I’ve attended lots of training by the IRS for nonprofit and tax exempt organizations. They are usually informative, but a little dull. The IRS training modules (videos, virtual workshops, live and virtual conferences, and lots of documents) apply to all…
We are a group of families that came together last year to work collectively in sharing the role of teaching each other’s children one day a week. We have lots of interested families that want to join us next year.…
In a previous blog post I explained that the the IRS was going to deny 501c3 tax exempt status to a homeschool group, Sursum Corda in Southern California. The IRS employee claimed that this group of 35 families is only…
UPDATE: The IRS sent the homeschool group their 501c3 tax determination latter on July 19, 2021! Victory! Read more to learn what HomeschoolCPA wrote to the IRS to change their mind. It’s my worst nightmare: The IRS denying one of…
We started as a homeschool group in 1998. I don’t think any bylaws or articles of incorporation were ever filed. So we were just an unincorporated association, as I leaned from reading your books. We are now adding classes to…
We are a new unincorporated nonprofit association and our Director has applied to become a notary. Can we use our fundraising funds to cover the cost for her to become a notary? She would be offering complimentary notary services to…
Does my homeschool groups have to be tax exempt? It seems like a lot of work, cost and government intervention. Many of our members and the board members don’t want to be a 501c3. Do we have to be? We…
Our homeschool group was founded a few years ago with the mission of providing support for local homeschoolers. Since then the membership and monies have grown that we needed to establish a bank account. The bank informed me that our…