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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Automatic Exemption from Penalty, or AEP, is an IRS administrative relief program that prevents certain penalties from being assessed when an eligible original return is processed. Taxpayers do not need to submit an application, file a separate form, or make an individual request when all AEP requirements are met.
AEP may apply to certain:
- Failure-to-file penalties
- Failure-to-pay penalties
- Failure-to-deposit penalties
Eligibility generally requires a history of timely compliance for the same return type over the prior 3 years, or the prior 12 consecutive quarters for quarterly filers. The IRS also applies additional eligibility requirements to certain business returns.
AEP is not available for every return or every type of penalty. For example, it generally does not apply to returns filed only for specific transactions or infrequent events, such as Forms 706 and 709. It also does not apply to daily delinquency penalties, accuracy-related penalties, information return penalties, or other penalties outside the AEP program.
If a penalty was assessed and you believe AEP should have applied, contact the IRS using the number shown on your notice. If AEP does not apply, you may still qualify for First Time Abatement during the transition period or for penalty relief based on reasonable cause.
No. Each return type is evaluated on its own lookback. Clean Form 1120 history does not automatically clean Form 941 history.
That is exactly the policy tension the NTA raised. If facts support reasonable cause, request it affirmatively. The IRS has not implemented a simple post-AEP substitution button for taxpayers.
AEP materials do not fully address SFR interaction under IRC section 6020(b). Statutory SFR rules for failure-to-file versus failure-to-pay remain complex. Treat this as an open implementation question.
AEP is described as applying during original-return processing. The IRS has not clearly stated that amended returns receive AEP treatment.
AEP is tied to compliance history and tax periods. The IRS has not published clear re-qualification guidance describing how and when a taxpayer can earn back AEP after it is used. Do not rely on informal re-qualification assumptions.
Interest tied to a suppressed penalty should not attach to a penalty that was never assessed. Interest on the underlying tax still applies under normal rules.
Not for returns processed before AEP was live for that return type. Call the number on the notice and request FTA or other applicable relief. Form 843 is the written backup.
For annual returns, the same return type must have been timely filed for the prior three tax years. For quarterly returns, the lookback is 12 consecutive quarters. Estimated tax penalties do not break the lookback. Penalties later abated for reasonable cause or IRS error also do not break it. Businesses face extra FTD waiver and EFTPS-avoidance filters.
No. AEP is applied systemically during original-return processing when the IRS determines the lookback rules are met. You do not need to call or file Form 843 solely to activate AEP.

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