A Form 1023 Thanksgiving
The most common tradition for the Thanksgiving holiday is probably being around family and friends. While some of you may not have to travel too far, the rest of you...
27-Month Threshold
Time is always a factor in just about everything we do. You work for a number of hours throughout the day, you have a few hours for yourself or your...
Scare-Free Tax Season
They say it’s the most frightful time of year. No matter how hard you try, it’s impossible to avoid. And if things don’t go through as expected, you’re hit with...
Section 501(c)(3) Applications
Even if you have a successful nonprofit operation going on within your community, you just can’t proclaim yourself as a tax-exempt organization. Like many other things leading to a classification...
Unrelated Business Income Tax
When filing either a Form 990 (Long) or a Form 990-EZ, you’ll come across reporting any income that was received outside the normal activities of your organization. Even though your...
Find Your Tax Year Dates
One of the most common reasons we see a Form 990-N (e-Postcard) rejected is because of incorrect tax year periods. It’s a rejection with a fairly simple fix, but we...
990-EZ | 990-N (e-Postcard) – Which to E-File?
There are a number of things that can genuinely confuse us all. You may think that you understand what you see or speak about, but actually you’re mistaking it for...
Legal Audits pt.1
Legal audits usually serve as an overview of your organization’s non-financial compliance, governance, and risk management issues. Tax-exempt organizations generally consider having a legal audit when new management is in...
Non-Profit vs. Tax-Exempt Organizations
In the realm of tax and legal jargon, there’s a phrase you probably heard as many times as we have here in the office, “Non-profits are tax-exempt organizations, but not...