Category: Tips For Nonprofits (page 3 of 3)

New York State Paid Family Leave

 On July 19, Governor Cuomo announced final regulations implementing New York’s nation-leading Paid Family Leave (PFL) program. The state’s PFL program will provide New Yorkers with job-protected, paid leave to bond with a new child, care for a loved one with a serious health condition or to help relieve family pressures when someone is deployed abroad on active military service.

Insurance companies notified disability benefits (DB) policyholders that PFL will be added to their DB policies effective January 1, 2018.  Nearly all employees of DB policyholders will be automatically covered for PFL.

PFL will be funded through employee payroll deductions. As an employer, you are responsible for collecting the appropriate PFL contributions to cover the cost of the program. You may begin employee payroll deductions for PFL as of July 1, 2017.

The rate of PFL is 0.126% of the employee’s weekly wage, not to exceed 0.126% of the current New York State average weekly wage (AWW) of $1,305.92.

Please review the fact sheet for further information.

Summer Interns visit The BYB

Town of Greenburgh Attorney, Tim Lewis, annually visits The BYB with Summer Interns.

These students are from local colleges and high schools looking to prepare themselves for the next step.

The Summer Interns asked Wiley various questions as he answers to the best of his ability.

The video touches base on interpersonal skills, career paths, and much more.

Watch the video to hear what Wiley has to say…

Dont forget to share the knowledge!

“EEO is the Law” Poster

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that notices of Federal laws prohibiting job discrimination be made available in a location that is accessible to applicants and employees with disabilities that limit mobility.

To print the electronic poster click here!

Read more: https://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/poster.cfm

1099-Misc

Miscellaneous Income should be reported. Payments for services performed for your trade or business is reflected on form 1099-Misc.

If the following four conditions are met, you must generally report a payment as nonemployee compensation.

1. You made the payment to someone who is not your employee;
2. You made the payment for services in the course of your trade or business (including government agencies and nonprofit organizations);
3. You made the payment to an individual, partnership, estate, or in some cases, a corporation; and
4. You made payments to the payee of at least $600 during the year.

For more information, click the link below to read more!

Reporting Payments to Independent Contractors

Avoid a Tax Audit!

Several different things can alert the IRS to issue an audit. Keeping your books and records in order can help to avoid a stressful situation. Making large charitable contributions and failing to report all of your income can trigger an audit.

If you have multiple sources of income it can become hard to keep track of all the income year earned, and the more likely you are to leave out a payment. To avoid missing a 1099 keep track of all work you complete and the agreed payment. Not getting a form is not an excuse for not reporting the income.

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Things That Could Trigger an IRS Audit

What is the new IRS e-postcard?

The IRS has imposed a new law for most small tax-exempt organizations. These non-profits whose gross receipts are normally $25,000 or less during their calendar or fiscal year must now file Form 990-N, Electronic Notice (e-Postcard) for Tax-Exempt Organizations not Required To File Form 990 or 990-EZ.

Before this law was enacted, these small organizations were not required to file annually with the IRS.

All Forms 990’s are due on May 15th for calendar year filers, or by the 15th day of the fifth month after the close of the fiscal year (year ending on a date other than December 31st).

An organization that fails to file the required e-Postcards (or any Form 990) for three consecutive years will automatically lose its tax-exempt status.

Tax Exempt Status and Politics: Are we at risk?

I am the executive director of a charitable organization. I received an invitation to a dinner gala for a local politician running for office. Even though my organization is not donating any money to the campaign in risk of losing our exempt status, can I still attend the dinner?

Actually, attending the event given by or in honor of the politician who is running for office could be harmful to your organization’s tax exempt status if the organization paid for the ticket. If you wish to attend the dinner gala, you should purchase the ticket from your personal account, and should not represent the organization at the event.
Not-for-profits organizations, including churches and educational institutions that are exempt from federal income tax are prohibited from participating or intervening in any political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office.

Under federal law, these organizations cannot endorse any candidates, make donations to their campaigns, engage in fund raising, distribute statements, or become involved in any other activities that may be beneficial or detrimental to any candidate. Even activities that encourage people to vote for or against a particular candidate on the basis of nonpartisan criteria violate the political campaign prohibition of section 501(c)(3).

Are all not-for-profits tax exempt?

No, once a non-profit is incorporated, they will need to apply for recognition of exemption from the IRS. Tax exempt means that the nonprofit will not pay taxes to the federal government, and any donors can take a tax deduction for their donations to the organization.

Once your organization receives the determination letter from the IRS recognizing it as a tax-exempt organization, most states like New York, require that you register with the state’s Attorney General to be recognized as a charity in good standing.

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