| Similar Articles |
|---|
 |
AFP eWire
June 18, 2007 |
IRS Releases New Draft Form 990 With More Focus on Fundraising The IRS has given charities until Sept 14 to submit comments about the redesigned Form 990, which would be used for the 2008 taxable year with charities filing the form in 2009.   |
AFP eWire
September 10, 2007 |
IRS Releases Draft Redesigned Form 990 Here is one of the biggest tax changes in charity regulation over the past several decades. |
AFP eWire
January 14, 2008 |
Some Fundraising Concerns Addressed in New Form 990 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a redesigned version of the Form 990 in late 2007 that addresses many of the concerns raised by fundraising organizations. |
AFP eWire
June 19, 2013
Dennis Walsh |
Guidelines to Ensure Your Nonprofit Isn't Next on the IRS's List It is important for those charged with governance of exempt organizations to consider stakeholder perspectives in determining executive pay levels and the peril that may result when oversight doesn't meet public expectations. |
AFP eWire
October 8, 2007 |
IRS Makes Fundraising Changes to New Proposed Form 990 Most importantly to fundraisers, the IRS has eliminated a question on the core form that required organizations to calculate their fundraising expenses as a percentage of their total contributions. |
AFP eWire
September 15, 2008 |
IRS Issues Revised Instructions on New Form 990 The IRS has released revised instructions and supplementary materials for completing the redesigned IRS Form 990. A key change was the elimination of references and disclosures related to fundraising percentages and ratios. |
AFP eWire
November 5, 2007 |
Senate Considering Nonprofit Hospital Reforms Republican staff for the Senate Finance Committee has developed a series of proposed reforms related to governance, meeting community needs and levels of charitable care. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2006
Portal & Hilzenrath |
New SEC Proposed Guidelines to Give Investors a Clear View at Executive Compensation REITs should conduct a thorough review of current compensation policies and practices and evaluate them in light of the new disclosure proposals. For some REITs, a complete overhaul of the compensation program may be necessary. |
AFP eWire
September 17, 2007 |
AFP Submits Comments on Revised Form 990 The new draft IRS Form 990's increased reliance on simplistic percentages and its expansion into the areas of governance and best practices will tend to mislead donors and create significant problems for charities. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2005
Richard F. Larkin |
Time for a Financial Checkup This checklist can help foundations spot problems with internal financial controls. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 16, 2004
Manda Salls |
Achieving Balance in Nonprofit Governance Nonprofits are facing increasingly complex regulatory and boardroom challenges, says Harvard University's Marion R. Fremont-Smith. Can organizations respond while maintaining their missions? |
Investment Advisor
April 2007
Kara P. Stapleton |
Perqs Lead to Penalties About 600 charities and foundations have had to file amended tax forms due to an IRS study that found flaws in the way the organizations reported payments to executives and other employees. |
AFP eWire
August 28, 2006 |
New Form 990 Might Include Fundraising Cost Reporting An IRS advisory committee has recommended seven guidelines for restructuring and revising the Form 990, including potential changes to fundraising cost reporting. |
AFP eWire
August 16, 2004 |
IRS to Investigate Charity Salaries, Benefits The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced a new project to crack down on excessive compensation and benefits in the charitable sector. |
AFP eWire
June 4, 2007 |
Finance Committee Calls for Updated, More Extensive Form 990 Sens. Max Baucus and Charles Grassley, the chair and ranking member of the Finance Committee respectively, have asked the U.S. Department of the Treasury to update the Form 990, the annual charity reporting form, and include more information about fundraising. |
CFO
July 1, 2005
Bill Birchard |
Nonprofits by the Numbers In the wake of embarrassing revelations, high-profile scandals, and Sarbanes-Oxley, nonprofit CFOs are striving for greater transparency and accountability. |
Investment Advisor
May 2007
Les Witmer |
For Tax Exempts, Big Tax Changes As filing season winds down this month, tax practitioners (and financial advisors who work with practitioners on behalf of their clients) can breathe easier, but only for a moment. The Pension Protection Act prompts new IRS filing requirements. |
AFP eWire
April 9, 2007 |
IRS to Require Electronic Filing for Small Charities In 2008, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will begin requiring small charities, many of which previously were not required to file tax returns, to submit an annual electronic notice. |
HRO Today
Heller & Della Torre |
Audits of Outsourced Retirement Plans Relying on CPAs to turn up potential issues now is a better alternative than for plan participants or the IRS to discover shortcomings. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2004
Andras Kosaras |
Marion R. Fremont-Smith An interview with Harvard's senior research fellow at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations and author of Governing Nonprofit Organizations: Federal and State Law and Regulation, on her work as an attorney specializing in the representation of nonprofit organizations. |
Registered Rep.
