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Don’t Make These Common Mistakes When Filing Your Form 990

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Your tax-exempt status may keep you from having to file traditional tax returns, but maintaining the designation comes with its own labyrinth of forms, requirements, and deadlines. Here are nine common mistakes Nikita and her team at Tax990 see nonprofits make when filing their form 990s.

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The Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits

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Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. by donors, grantors, governing boards, or by law.???.

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Maintaining Nonprofit Compliance With Fundraising Software

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If you’ve invested in software to simplify auction management, you’re already taking the right steps to maximize your fundraising event’s success! Activity data As a tax-exempt organization, you technically won’t have to file a tax return. The right fundraising software will track your auction’s essential information for Form 990.

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Class Action Denied In Blackbaud Data Breach Case

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The denial is one of the latest actions stemming from a data breach at the Charleston, South Carolina-based software and data services firm. All 50 states have laws requiring organizations experiencing data breaches to notify affected entities. By some counts, the class size could have reached 1.5 The case number is 3:20-mn-02972-JFA.

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Digital Privacy Compliance for Nonprofits: The Big 3 Laws

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From fundraising legal requirements to digital privacy laws, it’s important to understand the rules to which your nonprofit can be held accountable. Regulation #1: The CAN-SPAM Act The CAN-SPAM Act was passed into US law in 2003, and it protects consumers from receiving emails that they never agreed to receive.

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How to Start a Nonprofit in 10 Steps

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How to start a nonprofit: first steps How to start a nonprofit: build a strong foundation How to start a nonprofit: file the paperwork What is a nonprofit organization? At the very least, there are filing fees required by the IRS to start your organization. Do you have the right software tools?

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Is Your Remote Team Getting the TLC They Deserve? An Audit Delivers Answers

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Your team should have up-to-date hardware and software. Even if the law in your state does not require employers to reimburse these items, providing that support demonstrates concern for individual well-being and expectations for peak performance. What are the requirements for calendar and file sharing?

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