The IRS Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt Organization issued their 2018 Report

The 10 members of the ACT presented their 2018 report to the IRS in a public meeting in Washington, DC on June 7, 2018, on five issues:

• Employee Plans: Recommendations regarding the re-opening of the IRS Determination Letter Program
• Employee Plans: Recommendations regarding missing participants in retirement plans
• Exempt Organizations: Recommendations regarding incentivizing universal e-filing for Forms 990
• Indian Tribal Governments: Recommendations regarding sharing of taxpayer information with tribal government tax programs
• Tax Exempt Bonds: Recommendations regarding encouraging self-compliance by issuers of tax-advantaged obligations/tax exempt bonds

See full report here: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p4344.pdf

IRS Posts 2017 Accomplishments for Tax Exempt Unit

Learn about TE/GE contributions to tax administration programs during Fiscal Year 2017, including the number of:

• Exempt Organizations’ completed examinations and compliance checks, closed determination cases, and final revocations

• Federal, State and Local Governments’ completed examinations

• Employee Plans’ completed examinations and compliance checks, closures of determination letter applications, Voluntary Compliance activity, and Issue Snapshots

• Indian Tribal Governments’ completed examinations and compliance checks

• Government Entities Compliance Unit’s completed examinations and compliance checks

• Tax-Exempt Bond’s completed examinations

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/tege_fy2017_accomplishments.pdf

Alert: IRS will be rejecting more Form 990 filings

As of January 8, the IRS is returning Form 990 series returns filed on paper – and rejecting electronically filed returns – when they are incomplete or the wrong return. IRS.gov answers the question What happens if my Form 990 is missing information or a schedule, or is the wrong return?

https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/annual-reporting-and-filing

Guidelines & Principles for Nonprofit Excellence

• This Wiki is an good source of Nonprofit Governance info.  Link