Section 5. Select this section if:
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You are ineligible to file for reinstatement under Section 4; and
You're submitting this application not later than 15 months after the later of the date of your Revocation Letter or the date on which the IRS posted your name on the Auto-Revocation List at apps.irs.gov/app/eos/ .
By selecting Section 5, you're also attesting that you have filed the required annual returns, your failure to file was not intentional, and you have put in place procedures to file required returns or notices in the future.
Describe how you exercised ordinary business care and prudence in determining and attempting to comply with your filing requirements in at least 1 of the 3 years of revocation. Include a detailed explanation of all the facts and
circumstances that led to the failure, the discovery of the failure, and the steps you have taken or will take to avoid or mitigate future failures to file timely returns or notices.
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