Form 990 - Information for nonprofits

http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/issues/2016/dec/irs-form-990-for-not-for-profits.html

Form 990

http://blog.aicpa.org/2016/12/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-irs-form-990.html#sthash.0BHfFw3x.dpbs

Lax accounting oversight for Nonprofits

http://www.barrons.com/articles/spotting-nonprofit-accounting-tricks-1466222360

IRS form 990

http://blog.aicpa.org/2016/04/irs-form-990-is-opportunity-for-not-for-profits-to-shine.html#sthash.QtjeDd5Z.dpbs

Making the 990 form reach its potential

This article is oriented to nonprofits who want to ensure that the Form 990 is prepared in a way that will meet the needs of various stakeholders.   Five recommendations are provided, with some good suggestions and reasoning.
http://www.cpa2biz.com/Content/media/PRODUCER_CONTENT/Newsletters/Articles_2013/CorpTax/MakeForm990Work.jsp

One helpful item that is linked within the article that might be of interest is testimony from last year related to this area.   I am separately linking to that testimony which had suggestions, and a little bit of history of  the Form 990.  http://waysandmeans.house.gov/uploadedfiles/borenstein_testimony_7.25.pdf

2 BKD Nonprofit articles

The one article is related to Schedule K of the 990 form as a recent impetus for audit examinations....look out hospitals this year.  http://www.bkd.com/articles/2013/schedule-k-responses-become-focus-of-recent-irs-enforcement-examinations.htm

The second deals with PILOTs and an explanation of the balancing act for government's wanting tax revenue from the impact of non-profit entities.  http://www.bkd.com/articles/2013/balancing-the-interests-of-municipalities-and-nonprofits-through-pilots.htm

Issues Facing Tax-Exempt Organizations

House Ways and Means Subcommittee Discusses; BKD summarizes the two hearings this summer. 

http://www.bkd.com/articles/2012/committee-on-ways-and-means-discusses-issues-facing-tax-exempt-organizations.htm

AICPA recommended changes for 990 form

The documents shows the changes the AICPA would like to see to the nonprofit tax return form.  http://www.aicpa.org/interestareas/tax/resources/exemptorganizations/advocacy/downloadabledocuments/aicpa-08.16.2012-f990-instruct-cl.pdf

990 extension for certain organizations

who are efiling as per the Journal of Accountancy article http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/Web/20114913.htm

Some IRS 990 errors

causine certain NFP forms at Guidestar to be inaccurate http://www.bkd.com/media/articles/insights/npg/2011/2011-02alertsNPG-1.htm

IRS mini course in

990s http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=212597,00.html

Comments on 990 requirements from

a private school's perspective  http://chronicle.com/article/The-New-990-More-Data-More/125376/

Form 990 in Public Eye

It not only points to what the Internal Revenue Service expects, but also to best practices for tax-exempt organizations.  See this Journal of Accountancy Articl Sept 2010  http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/Issues/2010/Sep/20102725.htm

Nonprofits had better file the forms

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=222668,00.html
Tax exempt organization must file 990 or lose their tax exempt status See the attached guidance.

Nonprofit help is here from the IRS http://www.stayexempt.irs.gov