The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is the regulatory body that governs, well, accounting standards. FASB is recommending some pretty significant changes to the way nonprofits present their financial information. These proposed changes, the first in over 20 years, would…
The California Association of Nonprofits (known as CalNonprofits) has urged Charity Navigator to make two big changes in the way the organization evaluates nonprofits. The group sent Charity Navigator a letter after recent news of the watchdog’s CEO Ken Berger…
We’re a few days late in reporting this, but it is still big news. The Justice Department announced that it will not seek criminal contempt charges against former head of IRS Exempt Organizations Division, Lois Lerner. We have chronicled the…
Ken Berger, who has led Charity Navigator for nearly the past seven years, has abruptly decided to leave his position with the organization, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reports. Berger stated in an interview that the organization “has been going through…
It’s that time of year again… time to start thinking about your organization’s tax return filing. Some may not be aware of this annual requirement, or what even goes into this form. We created an FAQ to give a better understanding…
The House of Ways and Means committee passed seven bills this week, all of which aim to reform the IRS. It is part of the GOP House’s efforts to come up with a 2016 fiscal year budget. Here is the…
According to Harold Hancock, legal counsel for the House Ways and Means Committee, tax code changes are possible this year for charities and other nonprofits. We talked about this last year (and the year before), but so far, nothing has…
In our last article, we discussed legal liability of board members as it relates to corporate law. This post highlights liability in regards to IRS tax-exemption regulations. The board of directors collectively governs the affairs of a nonprofit organization. As…
In real world practice, becoming a board member for a nonprofit organization usually comes with little personal risk, and the probability of a member being legally accountable for actions taken by the nonprofit is relatively low. The fear of being…
We recently discussed a new bill which would require the IRS to give nonprofit organizations more advanced notice before revoking their tax-exempt status. Sens. Dan Coats and Ben Cardin coordinated the “Notice for Organizations That Include Charities is Essential (NOTICE)…