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Non-profit organizations at
risk to lose tax exempt status
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Weir Child Care Center
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Nine Choctaw County ciation of Choctaw County
nonprofit organiZations are These organizations were
at risk of losing their tax granted extensions to file
exempt status with the returns with the IRS in
Internal Revenue Service. order from losing the tax
According the De~S Busi exempt status due to a "One
ness Bureau of MisSissippi, Tune Filing Relief."
the ms-nrs released a list Once the October 15
containing 2,824 nonprofit deadline has passed, a list of
organizations that may lose the organizations that have
their tax-exempt status. lost their tax-exempt status
These businesses must file es will be published early in
tax returns with the IRS by 2011.
October 15, or the revenue According to the BBB,
service will automatically donors to these organiza- '
revoke the tax-exempt sta dons may continue to
tus. deduct their donations until
Included on the list are the list is published.
small, community-based "This is potentially the
organizations that have not biggest threat to the exis
filed returns within the past tence of small charities that
three years. The businesses has ever occurred,· said Bill
for Choctaw County are: Moak, President of the Det
Buddy and Carol Smith ter Business Bureau. The
Ministries, Inc. BBB maintains standards for
Choctaw County Child charitable accountability,
Care,Inc. and evaluates charities
Choctaw County Emer against those· standards.
gency Food Shelter For more information
Choctaw County Econom about the issue visit the IRS I
ic Development District website at http://bit.tY/aTnj
Free and Accepted dr, or to review the list of
Masons of Mississippi Mississippi organizations in
Foundation for Education its entirety go to
al Alternatives in the Rural http://WWW.irs.govIpub/irs- ;
South tege/ms.pdf.
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