This week marks tax deadlines for some taxpayers – including tax-exempt organizations on a calendar tax year-end – but software outages caused concern that filings might not be timely. In response, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is offering guidance for impacted taxpayers. Unlike last year’s glitch, this outage isn’t an IRS issue. On May 6, Wolters Kluwer…
There’s one more filing tax deadline to go this spring. The 15th day of the fifth month after the close of the tax year, or May 15, 2019, is the deadline for many tax-exempt organizations to file tax information returns for 2018. It used to be the case that certain information returns only applied to organizations that…
It’s the eleventh day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2018. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting one a day for – well, 12 days (I’m clever that way). Today’s charity is beGirl.world (bGw). beGirl.world was founded as a vehicle to teach and expose the…
It’s the seventh day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2018. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting one a day for – well, 12 days (I’m clever that way). Today’s charity is The International Rescue Committee (IRC). The IRC offers emergency aid and long-term assistance…
It’s the sixth day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2018. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting one a day for – well, 12 days (I’m clever that way). Today’s charity is Rise Against Hunger. Rise Against Hunger originally began as Stop Hunger Now in…
It’s the fifth day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2018. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting one a day for – well, 12 days (I’m clever that way). Today’s charity is Cure Alzheimer’s Fund. Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, sometimes just called CureAlz, was founded in 2004…
It’s the fourth day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2018. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting one a day for —well, 12 days (I’m clever that way). Today’s charity is The Grey Muzzle Organization. The Grey Muzzle Organization, sometimes just called Grey Muzzle, has…
It’s the third day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2018. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting one a day for—well, 12 days (I’m clever that way). Today’s charity is First Book. First Book (Washington, D.C.) is a nonprofit social enterprise that provides new books, learning materials…
The American Bar Association (ABA) has revealed that a staff member had diverted about $1.3 million from the organization over a period of eight years. The theft was made public via the company’s annual tax form, a form 990. Tax-exempt organizations are required to file an informational return each year with the Internal Revenue Service…
Don’t put those sharpened pencils away just yet. There’s one more tax filing deadline looming: Tuesday, May 15, 2018, marks the filing deadline for many tax-exempt organizations.