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The Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations, 7th Edition
Bruce R. Hopkins Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471196290 |
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Nonprofit organizations face a special set of rules governing everything from how they charter their organization, to their methods of measuring unrelated business income, and how they lobby (and if, in fact, they should continue to be allowed to lobby).Nonprofit lawyers, accountants, and directors need an easy-to-use reference work in understandable language to help them comprehend the issues and make informed decisions.
This core volume (ISBN 0471-196290) is supplemented annually.
The 2002 Cumulative Supplement (ISBN 0471-443425)includes:
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An excellent technical resource.......2001-04-26
Hopkins' book is an excellent reference for attorneys and accounts and nonprofit executives with some knowledge of nonprofit tax laws work. It's not likely to be useful to and it's not written for the average volunteer. This is a fairly technical resource, and while nonprofit tax law gets a lot more complicated than Hopkins, this is a very good middle-level resource.
If I have any criticism of Hopkins it's this: in recent editions he has removed important subjects from this reference and spun them off into separate books at equally high prices. Most of the treatment of charitable donations, for example, is now in a different book. Private foundations are now in a different book. Excess benefits transactions are in a different book. You can spend a ton of money on Professor Hopkins. It costs him one star in my rating.
Even so, as a basic entry point, this book is indispensable. I've attended seminars by Prof. Hopkins and read most his books, and he is very knowledgeable and does a good job at the difficult task of translating IRS-speak into comprehensible language. This book should be a part of every nonprofit lawyer and accountant's library.
Very comprehensive "hornbook.".......1999-08-13
The single most important treatise on the law of nonprofits.......1998-06-09
As with his prior editions, Hopkins has managed to address, within the covers of a single volume well, actually, he added another book to more fully cover private foundations!
This is definitely a must-have book for anyone working for or with US nonprofit organizations, such as board members, officers, senior staff, fund development staff or fund-raising consultants, grantwriters, attorneys and accountants advising tax-exempt organizations, and anyone else requiring a single-volume treatise covering the law of tax-exempt organizations.
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Effective Fundraising For Nonprofits: Real World Strategies That Work
Ilona M. Bray Manufacturer: NOLO ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1413300944 |
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Non Profits you need this book.......2007-05-24
Social Enterprise and Donor Partners for nonprofits.......2007-04-23
Good Book for Start-Up Non-Profits.......2007-04-10
A fundraising book for the small nonprofit, or one that is not well organized!.......2006-09-06
Clear and Simple Explanations of What Works.......2005-06-01
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Planned Giving: Management, Marketing, and the Law (Wiley Nonprofit Law, Finance, and Management Series)
Ronald R. Jordan , and Katelyn L. Quynn Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471351024 |
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Unlike other areas of fund-raising, planned giving brings fund-raising professionals into contact with lawyers, accountants, financial planners, consultants, and wealthy donors. They need to be able to speak the same language as the donors and their advisors while still keeping their own organization's goals in mind. This book can help them address these and other vital issues related to starting, marketing, administering, and expanding a planned giving program.This book is supplemented annually.
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The Legal Answer Book for Private Foundation
Bruce R. Hopkins , and Jody Blazek Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471405795 |
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A must-have guide that enables managers and trustees of private foundations, as well as their lawyers and accountants, to successfully navigate today's increasingly complex tax laws and reporting requirementsPrivate foundations are the most regulated of nonprofit organizations. Burdened with laws written over thirty years ago, which have become more complex and intricate, private foundations are forced to operate in a harsh legal environment. An operational or reporting mistake, no matter how innocent or inadvertent, can lead to immense tax and other penalties.
To reap the charitable, tax, and other economic advantages of private foundations while avoiding the perils lurking in the myriad of tax-law traps, you must be fully informed about the basic legal requirements and the many subtleties and current developments affecting private foundations.
Written by two of today's leading authorities on the laws regulating private foundations, The Legal Answer Book for Private Foundations provides this critical information in an efficient and comprehensible fashion. In clear, easy-to-understand language, the authors provide expert guidance on everything from how to set up a private foundation to how assets are invested, how funds are distributed to grantees, and how to avoid self-dealing.
You'll find answers to such critical questions as:
With the increasing opportunities for the establishment of private foundations, The Legal Answer Book for Private Foundations is an invaluable resource that is mandatory reading for anyone contemplating creation of a foundation or managing or advising an existing foundation.
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Starting and Managing a Nonprofit Organization: A Legal Guide
Bruce R. Hopkins Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471680001 |
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Whether you are a nonprofit novice or the director of an established organization, this must-have guide to nonprofit law contains all the information you need to succeed, thrive, and protect your nonprofit's tax-exempt status. This practical reference offers you information on virtually every legal aspect of starting and operating a nonprofit organization—from receiving and maintaining tax-exempt status to tips for successful management practices. Completely revised and expanded, the third edition features updated information on changes in law, rules, and regulations governing the nonprofit sector, and provides you with clear information on corporate, tax, and fundraising laws.Order your copy today!
