AboutHarvey Mechanic Expertise US Federal tax issues of nonprofit 501(c)(3) public charities only. Establishing and maintaining legal requirements for such non-profit organizations in the United States, including Internal Revenue service filings and requirements. I will not be working on this free forum to answer questions about Nonprofit's unrelated or for-profit businesses or how to fill out forms. This forum is only for general questions about federal tax law, not as the law applies to your specific situation.
To search my previous answers you can do a Google search: site:allexperts.com/q/nonprofit [with your other search terms appended].
Experience I have been practicing law and especially the law of nonprofit organizations since 1990 when I was admitted to the New York Bar.
Education/Credentials B.S. Columbia University in New York City, 1970
J.D. (Law Degree) Brooklyn Law School, 1990 -- Cum Laude
Question I have a question I do not know if you can help me or not but I do Charitable Gaming for are band and I have been doing it for almost 3 years and I'm having a problem with are treasury she wants all of my financial records and I report to the charitable gaming every quart and she thinks that she should have control over the general fund and the bingo account and I would like to found out if she can do that because they are two separate account's we have to have one for charitable gaming because we have to report to them every quarter could you please help me. thanks
Answer The Board of Directors of the 501(c)(3) organization or School Board, if it is a public school, needs to keep the account in the name and EIN of the organization, not in yours. Your issue is controlled by state law and states may differ somewhat with how they would treat such issues. Even though this forum is not for such state law issues, I will direct you, for State rules where you will be selling:
www.gambling-law-us.com/Charitable-Gaming
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