Thousands of Nonprofits Will Lose Their
Tax Exempt Status on Oct 15, 2010
- and many of them don’t even know it -
Is Your Organization on the List?
An obscure section of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 made two important changes impacting tax-exempt organizations starting May 17, 2010 - Now.
First, it mandated that all tax-exempt organizations, other than churches and church-related organizations, must file an annual return with the IRS. The filing requirements vary.
Second, the law also requires tax-exempt organizations that fail to be in compliance with its filing provisions automatically loses its federal tax-exempt status. Under the provisions of the act, a huge number of nonprofit organizations are currently scheduled to lose their status after having failed to meet the Act’s filing requirements as of May 17th of 2010. Under a special one-time relief program recently announced, nonprofits can come into compliance by Oct 15th without losing their tax exempt status.
Without Action By At-Risk Organizations:
- Donations made to the organizations will not be deductible as charitable expenses. Donors may or may not be aware of this before filing.
- Revenues received by the organization may become taxable.
- The organization will have to re-file for tax exempt status in a lengthy and expensive process which includes IRS filing fees of up to $850.
Three Things You Can Do Now to Save Your Tax Exempt Status
- Find out if you are on the list of thousands of organizations slated to lose their tax exempt status.
- Find out what your filing mandate is.
- Come into compliance before you lose your status and the charitable revenue streams you rely on.
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IRS to Strip Thousands of Tax Exempt Organizations of Their Nonprofit Status
Published: 08/20/2010 by Alan K. Sandersen, CPA
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