Happy holidays! Have a listen to Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormet singing Happy Holiday while perusing this week's tweets on nonprofits, philanthropy, governance and social enterprises: Pew Research Center: Milestones for 2013: The breakthroughs, peaks and valleys discovered in our polls this year http://pewrsr.ch/1fBc69j Harvard Business Review: The...
Holiday Thanks!
Thank you to all our readers. We wish you a very happy holiday season! Here are just a few tips on giving thanks: Make sure your “thank you” receipts to donors are in the form they need to take a deduction. If you make commitments when giving thanks,...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – December 20, 2013
I spent much of the past week in Washington DC, where I managed to sneak in an evening tour of the monuments and a quick visit of the Newseum (highly recommended!). Have a listen to Afternoon Delight from the cast of Anchorman (featured exhibit at the Newseum) while perusing...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – December 13, 2013
This week has been marked by … cold. Have a listen to Zooey Deschanel and Leon Redbone singing Baby It's Cold Outside while perusing this week's tweets: on nonprofits, philanthropy, governance and social enterprises: Council of Nonprofits: What's ahead for nonprofits in 2014? Here's our take http://bit.ly/1coYryB Toscano Advisors:...
Nonprofit Finance & Accounting Symposium
I was honored to speak on nonprofit and for-profit social enterprises at the Nonprofit Finance & Accounting Symposium that took place on December 15-17 in Washington DC. Among the notable presentations: Welcome Session: The State of the IRS Tax Exempt Organizations Division (Marcus Owens). See The 1969 Private Foundation...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – December 6, 2013
Memorable events of the past week: Giving Tuesday, TEDWomen, and, sadly, the passing of Nelson Mandela. Have a listen to U2's Ordinary Love (from the movie Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) while perusing this week's tweets: on nonprofits, philanthropy, governance and social enterprises: The White House: President Obama on...
Proposed Guidance for 501(c)(4) Social Welfare Organizations
On November 29, 2013, a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by the Internal Revenue Service was published in the Federal Register containing proposed regulations that provide guidance to tax-exempt social welfare organizations on political activities related to candidates that will not be considered to promote social welfare. A 501(c)(4) social...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – November 29, 2013
We at NEO Law Group wish all of our readers a very happy Thanksgiving weekend! Have a listen to Adam Sandler's Thanksgiving Song while perusing this week's tweets: on nonprofits, philanthropy, governance and social enterprises: Gene: Nonprofit groups often seek restitution, not prosecution, when money goes missing Washington Post C....
FTB Revocation Policy for Failure to File Statement of Information or Form RRF-1
At a meeting of the California Bar Association’s Tax Exempt Organizations Committee last Friday, the issue of the California Franchise Tax Board (“FTB”) revoking an organization’s state tax-exempt status for failure to timely file a Statement of Information with the California Secretary of State was raised. Several representatives of...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – November 22, 2013
Yesterday I had the great honor of presenting at the WCTEO, the most prestigious tax-exempt organizations conference in the Western United States, wearing a hoodie in place of a suit and tie (at the prompting of my much more distinguished co-presenter Ofer Lion). Listen to JT's Suit &...