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How to Handle a Revoked 501(c)(3) Status in 5 Steps

Some days, there are pieces of mail you really wish you didn’t receive. Bills, late notices, warranty expirations, or recalls on your car are all examples of items we’d rather not get. But one piece of mail you really don’t…

5 Things You Must Do

5 Things You Must Do If The IRS Revokes Your 501(c)(3) Status

Some days, there are pieces of mail you really wish you didn’t receive. Bills, late notices, warranty expirations, or recalls on your car are all examples of items we’d rather not get. But one piece of mail you really don’t…

Form 990

What is IRS Form 990?

The instructions for IRS Form 990, the long form, are 103 pages long. IRS Form 990-EZ, its mid-range form, instructions are 48 pages long. IRS Form 990-PF, only for private foundations – but required of all private foundations regardless of…

Bill to Require More Advanced Revocation Notice

Bill to Require More Advanced Revocation Notice

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)…

IRS Revises Procedure for Reinstating Tax-Exempt Status

IRS Revises Procedure for Reinstating Tax-Exempt Status

The Internal Revenue Service has issued new guidance (in the form of Revenue Procedure 2014-11) for small nonprofits looking to regain lost tax-exemption.  The process outlined in the Rev. Proc. significantly changes the reinstatement process…mostly for the better. Under the…

IRS to Speed Up Listing of Charities That Lost Status

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…

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,…

IRS Mishandling Some 501(c)(3) Applications

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…

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…

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