Can a co-op refund fees to members?
A homeschool co-op leader asks about returning supply fees charged to members.
Carol Topp
Homeschool mom, author and accountant. I enjoy helping homeschool leaders start and run their homeschool groups successfully.
Homeschool CPA’s most important blog posts
These are my most important blog posts. I refer homeschool leaders to these blog posts most frequently. These are keepers! Print them out and share them with your homeschool leader. Is your homeschool co-op’s hired teacher really an employee? We’re…
Are teachers in a Homeschool Co-op independent contractors or employees?
The IRS determined that a teacher in a homeschool program should be reclassified as an employee.
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.