Strengthening Communities Across Greater Washington
Resources for Nonprofits

Listen to the Podcast about
the redesigned Form 990

Provided by Price Waterhouse Cooper

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This presentation features Howard Schoenfeld and Laura Parillo of PWC's Washington/National Tax Services Exempt Organizations Practice Group. Howard and Laura highlight some of the key features of the redesigned form and outline the important steps nonprofit organizations should be taking now to prepare for the new form.

The new form and its schedules, as well as a lot of other information about the changes to the 990 is available at: www.irs.gov/eo.

FORM 990 REDESIGN
Getting a Head Start

"For many nonprofits, the new 990 represents a triple threat," says Kristen Conte, Meyer Foundation Vice President for Finance and Administration. "It will take more time to prepare, it requires you to provide the IRS with more information about your operations and governance structure, and it may raise costs of accountants and others who help you with the form."

Having systems and procedures in place now will ensure that you are prepared next spring when you’ll be filling the form out for the first time. We've compiled some resources that we think will be helpful for you in understanding the new 990.

Learning Opportunity

  
Thursday, July 17, 2006
What Nonprofits Need to Know About the New Form 990
Independent Sector.org
This teleconference will go over the steps that nonprofits should begin to take now in order to prepare for filing the new Form 990.
http://www.independentsector.org/programs/gr/Draft_Form_990.htm
  

Resources

IRS Resources
Includes FAQs and a simplified overview of the new form:
http://ftp.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=176613,00.html

Maryland Nonprofits
How to answer the new question 7B of the Form 990:
http://www.marylandnonprofits.org/html/support/Form990.asp

Idealist.org
http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/faq/57-95/62-42

Independent Sector.org
Includes a telecast and FAQs.
http://www.independentsector.org/programs/gr/Draft_Form_990.htm 

About.com
http://taxes.about.com/od/nonprofits/a/Form990.htm

Stayexempt.org (An IRS-run website for nonprofits)
Online training of how to fill out the new form:
http://www.stayexempt.org/course4purple/index.html

Wallstreet Journal
Article Explaining Background of Changes
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121201451612427355.html?mod=todays_us_personal_journal