||||
| x2 | 11k | 40k | 58k | 66k | ||||||||||||
| x3 | 162k | 178k | 190k | 199k | 205k | 207k | 218k | 245k | 259k | 270k | 276k | 213k | ||||
| x4 | 74k | 84k | 90k | 94k | 101k | 109k | 118k | 131k | 156k | 159k | 161k | 140k | ||||
| Fill rate: % of all filings of the return type (largest xpath) | ||||||||||||||||
| 990 | 87 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 78 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 78 | 77 |
| 990-EZ | 73 | 63 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 78 | 78 |
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
| Value | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
false | 2,924,030 | 63.3% |
0 | 1,533,621 | 33.2% |
1 | 97,262 | 2.1% |
true | 65,609 | 1.4% |