New! CAPLAW Legal Update Newsletter -- Spring 2010 Issue

View the new Spring 2010 CAPLAW Legal Update Newsletter!

Legal Update Articles include:

• What Does the Recent Supreme Court Campaign
• Finance Decision Mean for Your Organization?
• Remembering a Leader in Community Action
• The Wave of the Future: Can CAAs Operate and Conduct Business Electronically?
• OCS Issues Guidance on CSBG Funding Reduction and Termination
• CSBG Q & A
• DAB Examines Disallowances Resulting from Inadequate Documentation of In-Kind Contributions and Salaries

View the Newsletter!

IRS Nationwide Tax Forums

What are the Nationwide Tax Forums? The Tax Forums offer three full days of seminars with the latest word from IRS leadership and experts in the fields of tax law, compliance and ethics. Attendees can:

• Earn continuing professional education credits
• Hear about the latest IRS e-Services products
• Visit the Practitioner Case Resolution Room
• Explore the expo for the latest tax professional products and services
• Learn about upcoming new registration, testing, and e-file requirements for return preparers

 Learn how to register!

Employment Law Q&A

Below is a recent question received during the CAPLAW audio conference Right on the Money: OMB Circular A-122:

Question: May CAAs require exempt employees to record their hours worked or will doing so undermine the salary-basis test for their exemption from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)?

View the Answer and Analysis

EPA Lead Safe work regulations

The new EPA Lead Safe work regulations, effective April 22, 2010, enables more flexibility for Weatherizers regarding implementation. Although flexibility has been granted, a recent NCAF survey of over 400 WAP agencies shows that additional flexibility in implementation is still needed. View the complete survey on the NCAF website. You can also read the complete NCAF EPA update highlighting continued concerns and confusion regarding the regulations.

Registration Closes Today for the 501(c)3 Fundamentals Audio Conference!

Registration Closes Today For the 501(c)(3) Fundamentals Audio Conference.  Register Now!

501(c)(3) Fundamentals
April 23, 2010, 1p.m. Eastern time
Level: Overview, CPE Field of Study: Taxes
A nonprofit’s federal tax-exempt status is one of its most valuable assets. Review the do’s and don’ts of protecting that status. This audio conference will cover: definitions, advantages and basic requirements of tax exemption under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3); restrictions and prohibitions on 501(c)(3) organizations – including lobbying and political activity, transactions with insiders, and unrelated business activity; fundraising receipts and disclosures; and the IRS Form 990.

Presenter: R. Allison Ma’luf, Esq., CAPLAW Associate Counsel

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COBRA Subsidy Extended Again

The Continuing Extension Act of 2010, signed into law on April 15, 2010, extends the previously established COBRA subsidy program by extending to May 31, 2010 the period during which an involuntary termination of employment triggers eligibility for the 65% premium subsidy. To learn more, please see Ropes & Gray's Alert.

Registration Closes Tomorrow!

Register for the next session in the audio conference series, Back to Basics for CAAs, 501(c)(3) Fundamentals on April 23rd. Registration for this session closes tomorrow, April 21st!

501(c)(3) Fundamentals
April 23, 2010, 1p.m. Eastern time
Level: Overview, CPE Field of Study: Taxes

A nonprofit’s federal tax-exempt status is one of its most valuable assets. Review the do’s and don’ts of protecting that status. This audio conference will cover: definitions, advantages and basic requirements of tax exemption under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3); restrictions and prohibitions on 501(c)(3) organizations – including lobbying and political activity, transactions with insiders, and unrelated business activity; fundraising receipts and disclosures; and the IRS Form 990.

Presenter: R. Allison Ma’luf, Esq., CAPLAW Associate Counsel

Register Now!

OCS Reviewers Needed!

The Office of Community Services (OCS) is seeking expert reviewers with a broad array of direct, community economic development experience to help select the 2010 grantees for the Community Economic Development (CED) and Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) programs. If you or someone you know is interested in serving as a reviewer, please visit the JOLI or CED Reviewer Recruitment website and download the Reviewer Recruitment Brochure.

The first pool of reviewers will be selected by April 23, 2010. If needed, an additional pool will be selected by May 10, 2010.

Watch Bryan Stevenson on Bill Moyers Journal

Watch 2010 CAPLAW National Conference keynote speaker, Bryan Stevenson, on the PBS show Bill Moyers Journal.  Mr. Stevenson examines justice and injustice in America, 42 years after Dr. Martin Luther King.

Watch the broadcast!

OCS Technical Assistance Call

The Division of State Assistance, within the Office of Community Services, will conduct a recorded technical assistance call to provide background regarding corrective action, termination or reduction of funding for eligible entities in the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program. This call, on April 9th at 10 a.m. Eastern Time, is intended for representatives of State CSBG Lead Agencies.
Learn how to participate in the call