Not-for-Profit Organizations From Infancy to Adolescence to Adulthood!
Creating a Tax-Exempt Organization
This paper walks through the do’s and don’ts of creating a tax-exempt organization with focus on:
- Recruiting board members
- Creating bylaws
- Special rules for low-income housing entities
- Incorporation
- IRS forms and paperwork requirements
- State considerations
STaying Tax-Exempt
Now that your organization has tax-exempt status, how do you keep it?
This paper outlines the do’s and don’ts for maintaining your tax-exempt status. Topics covered include:
- Fundamentals of maintaining tax-exempt status – organizational and operational tests
- Unrelated business income taxes
- Safe harbor guidelines
- Lobbying
- Public charity status
