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How to Rescue a Troubled Nonprofit: California Considerations

February 8th, 2017 · Comments Off on How to Rescue a Troubled Nonprofit: California Considerations · California Attorney General enforcement, California Exempt Status, reinstating California exempt status, restoring good standing with CA Secretary of State

Did your nonprofit organization lose its California tax-exempt status? It the organization suspended with California Secretary of State? Has the organization been suspended by the California Attorney General? What needs to be done to reinstating the exemption for California income tax purposes? How does one restore “good standing” status with the California Secretary of State? […]

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Streamlined Administrative Dissolution Process for Nonprofit Corporations

November 9th, 2015 · Comments Off on Streamlined Administrative Dissolution Process for Nonprofit Corporations · Dissolution, Inactive nonprofit corporation, State and Local Taxes, state compliance, State Exemption

Beginning January 1, 2016, inactive nonprofit corporations, which are eligible for administrative dissolution under the recently enacted law under AB 557, can be automatically or voluntarily dissolved. There is a significant problem with non-profit corporations filing incorporation papers with the Secretary of State, and then failing to launch or continue operations and remain up to […]

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Secretary of State Proposed Regulation Changes: Online Statement of Information Filing – Free Electronic Copy

March 16th, 2011 · Comments Off on Secretary of State Proposed Regulation Changes: Online Statement of Information Filing – Free Electronic Copy · California filings

On Friday, March 11, 2011, the California Secretary of State published for public comment a proposed regulation change that would authorize the Secretary of State to send (via email to the person submitting the Statement of Information) a free copy of a Statement of Information as it is filed online.  The proposed regulatory change will […]

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California Secretary of State – Business Filing Backlog and Business Information Modernization

December 10th, 2010 · Comments Off on California Secretary of State – Business Filing Backlog and Business Information Modernization · California filings, California nonprofit law

The following e-mail was sent by California Secretary of State to attorneys on December 2, 2010 concerning the business filing backlog: In October, businesses and organizations throughout California were kind enough to support my efforts to speed up the business filing process at the Secretary of State’s office.  My Business Information Modernization (BIM) Proposal received overwhelming bipartisan support […]

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