Revenues created by business ventures of nonprofits can result in unrelated business taxable income (“UBTI”) subject to the unrelated business income tax (“UBIT”), but it’s important to understand that not all revenues generated by unrelated businesses are subject to UBIT. And to be clear, if you have no UBTI, you owe no UBIT. We have […]
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Earned Income 101 for Nonprofits – Webinar
Earlier today, Emily and I presented Earned Income 101 for Nonprofits for Nonprofit Webinars. You'll find our PowerPoint presentation on the site. I've reproduced the introduction here: Many nonprofits use earned income as a source of revenue generation. For example, it was estimated in 2008 that nearly 70% of the $1.4 trillion generated by nonprofits came from […]
IRS Interim Report on Nonprofit Colleges and Universities Compliance Project
The Internal Revenue Service released an interim report (the "Report") on May 7, 2010, summarizing responses to compliance questionnaires sent to 400 public and private colleges and universities in October 2008. The Report and underlying project principally focused on (1) the conduct and reporting of exempt or other activities that may generate unrelated business taxable […]