If an entity's exemption is retroactively revoked, do its donors have to pay "Back-Taxes," too?
Even when the Infernal Revenue Service (sic!) recognized their donations as tax-exempt even for decades?
What can cause an organization's tax-exempt status to be revoked? Is it always retroactive- incurring Back-Taxes- or can it be revoked from a current date only?
Does a whole organization have to commit an offense causing Tax-exemption to be forfeited, or could just one member, not even necessarily its boss, cause its status to be annuled?
Max Hoopla2014-03-18T21:33:54Z
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IRS won't come after good faith donors. It's just too much trouble for too little reward.
ie if a church preaches politics it will get its non profit status revoked if the non profit violates any of the requirements that make it a non profit the status us revoked ie no one an inure any benefit from the non profit, this does not mean some person cannot be an employee of the non profit when the non profit has been declared to violate that status, the date of determination would be affective when charitable donations were made over the years it was claimed to be a non profit the basis for those donations didn't change until the determination was made to revoke the non profit status
When I donate to charity, I always ask for the 501(c)(3) EIN for my records. Cash donations of $250 must be confirmed by a letter. The letter should also include a statement to the effect, "No goods or services were received in exchange for this donation."