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Up-to-date information on changes in laws, rules, and regulations governing the nonprofit sectorNonprofit organizations must comply with stringent federal and state regulations or risk losing their tax-exempt status. With a wealth of new material, the Fourth Edition of this easy-to-read resource contains essential information on virtually every legal aspect of starting and operating a nonprofit organization–from receiving and maintaining tax-exempt status to tips for successful management practices.
Bruce R. Hopkins (Kansas City, MO) is the country’s leading authority on tax-exempt organizations and a lawyer with the firm Polsinelli, Shalton & Welte, PC. He is the author of 15 books, including The Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations (0-471-26820-8) and The Tax Law of Charitable Giving (0-471-35623-9), both published by Wiley.
Customer Reviews:
Contemplating.......2007-03-23
Terrible source of outdated information.......2006-04-27
A Rosetta Stone for legally-challenged nonprofit trustees.......2004-04-30
As an independent consultant providing philanthropic and nonprofit investment management consulting to the trustees of personal, fiduciary and institutional trusts, it is critical that I have expert resources available to provide timely and cutting-edge advisory.
I read voluminously, and my experience is simply this: in the world of nonprofit legal advisory, there is Hopkins, and everybody else.
I believe that success in any field of professional advisory is founded on specialization. This is another outstanding work by the pre-eminent legal expert specializing in advising charitable and educational organizations, associations, colleges, universities, hospitals, religious organizations, associations, and private foundations.
"Starting and Managing ..." is an essential resource in my nonprofit library; I recommend it to my clients as a "Rosetta stone" for translating the Byzantine intricacies of the Internal Revenue Code into a summary of the laws that affect the operation of nonprofit organizations.
If you have questions related to the establishment and qualification for tax exemption of nonprofit organizations, the establishment and operation of charitable fund-raising programs, and advice on matters such as public charity/private foundation qualification, the unrelated business income rules, and the involvement of nonprofits in partnerships and other joint ventures ... and need answers in non-legalese, rest easy: you have found your resource.
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1 My "due diligence" research on the author yielded the following: Hopkins is author of eight books (three of which are annually supplemented): The Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations (6th ed. 1992); The Legal Answer Book for Nonprofit Organizations (1996); The Nonprofit Law Dictionary (1994); A Legal Guide to Starting and Managing a Non-Profit Organization (2d ed. 1994); The Tax Law of Charitable Giving (1993); Charity, Advocacy, and the Law (1992); The Law of Fund-Raising (2d ed. 1996) (winner in the first edition of the first annual National Society of Fund Raising Executives/Staley/Robeson/Ryan/St. Lawrence Research Award); and Charity Under Siege: Government Regulation of Fund-Raising (1980) (which was selected by the NSFRE as one of the 25 books most favorably affecting fund-raising). He is co-author of a book titled The Law of Tax-Exempt Healthcare Organizations (1995). He writes a monthly newsletter titled 'The Nonprofit Counsel" and a bimonthly newsletter titled 'The Fund-Raising Regulation Report." John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, New York, publishes these books and newsletters. He is Editor of Wiley's Nonprofit Law, Finance, and Management Series.
Hopkins is a member of the Legal Section Council of the American Society of Association Executives. He served as Chair of the Committee on Exempt Organizations, Section on Taxation, American Bar Association; Chair of the Section of Taxation, National Association of College and University Attorneys: and President, Planned Giving Study Group of Greater Washington, D.C. He was appointed to the IRS Exempt Organizations Advisory Group in 1 987 and was accorded the Assistant Commissioner's (IRS) Award in 1984.
Hopkins graduated from the University of Michigan in 1964. He received his law degree from the George Washington University National Law Center in 1967, and masters of law degree in taxation from the Center in 1971.
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Governing Nonprofit Organizations: Federal and State Law and Regulation
Marion R. Fremont-Smith Manufacturer: Belknap Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0674013069 |
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The nonprofit sector is a vital component of our society and is allowed the greatest freedom to operate. The public understandably assumes that since nonprofit organizations are established to do good, the people who run nonprofits are altruistic, and the laws governing nonprofits have reflected this assumption. But as Marion Fremont-Smith argues, the rules that govern how nonprofits operate are inadequate, and the regulatory mechanisms designed to enforce the rules need improvement.
Despite repeated instances of negligent management, self-interest at the expense of the charity, and outright fraud, nonprofits continue to receive minimal government regulation. In this time of increased demand for corporate accountability, the need to strengthen regulation of nonprofits is obvious. Fremont-Smith addresses this need from a historical, legal, and organizational perspective. She combines summaries and analysis of the substantive legal rules governing the behavior of charitable officers, directors, and trustees with descriptions of the federal and state regulatory schemes designed to enforce these rules. Her unique and exhaustive historical survey of the law of nonprofit organizations provides a foundation for her analysis of the effectiveness of current law and proposals for its improvement.
