[22975] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] Tax-Exemption at nationals
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Francis)
Thu Oct 10 16:52:05 2002
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 13:52:02 -0700
Reply-To: Michael Francis <aposec72chair@YAHOO.COM>
From: Michael Francis <aposec72chair@YAHOO.COM>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <3227F8A2.6385D2E4.002124AA@cs.com>
FYI, The taxes for the hotel rooms are for state and city taxes, as
well as any tourism taxes, which wouldn't be covered by the
"tax-exempt" status.
-Michael Francis
Section 72 Chair
--- Robert Dean <rdean71@CS.COM> wrote:
> Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer or an accountant (although I've been
> doing the non-profit organization thing longer than I've been in
> APO).
>
> The federal tax exemption provides for the ability of donors to make
> tax-exempt contributions to APO. State and Local taxing authorities
> must make the determination for whether or not non-profits are
> exempt. For example, non-profits must register with the Illinois
> Department of Revenue and get a sales tax exemption number. This
> number must be given to merchants so that you do not pay sales tax.
>
> I went to the Louisiana Department of Revenue site, and wasn't able
> to find exemptions for non-profits (although there were some for a
> lot of other types...I think I might have saw one for stuff used in
> the 'harvesting' of crawfish and catfish), so either I missed it or
> they don't offer them.
>
> LFS,
> Robert
>
> "Vehlow, Richard" <Richard.Vehlow@OGS.STATE.NY.US> wrote:
>
> >Since we're a not-profit conducting business at Nationlas, is there
> any way
> >we can get tax-exempt forms at hotel checkin? It can save us up to
> $10 a
> >night.
> >
> >Can tax exempt forms also be applied to transportation taxes, such
> as a
> >plane ticket or the cost of gas at the pump?
> >
> >-Rich "REV" Vehlow
> >Section 88 Fellowship Coordinator
> >
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