Your Legal Companion for Nonprofit Tax Compliance | p. 1 |
Nonprofits and the IRS | p. 3 |
What Do We Mean When We Say ôNonprofitö? | p. 4 |
The Life Cycle of a Nonprofit | p. 9 |
Ongoing Compliance | p. 3 |
IRS Audits | p. 18 |
Annual IRS Filings-The Form 990 | p. 33 |
The Nuts and Bolts of the Filing Process | p. 35 |
The 990-N Postcard Filing-As Simple as It Gets | p. 46 |
Fofm 990-EZ: The E-Z Way Out | p. 52 |
The New Form 990: Just Hold Your Nose and File It | p. 82 |
Letting the Public See Your Report Card: Disclosure of Form 990 | p. 101 |
Notifying the IRS If You Terminate Merge, or Contract Your Nonprofit | p. 196 |
Record Keeping and Accounting | p. 111 |
Why Keep Financial Records? | p. 112 |
What Does the IRS Require? | p. 116 |
Do You Need an Independent Audit? | p. 137 |
Minding the GAAP | p. 140 |
Volunteers, Employees, and Independent Contractors | p. 145 |
Volunteers-The Backbone Workforce of Nonprofits | p. 146 |
Reimbursing Your Volunteers-Know the Rules | p. 149 |
Unreimbursed Volunteer Expenses | p. 160 |
Benefits and Freebies-How to Show Your Appreciation Tax Free | p. 165 |
Paid Help: Employees and Independent Contractors | p. 173 |
Hiring Independent Contractors | p. 187 |
Hiring Employees | p. 197 |
Charitable Giving-The Basics and Cash Donations | p. 205 |
Your Role as a Nonprofit | p. 206 |
Thresholtf Requirements for Deducting Donations | p. 208 |
Annual Limits on Charitable Deductions | p. 216 |
What Can a Donor Contribute? | p. 218 |
When Is a Contribution Made for Tax Purposes? | p. 219 |
Special Gifts-Earmarked, Restricted, and Conditional | p. 251 |
If Your Nonprofit Provides Goods or Services | p. 225 |
Cash Contributions | p. 227 |
Cash Gifts From IRAs | p. 232 |
Interest-Free Loans | p. 234 |
Quid Prague Contributions | p. 234 |
Charity Auctions | p. 245 |
Property Donations | p. 247 |
Annual Deduction Limit for Property Donations | p. 249 |
Valuing Property Donations-An Art, Not a Science | p. 252 |
Different Types of Property Donations | p. 254 |
Documenting Property Donations | p. 276 |
Excessive Compensation, Sweetheart Deals, and Other Ways to Get in Trouble With the IRS | p. 297 |
A Nonprofit Is Not a Personal Piggy-Bank | p. 298 |
The IRS Intermediate Sanctions Minefield | p. 300 |
Transactions With Disqualified Persons-How to Avoid Problems With the IRS | p. 305 |
Excessive Compensation for Services: The Most Common Excess Benefit | p. 318 |
Correcting and Reporting Excess Benefit Transactions | p. 335 |
The IRS's Sentence of Death: Revocation of Tax-Exempt Status | p. 338 |
Nonprofits That Make Money and UBIT | p. 343 |
What Is UBIT? | p. 345 |
Activities Exempt From UBIT | p. 353 |
Do You Owe UBIT | p. 364 |
Filing UBIT Tax Returns | p. 367 |
Lobbying arid Political Campaign Activities | p. 371 |
Lobbying by Nonprofits-What's Allowed and What's Not | p. 372 |
Political Campaign Activities-An Absolute Ban | p. 388 |
Getting Around the Restrictions | p. 401 |
Help Beyond This Book | p. 405 |
Help From the IRS | p. 406 |
Other Helpful Publications and Websites | p. 410 |
Researching the Tax Law | p. 412 |
Consulting a Tax Professional | p. 418 |
Appendix: Forms | p. 421 |
IRS Form 990-EZ | p. 422 |
Sample Conflict of Interest Policy (from IRS Form 1023, Appendix A, With Annual Conflict of Interest Acknowledgment Statement) | p. 426 |
Rebuttable Presumption Checklist | p. 432 |
Family and Business Relationship Questionnaire | p. 434 |
Expense Report | p. 436 |
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