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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Updates From the Nonprofit Risk Management Center

Need a Refresher on Maintaining Tax-Exempt Status and Other IRS Obligations?

The IRS recently updated Publication 557 (a PDF). The updated publication provides helpful guidance on what information needs to be provided to donors to acknowledge donations, the rules regarding public disclosure of annual returns to the IRS, including the 990-T form, as well as examples of what constitutes the all-important public support needed to maintain tax-exempt status.

Frequently Asked Questions Now Available On the Center’s Web Site

Every day the Center responds to questions about risk, liability and insurance. The Center is pleased to announce that the “Advice” tab of the Center’s Web site now provides an easy link to the Center’s responses to these Frequently Asked Questions.

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