Received: from smailer1.service.govdelivery.com ([208.42.190.242]:47700 helo=static-242.service.govdelivery.com) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RHKEz-0006N2-Ly for secretary@lojban.org; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:55:01 -0700 Received: from service.govdelivery.com ([10.10.22.164]) by static-242.service.govdelivery.com (StrongMail Enterprise 5.1.0.1(5.1.0.1-57285)); Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:54:48 -0500 X-VirtualServer: Default, static-242.service.govdelivery.com, 10.10.22.242 X-VirtualServerGroup: Default X-MailingID: 1277123002::20111021.3538681::1001::MDB-PRD-BUL-20111021.3538681::secretary@lojban.org::136235 X-SMHeaderMap: mid="X-MailingID" X-Destination-ID: secretary@lojban.org X-SMFBL: c2VjcmV0YXJ5QGxvamJhbi5vcmc= Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_B4E_5711_4619FD39.4BF48919" x-subscriber: rAbWeDFG5+gJOD/umQ5uzVNM3kIdTDaV X-AccountCode: USIRS Errors-To: info99@service.govdelivery.com Reply-To: Exempt Organization Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <1319221600450.834795.17305302.bulletin.irs@service.govdelivery.com> Subject: [EO Update - e-News for Charities and Nonprofits] Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:54:48 -0500 To: secretary@lojban.org From: Exempt Organization Update X-Spam-Score: -0.5 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.5 X-Spam_score_int: -4 X-Spam_bar: / ------=_NextPart_B4E_5711_4619FD39.4BF48919 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable IRS.gov Banner=20 EO Update - e-News for Charities and Nonprofits October 21, 2011=20 =20 Useful Links: IRS.gov [ http://www.irs.gov/ ] Charities and Nonprofits=20 Homepage [ http://www.irs.gov/charities/index.html ] EO FAQs [ http://www.irs.gov/charities/content/0,,id=3D96986,00.html ] EO Forms and Publications [ http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=3D= 96774,00.html ] EO Newsletter [ http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=3D135307,00.ht= ml ] Life Cycle [ http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/article/0,,id=3D1364= 59,00.html ] ________________________________________________________________________ Upcoming Events: EO Calendar of Events [ http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=3D9608= 3,00.html ] ________________________________________________________________________ IRS Resources Compliance & Enforcement [ http://www.irs.gov/compliance/index.html ] Contact My Local Office [ http://www.irs.gov/localcontacts/index.html ] e-file [ http://www.irs.gov/efile/index.html ] Forms & Pubs [ http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html ] Frequently Asked Questions [ http://www.irs.gov/faqs/index.html ] News [ http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/index.html ] Taxpayer Advocacy [ http://www.irs.gov/advocate/index.html ] Where to File [ http://www.irs.gov/file/index.html ] ________________________________________________________________________ =20 Issue Number:=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A02011-17 Inside This Issue * Tax-Exempt Organizations Participating in the Medicare Shared Savings= Program through Accountable Care Organizations [ #First ]=20 * Earn CPE Credits at Nationwide Tax Forums Online [ #Second ]=20 * IRS Issues Guidance on Inflation Adjustments for 2012 [ #Third ]=20 * Register Now for Fall Workshops for Small and Medium-Sized 501(c)(3) = Organizations [ #Fourth ]=20 ________________________________________________________________________ *=C2=A0=C2=A01.=C2=A0=C2=A0Tax-Exempt Organizations Participating in the = Medicare Shared Savings Organizations Through Accountable Care Organizati= ons* ____________________________________________________________________= ____ The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released final regulatio= ns [ http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/mssp_regs_cmms_10_2011.pdf ] describ= ing the rules for the Medicare Shared Savings Program (Shared Savings Pro= gram) and accountable care organizations (ACOs). Notice 2011-20 [ http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-11-20.pdf ], 2011=E2=80= =9116 I.R.B. 652 (April 18, 2011), summarized how the IRS expects existin= g IRS guidance may apply to =C2=A7 501(c)(3) organizations, such as chari= table hospitals, participating in the Shared Savings Program through ACOs= .