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If we are talking about the anion ClF4 -, it is square planar.

The VSEPR method is not easy to apply here. That's why the answer is not obvious.

A DFT quantum calculation, B3LYP/6-31G+(d), gives the square planar structure (D4h) about 2.2 eV (about 220 kJ/mol) lower than the T type structure (C2v).

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