Manage a checking account properly for your homeschool group
A homeschool leader is told she needs a tax ID number to open a checking account.
Is your homeschool group’s hired teacher really an employee?
A homeschool group faced an unpleasant audit by the IRS for misclassifying their co-op teachers as independent contractors.
The Disadvantages of Homeschool Co-ops (video)
Video clip on The Disadvantages of Homeschool Co-ops from Homeschool Co-ops Are Like Marriage: Know What You're Getting Into given at the Midwest Great Homeschool Convention in 2014.
Can a non-parent homeschool your children? Is that legal?
Hiring a governess to homeschool a child
Have we hit the $5,000 mark for gross receipts limit?
Carol, I am trying to do some research on the tax exempt status for our homeschool group and cannot find a clear answer. We are trying to see if we have hit the $5,000 gross receipts limit. Would money that…
Is it a homeschool co-op or Mary Poppins?
I started my website HomeschoolCPA to help homeschool organizations, but sometimes the lines between a family homeschool and a homeschool organization get a little fuzzy. Here’s one example of the new and creative ways the people are homeschooling today. I…
Banker wants original IRS letter to open a checking account
A banker asks a homeschool leader for her "IRS letter" before opening a checking account.
Are homeschool co-op teachers employees?
Payroll forms for a homeschool co-op
New homeschool group wants to avoid paying taxes
A new homeschool leader asks about filing and paying taxes for her group.
Handling funds for big events in our homeschool organization
Homeschool co-op events