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Making purchases for a 501c3 PTO
Our PTO had just received non-profit status. When making PTO-related purchases, what documents do we...
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Tax Exempt Status
What happens to the EIN Number and the tax exempt status if a PTO that had both has been non-existent...
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Issuance of 1099-MISC
What does everyone recommend on issuing 1099-MISC? From a brief review of the rules it appears that I...
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Presdient not getting votes
I am currently nominated for vice president of my cheer board. We have alot of concerns about the president...
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School Splitting - How to Split PTO Funds
Our school has been a partial magnet for 3 years. Two thirds of the students come from neighborhoods...
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Registered Agent?
We are a fairly new PTO in North Carolina and are in the process of filing for incorporation and tax-exempt...
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Volunteer Incentives
We would like to do some kind of incentive for our parent volunteers. We discussed giving "PTO Bucks"...
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Minimum balance
Our group saved up a bunch of money the past few years so we could try a different kind of fundraiser...
Asked by cadahlen in Finance & Budget

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501c3 - do we qualify
An answer to a previous question I had regarding should we be filing some return said to seek 501c3 status....
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Safe access
My pto just bought a safe for deposits and funds to be kept in until it can be taken to the bank. Our...
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