Exempt Organizations - Potential Examination Consequences
An examination can result in the following actions:
- No change to the organization's exempt status or tax liability,
- No change to the organization's status or liability, with an advisory and later IRS follow-up to see if advice has been followed,
- Imposition of tax (unrelated business income, employment, or excise) and/or penalties,
- Revocation of the IRS's determination that the organization is tax-exempt,
- Modification of the IRS's determination of tax-exempt status (for example, reclassifying an organization recognized as exempt as a social welfare orgnaizaton under Code § 501(c)(4) as a business league described in
§ 501(c)(6)), and/or - Reclassification of foundation status (for § 501(c)(3) organizations and § 4947(a)(1) trusts only).
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Return to Life Cycle of a Business League (Trade Association)
Page Last Reviewed or Updated: 2013-03-25
