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Form 990 and Nonprofit Returns

Exempt organization returns from start to finish: Form 990, key schedules, public support, and unrelated business income.

Theory + practical training + case studies + activities + simulations + software

Level
Freshers
Subject
Specialist Tax
Format
5-day program

Day by day

  1. Day 1

    How exempt organizations work

    • Section 501(c) categories
    • Public charities and private foundations
    • Choosing Form 990, 990-EZ, 990-N, or 990-PF

    Practice: Classify sample organizations and select the correct return.

  2. Day 2

    The core Form 990

    • Revenue, expenses, and balance sheet
    • Functional expense allocation
    • Tying the return to the financial statements

    Practice: Prepare the financial parts of a Form 990 from a trial balance.

  3. Day 3

    Governance and compensation

    • Governance disclosures
    • Officer and key employee compensation
    • Excess benefit awareness

    Practice: Complete the governance and compensation sections for a sample charity.

  4. Day 4

    Schedules and public support

    • Schedule A public support test
    • Schedule B contributors
    • Schedule O and other common schedules

    Practice: Run a five-year public support calculation.

  5. Day 5

    Unrelated business income and capstone

    • Unrelated business income basics
    • Form 990-T
    • Public disclosure of returns

    Practice: Complete a Form 990 case study, including a Form 990-T issue.

More than theory

We don't just teach the rules. This program includes practical training, case studies, activities, simulations, and hands-on software training.

Software covered

Hands-on sessions run in the platforms your team uses. See all software

Form 990 and exempt organizations

Exempt organization returns in professional and dedicated filing software.

  • CCH Axcess Tax (Form 990)
  • GoSystem Tax RS (Form 990)
  • UltraTax CS (Form 990)
  • Lacerte (Form 990)
  • ProSeries (Form 990)
  • Drake Tax (Form 990)
  • Tax990
  • ExpressTaxExempt

Workflow and document management

Source document intake, workpapers, and tracking a return through review.

  • SurePrep
  • GruntWorx
  • CCH Axcess Document
  • CCH Axcess Workstream
  • Caseware Working Papers
  • Workpapers CS
  • FileCabinet CS
  • Practice CS
  • XCM
  • Karbon
  • Canopy
  • TaxDome

Tax research

Finding, reading, and documenting authority for a tax position.

  • Checkpoint
  • CCH AnswerConnect
  • Bloomberg Tax
  • Tax Notes
  • Blue J

Your trainer

Portrait of Vijay Narayandas

Vijay Narayandas

Two decades training tax teams and building US tax practices

Vijay Narayandas has spent over two decades training tax teams and building US tax practices that deliver. He has hired hundreds of professionals, interviewed thousands, and coached them into reviewers and leaders.

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