resources

Current Developments
The IRS has released the final versions of the 2008 Form 990, and Form 990-EZ. This release is the culmination of a redesign project that began in 2007. The web-site is www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=176637,00.html

Form 990 must be filed by all tax-exempt organizations that exceed the filing threshold for Form 990-EZ. For 2008, the thresholds for using Form 990-EZ are gross receipts under $1 million and total assets under $2.5 million.

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) www.aicpa.org
  
• Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) www.picpa.org
  
• The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) www.irs.gov
  
• United States Treasury www.ustreas.gov
  
• Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) www.fasb.org
  
• The Affordable Housing Association of Certified Public Accountants www.ahacpa.org
  
• Better Business Bureau-Pittsburgh www.pittsburgh.bbb.org

• Government Finance Officers association (GFOA) www.gfoa.org
• Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) www.gasb.org
• Association of Government Accountants www.agacgfm.org
• AICPA – Governmental Audit Quality Center gaqc.aicpa.org
• Federal Audit Clearinghouse harvester.census.gov/fac/index.html

• BoardSource www.boardsource.org
• Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organization www.pano.org
• Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management – Robert Morris University rmu.edu/bcnm
  
• Nonprofit Leadership Institute – Duquesne University www.duq.edu/nli
  
• Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership www.forbesfunds.org/gpnp
  
• Chronicle of Philanthropy www.philanthropy.com
  
• GuideStar www.guidestar.org
  
• Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability www.ecfa.org
  
• Stay Exempt-Tax Basics for 501(c)(3)s http://stayexempt.org

• Pennsylvania BCO Registration www.dos.state.pa.us
  
• Multi-state Registration www.multistatefiling.org