Be Aware of Issues when E-Filing

Posted August 3rd, 2021 & filed under Blog.

For tax-exempt organizations that are currently working on filing their annual Forms 990, new rules surrounding mandatory electronic filing (e-filing) are causing quite a headache for tax professionals.

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Bad Actors and Charities Are a Bad Mix: What the Form 990 Can Tell Us About the College Admissions Scandal

Posted April 4th, 2019 & filed under Blog.

The Key Worldwide Foundation, formed in 2013, now finds itself at the center of the college admissions scandal grabbing headlines the last couple weeks. Over the years, millions of dollars had flowed through the charity as part of the scheme without IRS detection.

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IRS Releases Form 990-EZ Tools to Improve Compliance Accuracy

Posted February 28th, 2017 & filed under Blog.

More than 263,000 Forms 990-EZ were filed with the IRS in 2016. Of those, 139,000 were paper filed. The IRS reports 30% of all paper-filed Forms 990-EZ had an error,

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IRS Changes 2014 Form 990 Sunshine Rules

Posted June 19th, 2015 & filed under Blog.

By Jennifer Becker Harris, CPA

The last thing many nonprofit leaders want to see is a media article that depicts their charity in a negative light. The vast majority of charities work hard to be in compliance at both the state and federal levels,

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Is Your Form 990 at Risk for an IRS Audit this Year?

Posted July 18th, 2013 & filed under Blog.

By Karen Dunn, JD, LLM

Although the IRS is currently under fire for its practices around screening applications for exemptions, we should assume they are still “open for business,”

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