Category IRS Issues

How the IRS defines a school

Most homeschool groups that use volunteer parents and vary the classes offered each year do not fit this IRS definition of a school.

Does applying for 501c3 status mean government intervention into homeschooling?

A homeschool group can gather without needing to file reports with the IRS, but they will be limited.

A fundraiser can bring in so much income that it can jeopardize your 501c7 status because the fundraiser income exceeds 35% of total income.

There is a new website for filing the IRS ePostcard, Form 990-N

Hard working volunteers in a homeschool organization, who get a discount on tuition, could have to report and pay taxes on their "compensation."

A homeschool group wants to be a nonprofit corporation. Do they need to reapply for 501c3 status?

A homeschool support group leader read that her group cannot have a Statement of Faith or be religious. Is this correct?

Homeschool leader cannot find her group in the IRS database of exempt organizations.