Flowchart for Starting a Nonprofit
While helping a homeschool organization in Washington, I found a nice 44 page book from WA state on forming a nonprofit. I really liked the flowchart on page 5. It has steps to take at the State level, the…
Carol Topp
Homeschool mom, author and accountant. I enjoy helping homeschool leaders start and run their homeschool groups successfully.
Do we file 1099s for teachers before we are a 501c3?
We board members just want to clarify something about issuing the 1099 to our five paid teachers. Do we need to wait until we have our 501(3)(c) status before we issue them? In your book Paying Workers in a Homeschool…
Do I Give Classical Conversations a 1099-MISC?
Carol Topp starts a new feature on her Homeschool Leader podcast: Q&A with HomeschoolCPA. In this first Q&A session, she is asked by a Classical Conversations® Director of she needs to give Classical Conversations® Corporation a 1099-MISC for the licensing…
Taxes for Homeschool Business Owners
Are you a tutor, teacher or CC director of a homeschool business? You might be very confused about your taxes. Carol Topp, the HomeschoolCPA, has a book for you! In this podcast episode Carol explains who the ebook is for:…
Taxes for Homeschool Business Owners ebook
My latest book, Taxes for Homeschool Business Owners!
End of Year Tasks for Nonprofit Homeschool Groups
Happy New Year! In the new and out with the old. But wait! Not so fast! There are several tasks a nonprofit homeschool group needs to do to finish out the prior year before forging ahead. 1. Wage Form W-2…
Merry Christmas 2019! Don’t plan on getting a lot done!
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Where to get initial funding for a homeschool nonprofit start up?
A homeschool parent is launching a new homeschool program. Like many nonprofits, she needs some money to start up. The main concern for our group at the moment are funds for filing (for nonprofit incorporation and 501c3 tax exempt status).…
DIY 501c3 tax exempt status
In 2019 Carol Topp started an ambitious project. She set out to record 3 webinars to hep homeschool groups form a nonprofit and apply for 501vc3 status. In this podcast she describes these 3 webinars. Create a Nonprofit Organization for…
New homeschool co-op wants simplicity. Any taxes due?
Hi Carol.I started up a group of a few families last year as a homeschool co-op in our community. As we have grown a little more this year, I would like to start up a checking account. My question is,…