Be Advised The NYS Charities Bureau Moved to 28 Liberty Street .......
All CHAR forms (current and prior years) have been updated with the new address:
NYS Office of the Attorney General
Charities Bureau Registration Section
28 Liberty Street New York, NY 10005
Use this link for the updated CHAR 500 Form for 2017
https://www.charitiesnys.com/pdfs/CHAR500_2017.pdf
The IRS Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt Organization issued their 2018 Report
The 10 members of the ACT presented their 2018 report to the IRS in a public meeting in Washington, DC on June 7, 2018, on five issues:
- Employee Plans: Recommendations regarding the re-opening of the IRS Determination Letter Program
- Employee Plans: Recommendations regarding missing participants in retirement plans
- Exempt Organizations: Recommendations regarding incentivizing universal e-filing for Forms 990
- Indian Tribal Governments: Recommendations regarding sharing of taxpayer information with tribal government tax programs
- Tax Exempt Bonds: Recommendations regarding encouraging self-compliance by issuers of tax-advantaged obligations/tax exempt bonds
See full report here: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p4344.pdf
IRS Posts 2017 Accomplishments for Tax Exempt Unit
Learn about TE/GE contributions to tax administration programs during Fiscal Year 2017, including the number of:
Exempt Organizations’ completed examinations and compliance checks, closed determination cases, and final revocations
Federal, State and Local Governments’ completed examinations
Employee Plans’ completed examinations and compliance checks, closures of determination letter applications, Voluntary Compliance activity, and Issue Snapshots
Indian Tribal Governments’ completed examinations and compliance checks
Government Entities Compliance Unit’s completed examinations and compliance checks
Tax-Exempt Bond’s completed examinations
Alert: IRS will be rejecting more Form 990 filings
As of January 8, the IRS is returning Form 990 series returns filed on paper – and rejecting electronically filed returns – when they are incomplete or the wrong return. IRS.gov answers the question What happens if my Form 990 is missing information or a schedule, or is the wrong return?
https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/annual-reporting-and-filing