=C2=A0 The IRS released Fact Sheet 2011-11 [ http://www.irs.gov/newsroom= /article/0,,id=3D248490,00.html ]=C2=A0confirming that Notice 2011-20 con= tinues to reflect IRS expectations regarding the Shared Savings Program a= nd ACOs, and providing additional information for charitable organization= s that may wish to participate in the Shared Savings Program. For more in= formation, see the CMS website [ http://www.CMS.gov/ACO ]. Back to Top [ #Fifteenth ] ________________________________________________________________________ *=C2=A0=C2=A02.=C2=A0=C2=A0Earn CPE Credits at IRS Nationwide Tax Forums = Online* _________________________________________________________________= _______ Tax professionals can earn continuing professional education credits onli= ne through seminars filmed at the 2011 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums. The sem= inars are now available on the IRS Nationwide Tax Forums Online [ http://= www.irstaxforumsonline.com/ ] (NTFO). The 14 self-study seminars provide = information to tax professionals using interactive videos synchronized wi= th slides. Each seminar includes downloadable PowerPoint slides and a tra= nscript.=C2=A0 NTFO seminars can also be audited for free In addition to the recently-added seminars, NTFO offers over 30 other sem= inars from prior year IRS Nationwide Tax Forums from 2008 through 2010 (s= ome seminars are only available for audit). Back to Top [ #Fifteenth ] ________________________________________________________________________ *=C2=A0=C2=A03.=C2=A0=C2=A0IRS Issues Guidance on Inflation Adjustments f= or 2012* ________________________________________________________________= ________ Revenue Procedure 2011-52 [ http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rp-11-52.pdf = ] sets forth inflation adjusted items for 2012, including a number of ite= ms of interest to tax-exempt organizations, including adjustments affecti= ng the treatment of: * dues paid to agricultural or horticultural organizations=20 * insubstantial benefit limitations for contributions associated with c= haritable fundraising campaigns and=20 * the reporting exception for certain exempt organizations with nondedu= ctible lobbying expenditures#=20 Back to Top [ #Fifteenth ] ________________________________________________________________________ *=C2=A0=C2=A04.=C2=A0=C2=A0Register Now for Fall Workshops for Small and = Medium Sized 501(c)(3) Organizations * __________________________________= ______________________________________ Don't miss our final fall 2011 workshops for small and medium-sized 501(c= )(3) organizations. Each one-day workshop, presented by experienced Exempt Organizations spec= ialists, will explain what 501(c)(3) organizations must do to keep their = tax-exempt status and comply with tax obligations. This popular introduct= ory workshop is designed especially for administrators or volunteers who = are responsible for an organization's tax compliance as well as those int= erested in careers in the nonprofit sector. Registration is now available for: * November 1, 2011 [ http://www.umsl.edu/divisions/graduate/ppa/npml/no= ncredit.html#IRS ] in St. Louis, MO, hosted by University of Missouri, St= . Louis=C2=A0=20 * November 3, 2011 [ http://golead.missouristate.edu/107833.htm ] in Sp= ringfield, MO, hosted by Missouri State University.=20 Information about February workshops in Bloomington and Indianapolis, Ind= iana, hosted by the Indiana University - Bloomington School of Public and= Environmental Affairs and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana Universi= ty is coming soon. Back to Top [ #Fifteenth ] ________________________________________________________________________ If you have a technical or procedural question relating to Exempt Organiz= ations, visit the Charities and Nonprofits [ http://www.irs.gov/eo ] home= page on the IRS.gov Web site. If you have a specific question about exempt organizations, call *EO Cust= omer Account Services at 1-877-829-5500*. Subscribe [ http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=3D154837,00.html ]= to EO Update. This message was distributed automatically from the mailing list eo-updat= e. *Please Do Not Reply To This Message*. =20 ________________________________________________________________________ This email was sent to secretary@lojban.org by: Internal Revenue Service = (IRS) =C2=B7 Internal Revenue Service =C2=B7 1111 Constitution Ave. N.W. = =C2=B7 Washington DC 20535 Powered by GovDelivery [ http://www.govdeliver= y.com/portals/powered-by ] =0A ------=_NextPart_B4E_5711_4619FD39.4BF48919 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable = [EO Update - e-News for Charities and Nonprofits]
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EO Update - e-News for Charities and Nonp= rofits October 21, 2011

