We have discussed at great length the fact that all tax-exempt organizations are required to file some version of IRS Form 990 each year. As we have also discussed, failure to file a Form 990 for 3 consecutive years results in an automatic revocation of a nonprofit’s 501(c) status. Each month that passes adds to [...]
IRS Issues Changes to 501(c)(3) Status Effective Date for New Nonprofits
About this time every year, the IRS issues a number of Revenue Procedures, which are official, formal pronouncements regarding the manner in which it will handle specific tax situations. Revenue Procedures don’t exactly make law (only Congress can do that…theoretically, anyway), but rather provides a written guideline regarding how the IRS will handle an issue. [...]
IRS Releases Guidance for Tax Exemption Reinstatement
As you are likely aware, the IRS finally released its long-delayed Nonfiler Revocation List last week. On it were the names of 275,000 nonprofits that had their 501(c) status revoked (see previous post). There has been some confusion and some mistakes, as would be expected with anything that impacts up to 20% of all tax-exempt [...]
275,000 Nonprofits Lose Tax Exempt Status
Well, it’s official. We’ve known this day was coming since the Pension Protection Act was passed into law in almost 5 years ago. On the afternoon of June 8, 2011, the IRS released the initial list of nonprofits that have automatically lost 501(c) tax exemption due to non-filing of Form 990 for 3 consecutive years, [...]
IRS Announces Deadline for Tax Exemption Revocations
The IRS has finally announced its decision regarding the extension it promised to small charities facing the loss of tax exemption due to not filing Form 990N. Now, small nonprofits have until October 15, 2010 to file Form 990N and preserve their status. The IRS is calling this a one-time offer, so organizations that miss [...]
Update on IRS Tax Exemption Revocations
It’s been almost two months since most tax-exempt organizations were required to file their annual IRS Form 990. As we have discussed at great length on these pages, the due date for tax year 2009 was the doomsday date for many nonprofits which had not filed Form 990 for three consecutive years. Now the numbers [...]
IRS Adds More Uncertainty to Tax Exemption Revocations
What a mess! Now that May 17, 2010 has come and gone, we are waiting to see just how many 501(c) organizations around the country have lost their tax exemptions. For those of you who have been keeping up, you know that May 17 was the due date for filing Form 990. Additionally, under federal [...]
One-Fourth of Nonprofits Set to Lose Tax Exemption
Doomsday is coming…May 18, 2010 to be exact. No, it has nothing to do with the Mayan calendar ending (that’s 2012!). May 18 is the day that nearly 1/4 of all US nonprofits find that the IRS has automatically revoked their tax exempt status. If you are doing the math, that is nearly 400,000 nonprofits. [...]
IRS Mishandling Some 501(c)(3) Applications
Posted on August 23, 2012 by Greg McRay in Commentary, Starting a nonprofit
Cincinnati, we’ve got a problem! Lately the Internal Revenue Service Exempt Organizations Division has begun to monkey around with the way it treats organizations applying for tax exempt status, particularly those nonprofits that have been around and operating for a number of years prior to filing. The situation has been confusing, contradictory and, frankly, at [...]