This announcement notifies filers of Form 990, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax and Form 990-EZ, Short Form Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax, of a change in the 2011 Form 990-EZ and Form 990 Instructions. Except as noted below, it is now optional for tax year 2011 for filers to report their interests in the income, expenses, and assets of joint ventures and other partnerships in which they have an ownership interest using information from Form 1065, U.S. Return of Partnership Income, Schedule K-1.