Write-Offs

The Internal Revenue Service has released the second in a series of tips to help nonprofit organizations prepare their Form 990 informational tax return, the primary document that groups file each year. The second batch of advice explains how to report executive compensation on both the “core form” filed by all organizations and the Schedule J form that some groups must also submit. The IRS redesigned the Form 990 for the 2008 tax year. For more information, go to http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,, id=206636,00.html.

A detailed site map is now available on the Charities and Nonprofits section of the IRS’s Web site (http://www.irs.gov/charities) to help visitors find information. To get to the map, go to the left navigation bar on the Charities and Nonprofits page and click on EO Site Map. “If you are unable to find the information you need on the site map, or have any suggestions to improve it, please contact us electronically at EO.Web.Comments@irs.gov and enter Site Map in the subject line,” the IRS said in an announcement.