Lost your tax exempt status?
If your organization has not filed any of the 990/990EZ/990N forms for three years, it is likely your tax exempt status was revoked.
Tag 501c3
Adding a football program under your homeschool group
A homeschool treasurer has several questions about tax exempt status and financial oversight of adding a football program.
Is your homeschool organization a “mutual benefit” organization? Maybe not!
Most homeschool co-ops are public benefit organizations because they serve a public good (i.e. education of children) and are not mutual benefit organizations.
Is my homeschool group required to have a 501(c)3 tax exempt status?
The homeschool co-op that I am building cannot qualify for 501(c)(7) social club because we offer classes, therefore we have an educational purpose. But are we required to have a 501(c)(3) status? We are not interested in the benefits of…
The IRS and Cooperative Fundraising
Links to an explanation of the IRS rules regarding fundraising.
Are fundraisers harming your chances for tax exempt status?
Many homeschool organizations depend on fund raisers to help run their homeschool co-ops and support groups. These fund raisers could actually harm a group's chances of obtaining tax exempt status.
How the IRS sees homeschool groups (podcast)
Carol Topp discusses "Who's Afraid of the IRS?" and discusses how the IRS sees homeschool co-ops.
Does my homeschool group have to be tax exempt?
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…