Box Tops now requires 501c3 status for homeschool groups
Box Tops for Education now requires homeschool groups to have 501c3 tax exempt status with the IRS in order to participate.
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Co-op Policy Pop Quiz!
One year my co-op got creative with how to explain our policies, so we created a quiz and made a skit doing it as a game show. Here’s the whole quiz if you’d like to see it: 1. If…
Insurance provider works with homeschool groups
Insurance for homeschool groups
What tax forms do I file for a homeschool co-op?
A new co-op leaders asks: Come tax time, do we file with the IRS (like I do for our household every year?) For example, do we use turbo tax and file for our co-op?
Paying teachers in a homeschool co-op is a sticky situation!
Amy asks a common question: paying teachers at a homeschool co-op For the past several years, our group has spent more (thousands more) than we have charged our members. We’re not technically “in the red” because of more prosperous years…
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.
New article on homeschool support groups and the IRS
My article "Are support groups automatically tax exempt?" discusses the difference between homeschool co-ops and support groups in the eyes of the IRS and the benefits of being a support group!
Compare 501(c)(3) Charity to 501(c)(7) Social Club
Many homeschool organizations may qualify to be 501(c)(3) qualified charities with an educational purpose or 501(c)(7) Social Clubs.
Co-ops help with socialization of homeschooled children
Co-ops help with socialization of homeschooled children
Can a small homeschool group get 501c3 status?
In the past week, I have received two emails from homeschool leaders in MD and CA with a surprisingly similar situations.
In both groups, a small number of homeschooling families were joining together to hire a single teacher to teach their children once or twice a week. They had questions about paying the teacher and 501c3 tax exempt status.