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The Good Corporate Citizen: A Practical Guide
Doris Rubenstein Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471475653 |
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Corporate citizenship refers to the way a company integrates basic social values with everyday business practices, operations and policies. A corporate citizenship company understands that its own success is intertwined with societal health and well being. Therefore, it takes into account its impact on all stakeholders, including employees, customers, communities, suppliers, and the natural environment.This handbook draws from the authors experience crafting and implementing philanthropic and volunteer strategies with companies such as IBM, Exxon, Mobil, 3M, and General Mills. A step-by-step primer on creating a comprehensive corporate citizenship program, The Good Corporate Citizen lays out how companies can maximize this exciting new trend.
Doris Rubenstein (Minneapolis, MN) has worked for over 25 years with some of Americas most respected nonprofit organizations.
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Corporate citizenship refers to the way a company integrates basic social values with everyday business practices, operations and policies. A corporate citizenship company understands that its own success is intertwined with societal health and well being. Therefore, it takes into account its impact on all stakeholders, including employees, customers, communities, suppliers, and the natural environment.This handbook draws from the author's experience crafting and implementing philanthropic and volunteer strategies with companies such as IBM, Exxon, Mobil, 3M, and General Mills. A step-by-step primer on creating a comprehensive corporate citizenship program, The Good Corporate Citizen lays out how companies can maximize this exciting new trend.
Doris Rubenstein (Minneapolis, MN) has worked for over 25 years with some of America's most respected nonprofit organizations.
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Nothing like It!.......2005-03-29
A Handbook to Keep.......2004-09-25
Navigating Your Corporate Philanthropy Journey.......2004-08-31
Multiple uses.......2004-08-27
Every executive and business owner should read this book!.......2004-07-04
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990 Handbook: A Line-by-Line Approach
Jody Blazek Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471417815 |
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Hands-on guidance to help nonprofits through the tax filing mazeForms 990 provide a wealth of financial and programmatic information to enable government regulators, funders, journalists, and the interested public to measure a nonprofit's performance. A copy of the forms must be provided to anyone who asks; charities' forms are now posted for public view on the Internet courtesy of Guidestar.org. These forms are the most widely used tools for evaluating tax-exempt organizations. Schools, health and welfare organizations, business leagues, civic associations, museums, parent groups, garden clubs, private foundations, and the myriad of other nonprofit organizations recognized under section 501 of the federal tax code must file this form annually. Clear, correct, and concise preparation of Forms 990-EZ, 990, 990-PF, and 990-T is important, not only as financial documents, but also as a means of communicating an organization's mission and accomplishment to the public.
Demystifying the Forms 990 for financial professionals and nonprofessionals alike, this user-friendly handbook walks you through the federal tax compliance process to assure maintenance of tax-exempt status. Blazek is widely recognized for her ability to translate complicated concepts into understandable language and explain the why and how Forms 990 should be prepared. In this book, readers will find:
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It's boring, but then, so is air and water.......2001-05-04
Written by Jody Blazek, the book is a self-contained soup-to-nuts guide to completing these annual forms correctly.
Blazek accomplishes what she set out to do, as stated in the book's Preface: "My goal for this handbook is to demystify the Forms 990 for financial professionals and nonprofessionals alike - to make it easy for a nonprofit organization to achieve the best possible presentation of their financial activity and mission accomplishments for all to see."
As a lawyer who focuses on the law of tax-exempt organizations, one of my least favorite tasks is to prepare these annual forms. This handbook just made my life easier, and likely will result in a better result for my clients.
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The Tax Law of Colleges and Universities, 2nd Edition
Bertrand M., Jr. Harding Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0471443298 |
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The Tax Law of Colleges and Universities, Second Edition is the primary tax guide for higher educations institutions. It provides comprehensive coverage of the most important issues facing colleges and universities including employment taxes, fringe benefits (including 403(b) retirement plans and deferred compensation), lobbying and other political activities, subsidiaries and spin-offs (graduate schools, research institutes, and fundraising foundations), plus strategies for handling an IRS audit.Also contains the most current information on new intermediate sanctions regulations, tax treatment of immigration-related expenses paid by a college or university on behalf of its employees and other individuals, and Capital gains exclusion to unrelated business income.
This title is supplemented annually to keep you fully abreast of all of the latest tax law changes that affect colleges and universities.
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A Legal Guide to Starting and Managing a Nonprofit Organization, 2nd Edition
Bruce R. Hopkins Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471585068 |
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Revised and updated to include information on changes in laws, rules and regulations governing the nonprofit sector. Provides guidance for those interested in starting a nonprofit organization as well as advice to directors of established organizations. Contains information on every legal aspect of starting and operating a nonprofit organization--from receiving and maintaining tax-exempt status to tips for successful management practice. Includes charts, tables, easy-to-use checklists and an expanded glossary.Books:
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