Useful Links:

IRS.gov

Charities and Nonp= rofits
Homepage

EO FAQs

EO Forms and Publications

EO Newsletter

Life Cycle

Upcoming Events:

EO Calendar of Events

IRS Resources

Compliance & = Enforcement

Contact My Loc= al Office

e-file

Forms & Pubs

Frequently Asked Questi= ons

News

Taxpayer Advocacy

Where to File

Issue Number:    2011-1= 7

Inside This Issue=

  1. Tax-Exempt Organizations Participating in the Medi= care Shared Savings Program through Accountable Care Organizations
  2. Earn CPE Credits at Nationwide Tax Forums Online<= /a>
  3. IRS Issues Guidance on Inflation Adjustments for 2= 012
  4. Register Now for Fall Workshops for Small and Med= ium-Sized 501(c)(3) Organizations
  1.  Tax-Exempt Organizati= ons Participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Organizations Through Ac= countable Care Organizations=20

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released final regulations describing the rules for the Medicare Shared= Savings Program (Shared Savings Program) and accountable care organizati= ons (ACOs).

Notice 2011-20, 2011=E2=80=9116 I.R.B. 652 (April 18, 2011), summ= arized how the IRS expects existing IRS guidance may apply to § 501(= c)(3) organizations, such as charitable hospitals, participating in the S= hared Savings Program through ACOs.  The IRS released Fact Sheet 2011-11 confirming that Notice 2011-20 continues to= reflect IRS expectations regarding the Shared Savings Program and ACOs, = and providing additional information for charitable organizations that ma= y wish to participate in the Shared Savings Program. For more information= , see the CMS websit= e.

Back to Top

  2.  Earn CPE Credits at = IRS Nationwide Tax Forums Online=20

Tax professionals can earn continuing professional education credits o= nline through seminars filmed at the 2011 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums. The = seminars are now available on the IRS Nationwide Tax Forums Online (NTFO). Th= e 14 self-study seminars provide information to tax professionals using i= nteractive videos synchronized with slides. Each seminar includes downloa= dable PowerPoint slides and a transcript.  NTFO seminars can also be= audited for free

In addition to the recently-added seminars, NTFO offers over 30 other = seminars from prior year IRS Nationwide Tax Forums from 2008 through 2010= (some seminars are only available for audit).

Back to Top

  3.  IRS Issues Guidance o= n Inflation Adjustments for 2012=20

Revenue Procedure 2011-52 sets forth inflation adjusted items fo= r 2012, including a number of items of interest to tax-exempt organizatio= ns, including adjustments affecting the treatment of:

  • dues paid to agricultural or horticultural organizations
  • insubstantial benefit limitations for contributions associated with c= haritable fundraising campaigns and
  • the reporting exception for certain exempt organizations with nondedu= ctible lobbying expenditures#

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  4.  Register Now for Fal= l Workshops for Small and Medium Sized 501(c)(3) Organizations <= /a>

Don't miss our final fall 2011 workshops for small and medium-sized 50= 1(c)(3) organizations.

Each one-day workshop, presented by experienced Exempt Organizations s= pecialists, will explain what 501(c)(3) organizations must do to keep the= ir tax-exempt status and comply with tax obligations. This popular introd= uctory workshop is designed especially for administrators or volunteers w= ho are responsible for an organization's tax compliance as well as those = interested in careers in the nonprofit sector.

Registration is now available for:

Information about February workshops in Bloomington and Indianapolis, = Indiana, hosted by the Indiana University - Bloomington School of Public = and Environmental Affairs and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana Unive= rsity is coming soon.

Back to Top

If you have a technical or procedural question relating to Exempt Orga= nizations, visit the Charities and Nonp= rofits homepage on the IRS.gov Web site.

If you have a specific question about exempt organizations, call EO Customer Account Services at 1-877-829-5500.

Subscribe to EO Update.

This message was distributed automatically from the mailing list eo-up= date. Please Do Not Reply To This Message.
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