Variable pages · IRS 990 Master Concordance
F9_04_POLI_ACT_X
Engaged in political campaign activities [x]
- Description
- Political activities?
- Table
F9-P04-T00-REQUIRED-SCHEDULES(one)- Part
- Part IV - Checklist of Required Schedules
- Location
F990-PC-PART-04-LINE-03- Type
- checkbox
- Scope
- PZ – 990 and 990-EZ
- Database
- F990
- Forms
- EZ, PC
4 / 5
xpaths observed / mapped
5.9M
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 | 99% 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/PoliticalActivities | PC | 2009–2012 | 495,528 | 100% | |
| x2 | IRS990EZ/EngagePoliticalCmpgnActivities | EZ | 2009–2012 | 233,485 | 94.8% | |
| x3 | IRS990/PoliticalCampaignActyInd | PC | 2013–2024 | 3,349,613 | 100% | |
| x4 | IRS990EZ/PoliticalCampaignActyInd | EZ | 2013–2024 | 1,816,014 | 96.6% | |
| x5 | IRS990/Form990PartIV/PoliticalActivities | 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 | 33k | 123k | 160k | 180k | ||||||||||||
| x2 | 11k | 55k | 78k | 89k | ||||||||||||
| x3 | 199k | 219k | 234k | 244k | 262k | 271k | 284k | 320k | 336k | 349k | 355k | 277k | ||||
| x4 | 99k | 112k | 120k | 126k | 134k | 144k | 148k | 165k | 197k | 199k | 199k | 173k | ||||
| Fill rate: % of all filings of the return type (largest xpath) | ||||||||||||||||
| 990 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 990-EZ | 73 | 87 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 |
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 | 3,768,857 | 63.9% |
0 | 2,083,346 | 35.3% |
true | 22,727 | 0.4% |
1 | 19,710 | 0.3% |