March 2, 2011
Kristen French |
New Incentive-Based Comp Rules Murky For Financial Advisors It is not clear what this all means for financial advisors and brokers, some of whom get incentive pay in the form of recruiting bonuses that reward them for increasing assets and/or production. |
AFP eWire
February 26, 2013
Laurie Arena Rocha |
Three Things Every Fundraising Professional Should Be Prepared for in 2013 These three things include executive compensation, risk management, and the current government debt reduction debate. |
AFP eWire
December 10, 2007 |
Nonprofit Sector Sees Significant Increase in Governance Changes Majority of charities have put in place new governance and accounting policies since the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley accountability law. |
AFP eWire
May 31, 2004 |
IRS to Examine Nonprofit Executive Pay The director of exempt organizations for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has said that the agency plans to take a close look at how much top executives at nonprofit organizations are being paid. |
AFP eWire
June 27, 2005 |
Nonprofit Panel Releases Final Report The Panel on the Nonprofit Sector presented its report to Sen. Grassley (R-Iowa) and the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday, June 22, 2005. Here are the final recommendations. |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2005
Roy Lewis |
Understanding Your W-2 Form The author offers explanations to make your tax-filing experience a little easier. |
AFP eWire
June 24, 2015 |
IRS Advisory Panels Calls for Review of Charity Form 990, Mandatory E-Filing A copy of the report, including all of the recommendations and more information on the survey, is available on the IRS website. |
Searcher
February 2004
Hazel Cameron |
The Nonprofit Phenomenon Internet resources for nonprofit organizations |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
How to Form a Non-Profit Organization Take care of the legal technicalities involved in setting up your own charity. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2003
James B. Wright |
Governing REIT Compensation As recent well-publicized REIT proxy/management battles have demonstrated, REIT governance issues are no longer under the radar. In time, shareholder concerns (and any REIT vulnerabilities) relative to independent compensation decisions will also receive scrutiny. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2010
Jones & Luscombe |
The Tax Forecast Washington watchers share their sense of what's ahead for your client's taxes - and your clients and your own. |
Financial Advisor
October 2004
Michael E. Kitces |
New IRS Guidance On Car Donations When IRS Publication 4303 is followed correctly, you (or the client you advise) can be confident in your tax deduction---and mistakes will virtually ensure that an IRS audit will be an even more unpleasant experience than it already is. |
Investment Advisor
January 1, 2011
Thomas D. Giachetti |
Keeping Political Contributions Compliant A new rule on political contributions by investment advisors may make donations dangerous. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2008
Blaine Aikin |
New Disclosure Regimen Planners are facing considerable competition from brokers in the arena of retirement plans, and the reality that brokers typically don't work as fiduciaries is a thorn in planners' sides. |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2002
William D. Sanders |
Working Toward Improved Disclosure Every publicly traded real estate company shares the responsibility to provide clear, transparent financial information to investors... |
CFO
October 1, 2006
Don Durfee |
Pay Dirt As the SEC shines a light on executive compensation, will companies clean up their acts or find new ways to hide excess? |
AFP eWire
August 1, 2005 |
Operating Style Key Factor in Foundation Expenses A new study of the expense and compensation patterns of the 10,000 largest grantmaking foundations in the U.S. suggests not only that there are vast differences among these entities, but also operating style may be the most critical factor in determining and explaining such expenditures. |
Financial Advisor
December 2008
Janet Aschkenasy |
Who Discloses What? New regulations clarify the duties of qualified retirement plan fiduciaries and advisors. |
Financial Advisor
February 2012
Eric L. Reiner |
Putting 2011 Taxes To Bed Advisors can lower clients' stress by understanding the newest forms and rules. |
On Wall Street
August 1, 2009
Bill Fleming |
Bank Account Xenophobia: U.S. Reporting of Foreign Accounts The foreign account filing form and instructions were extensively revised late last year. The new instructions caused so much confusion that the IRS posted a series of questions and answers on its website in May. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
October 1, 2005
Andy Bender |
Orchestrating Compliance Product managers at pharmaceuticals are not always happy to see their compliance officers. That may be changing. |
CFO
January 1, 2006
Kris Frieswick |
Crackdown The IRS is taking a tough line on corporate tax cheats. According to commissioner Mark Everson, combating abusive tax shelters will remain a top priority for the IRS in 2006. In view of this, some companies are girding for battle. |
AFP eWire
July 30, 2007 |
New Accounting Standards on Reporting Fundraising Expenses The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) released new guidelines for the reporting of fundraising expenses by charitable organizations. |
AFP eWire
July 26, 2004 |
AFP to Congress: Prohibit Percentage-Based Compensation One of the most important steps Congress can take in increasing public confidence in charities is to outlaw percentage-based compensation, AFP President and CEO Paulette V. Maehara, told U.S. Senate Finance Chairman Charles Grassley and key committee staff members at a roundtable on charity regulation. |
AFP eWire
May 1, 2006 |
Nonprofit Sector Panel Proposes Solicitation, Compensation Recommendations to Congress The panel, which was created to provide Congress with guidance in developing oversight of America's charities, has released a supplement to its final report that contains additional recommendations related to charitable solicitations, compensation and other issues. |
National Defense
January 2011
Stafford & Stapleton |
New Executive Pay Rules Go Into Effect The comment period recently ended for an interim rule, "Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards," which implements the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act. |
CFO
March 1, 2012
Marielle Segarra |
IRS Kills Tax Reg Small business wins reprieve on credit-card rule. |
U.S. Banker
February 2011
Katie Kuehner-Hebert |
More Say on Pay Bank directors are often bystanders in developing compensation policies, but new guidelines will require them to play a more active role. |
AFP eWire
March 8, 2004 |
Massachusetts AG Considering Charity Accountability Legislation The Massachusetts Attorney General's office is considering new regulations that seek to improve charity accountability and transparency. |
AFP eWire
August 25, 2004 |
IRS to Crack Down on Section 527 Organizations Section 527 political groups, which have become very controversial during the current Presidential campaign, will now have to be more accountable to the Internal Revenue Service. Charities have not been unaffected by the controversies |
