Topics: Not-for-profit leadership, Executive coach, Internal Coaching, Socratic Method, Leslie Anderson, leadership programs
Congress took its first steps toward tax reform when both the House and the Senate released versions of their changes to the tax code. The House passed its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, while the Senate Finance Committee approved its version of a tax reform bill on November 16. Provisions vary significantly between the House and the Senate versions of the tax reform plan, but they share one element in common: they both have provisions that will affect not-for-profit organizations.
Topics: executive compensation, Craig Klein, Taxes, Congress, estate tax, Tax Reform, House of Representatives, senate, Charitable contribution planning, not-for-profit tax
The close of the calendar year provides a good opportunity for not-for-profit organizations with June 30 fiscal year ends to plan ahead. Many accounting standard changes went into effect for 2017 fiscal years. The updates could affect financial statements in multiple places, from adding or changing disclosures to modifications in internal controls over financial reporting.
Topics: ASU, not-for-profit, FASB, Mark Winiarski, 2017 fiscal year end, Equity Method of Accounting, Consolidation