July 31, 2009, OnPhilanthropy — State charity registration laws have been ignored for decades. Until earlier this year, I wouldn't have been given space to write about them. There is no penalty for breaking most of them and the few states that have penalties rarely enforce them, so there's been no incentive to comply. Until the IRS stepped in.
July 28, 2009, Examiner.com — There are many types of organizations in the business world from for-profit to nonprofit. There are also various types of tax exempt organizations. If you have applied for and have been granted 501(c) 3 status, it’s important that your organization take the appropriate steps to preserve its status.
What do a nonprofit organization that helps low-income families and a used-car lot have in common? In most cases, not much.
June 1, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — The Internal Revenue Service has released the third in a series of tips to help nonprofit organizations prepare their Form 990 informational tax return, the primary document that groups file each year.
May 21 2009, Independent.ie — While most sectors of the economy are suffering a downturn in sales of products and services, Irish charities are experiencing a significant surge in demand.
May 20, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — President Obama did not include money in his fiscal 2010 budget proposal for a program to provide grants to help small and medium-size charities get training and management help that was authorized by a new national-service bill.
May 19, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — The two top members of the Senate Finance Committee have released what they call policy options for revamping the nation’s health-care system that include a change in how the tax-exempt status of nonprofit hospitals would be handled under federal law.
May 1, 2009, Governing — Winter Haven, Florida, imposes an accident- response fee—for services rendered when police officers and firefighters ride to the rescue. Wisconsin triples the price of its elk-hunting license—even though there aren't enough elk to warrant an elk-hunting season. Localities in Virginia win approval to increase the amount inmates pay for the privilege of being jailed—from a maximum of $1 per day to new limit of $5 per day.
April 29, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — The Internal Revenue Service has released an updated plan for the next several years that pledges a continuation of “focused oversight of the tax-exempt sector.”
NEW YORK, NY, April 29, 2009 — Officers signing their non-profits' radically revised IRS Form 990 this year may want to read the small print on risking perjury by making false statements about filing at the state level for fund-raising and other activities, according to Martignetti Planned Giving Advisors, LLC, a New York-based consultancy group that advises non-profits.
