Charity with pay

This can be done, but its not advised. The core element in the charitable law is a prohibition on "private inurement". Basically it is to prevent...

Can a 508 non profit, non stock corporation have a for profit subsidiary under the same EIN?

508 has to do with foundation status presumption for 501(c)3's. The website can be owned by the 501. However if the website was created to earn a...

CA Attorney please. I do business in CA and NV as a sole proprietor and live in CA. Can I apportion business income to NV?

In addition to the fine answer provided by Mr. Lively, you may want to look at where the provisions you cite (25121 and 25122) are located in the...

Capital Gains Tax

Your question is in the IP section, but since I am both a patent/intellectual property lawyer and a tax lawyer, I have a few comments. If the...

Can I get into legal trouble if my band name includes the names of currently existing bands?

In addition, bands have a two class trademark problem. One is for public performances (entertainment) in service class 41, and the other is for...

Bitcoin legal issues

IRS is going to want the barter value reported and the tax on it paid in real currency, not bitcoins....

Request of non profit tax records

I have been hearing about the California Attorney General's plan to post the California 990's on a public website, but I think that the budget is...

Can someone please explain the Mortgage Forgiveness Relief Act and how it works?

It exempts an amount which would normally end up as "cancellation of debt income", but only up to that amount (for recourse loans). Also, your OR...

Can a non-profit organization have a "donate" button on its website if it is not legally registered in each state in the USA?

Its a problem that cannot be simply answered. If you arouse the attention of an attorney general in a state in which you are not registered, Look...

See Penal Code Section 1214.1, regarding "Failure to Appear" and relating to the civil assessment. (b) deals with the mailing of a warning...