Starting a Homeschool Group
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Recent Blog Posts
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 not 501c3 and don’t want to be! Do not use individual fund raising accounts Are…
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.
Homeschool Group FAQ
There are many reasons why homeschool groups form and operate as nonprofit organizations rather than businesses.
Read Answer
Tiny groups are more informal, some don’t collect any money and most don’t have a formal board like a typical nonprofit homeschool group. Learn More
In this short podcast episode (12 minutes) Carol Topp, CPA explains the benefits of forming your homeschool group as a nonprofit corporation and why a leader would want limited liability protection. Listen to the Podcast
You might be surprised at how simple it is to form a nonprofit organization. Here’s what it takes
Your homeschool group may be able to “self-declare” 501c tax exempt status and not officially apply. Here’s what to do
The IRS Form 990-N is a simple, online form that all nonprofit tax exempt organizations with annual gross revenues of less than $50,000 must file every year. Read Instructions
Some homeschool groups look a lot like schools. They offer a full curriculum, there are teachers teaching classes, they rent space to conduct the classes, etc. But are they “schools?” See Answer
Churches may be at risk for having their property tax exemption affected if they host a business. Read the FAQ
I state pretty clearly in my book Paying Workers in a Homeschool Organization that teachers in a homeschool program should be treated as employees not Independent Contractors.
Here’s why. Read Full Article
