A Volunteer Tracking Plan

Issue Do you track ‘volunteers’? It’s a good idea to track the number of volunteers and descriptions of what activities they participated in. Situation Marathon Bible College (MBC) is a public charity and a school under I.R.C. sections 501(c)(3) and...

What You Should Know About Employee Discounts

Issue A question we get sometimes is whether or not “employee discounts” are taxable to the employee.  What if the discounts are available to an employee’s family? Situation Troas Bible College (TBC) is a private college exempt under Internal Revenue Code section...

More on “Boycott Countries” Reporting

Issue A few months ago we talked about Form 5713 and reporting “operations” in countries that the U.S. Government has deemed to be “boycott countries.” It can be somewhat difficult to find the current list. Situation Denali Christian College (DCC) is a public charity...

Constructing and Adopting Joint Venture Policies

Issue Last week, we looked at the “Governance Section” (Part VI) of Form 990 which has two questions (16a, 16b) regarding whether an institution invests in, contributes assets to, or participates in a “joint venture”.  What might a “joint venture policy” look like?...