[AGA-mcm] Required statement on the AGA site

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

Hey Erik, what more could you want to hear about on April
15 than tax matters?

Under the Federal Tax Code, as an organization receognized
under 501(c)4 of the Tax Code, we must include a
conspicuous statement accompanying *any* solicitation for
money stating that payments are not deductible. I have
drafted the following text for the website, which includes
the required language. 

"The AGA is incorporated and recognized under the laws of
Massachussets as a tax-exempt, non-profit organization. The
Federal government recognizes the AGA as a tax-exempt
non-profit organization. Payments to the AGA are not
deductible as charitable contributions for Federal income
tax purposes."

If you folks think this is too much (I tend to think, the
less said the better but what the heck), then just use the
last sentence, which is required.

Unfortunately, since we just printed brouchures, the
brochures also should state, "Payments to the AGA are not
deductible as charitable contributions for Federal income
tax purposes." Cheryl, maybe you can make the change in the
Adobe file. 

Btw, for you trivia folks, item 1) it is because we are
recognized under 501(c)4 and not 501(c)3 that our
recognition can go back to date of incorporation even
though the application was filed after the deadline. 

Trivia item 2) a horticultural society is mentioned as a
paradigm for a 501(c)4 organization.

sh


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