Do You Have Anything Past Due? - To ensure that your Club receives all future event stamps, please submit to AVA Headquarters any past due reports of any nature (including participation reports, officer updates, financial reports, etc.) stamps and monies owed.
TAW Deadline - The June/July issue of The American Wanderer deadline is April 25. All articles and photographs should be submitted directly to Laurel Parrott, Editor taw@bhi.com or by "snail mail" to: 3526 Humboldt Ave. N., Minneapolis, MN 55412. Be sure to include "TAW" in the subject line if emailing.
NEC Meeting - The next AVA NEC Meeting will be held in Orlando, Florida, on July 6 to 7, 2012. The NEC Meeting following that will be held in Schertz, Texas, on January 18 to 19, 2013. AVA Headquarters will provide more details once available.
E-Postcard Information – Worth Repeating - The good news is that many of South Central Region Clubs have properly filed e-postcards and maintained their non-profit status. During the weekend of January 28 & 29, 2012, Gus Glaser, a recently-retired IRS tax attorney specializing in non-profit organizations, researched each AVA Club by tax ID number to determine which Clubs were in compliance, those not in compliance, and other issues relating to our tax status. AVA is very fortunate to have such a professional willing to volunteer in this effort. Below is a summary of what Gus found.
Many Clubs are in compliance but have not sent proof of compliance to AVA, so AVA’s records show these clubs as not being in compliance.
When filing the e-postcard, some Clubs are not putting the Club name in the portion of the e-postcard called dba. Instead e-postcards are being filed with an individual’s name or no name at all. Often the Club address is not used, which causes the Club name and address not to be in the IRS data base, therefore not in compliance.
Clubs are not filing using the proper legal name of the Club. The proper name for a Club is the name the Club used when receiving their tax ID number. Many e-postcards have been filed under a Club’s tax ID number using various versions of a Club name or no name, causing non-compliance.
Clubs have intermittently filed one year then skipped years, causing the IRS to revoke their non-profit status.
WHAT YOUR CLUB NEEDS TO DO RIGHT NOW:If your club has filed the e-postcards, you must send the proof for each year you filed since 2007 to AVA Headquarters immediately; every AVA Club is required by the IRS to be in compliance, but the IRS does not notify AVA when you file. If the IRS has revoked your Club’s status and you did file e-postcards as required, AVA will take this up with the IRS on behalf of your Club once we have proof from you that you filed.
If you are dealing with the IRS now because your Club has already had it's non-profit status revoked because you did not file as required, you need to send copies of any documents you have sent to the IRS for proof to AVA that you are working to have your status reinstated. A form 1023 has to be filed with the IRS along with a filing fee of $100.00. The form 1023 and instructions can be found on the irs.gov web site. Seek out someone in your Club or a professional who can help you submit the necessary forms. See the IRS document, "AUTOMATIC REVOCATION OF TAX-EXEMPT STATUS," a copy of which is attached to the March Checkpoint or can be obtained from me.
Many Clubs are in compliance but have not sent proof of compliance to AVA, so AVA’s records show these clubs as not being in compliance.
When filing the e-postcard, some Clubs are not putting the Club name in the portion of the e-postcard called dba. Instead e-postcards are being filed with an individual’s name or no name at all. Often the Club address is not used, which causes the Club name and address not to be in the IRS data base, therefore not in compliance.
Clubs are not filing using the proper legal name of the Club. The proper name for a Club is the name the Club used when receiving their tax ID number. Many e-postcards have been filed under a Club’s tax ID number using various versions of a Club name or no name, causing non-compliance.
Clubs have intermittently filed one year then skipped years, causing the IRS to revoke their non-profit status.
WHAT YOUR CLUB NEEDS TO DO RIGHT NOW:If your club has filed the e-postcards, you must send the proof for each year you filed since 2007 to AVA Headquarters immediately; every AVA Club is required by the IRS to be in compliance, but the IRS does not notify AVA when you file. If the IRS has revoked your Club’s status and you did file e-postcards as required, AVA will take this up with the IRS on behalf of your Club once we have proof from you that you filed.
If you are dealing with the IRS now because your Club has already had it's non-profit status revoked because you did not file as required, you need to send copies of any documents you have sent to the IRS for proof to AVA that you are working to have your status reinstated. A form 1023 has to be filed with the IRS along with a filing fee of $100.00. The form 1023 and instructions can be found on the irs.gov web site. Seek out someone in your Club or a professional who can help you submit the necessary forms. See the IRS document, "AUTOMATIC REVOCATION OF TAX-EXEMPT STATUS," a copy of which is attached to the March Checkpoint or can be obtained from me.
Ken
