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Guides, the filing calendar, and short articles written for people who don’t speak accountant.
The Saini Ledger publishes plain-language guidance for California nonprofits, solopreneurs, and individual filers. The annual California nonprofit filing calendar and the compliance checklist are sent on request. New articles are added monthly.
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California Nonprofit Compliance Checklist
Every filing your 501(c)(3) owes, which agency wants it, and when, in each agency’s own words. Three pages, sent to you personally.
California Nonprofit Filing Calendar
The year laid out by deadline, so nothing arrives as a surprise in the mail. Includes the dates for year ends other than 31 December.
The 60-Second Nonprofit Check
Seven questions. See which filings likely apply to your organization, right on the screen.
Articles
Short, specific, and written for the non-accountant. One new piece a month.
Which California charities file the Annual Treasurer’s Report. The test is the federal return you filed, not revenue.
Biennial, keyed to your incorporation month, and a six-month window. Why it is the filing small nonprofits miss.
Gross receipts normally $50,000 or less, the e-Postcard, and the automatic revocation rule.
Form 199 or 199N, the RRF-1 with CT-TR-1, and the SI-100. Three offices, three deadlines.
The $1,000 federal trigger, California's lower $500 threshold, and the front-loaded schedule.
Net earnings, not gross. What changes above the line, and what still gets reported below it.
Why the broker's basis is often wrong, and the correction the IRS prescribes.
Tracking the two pools separately, and why blending them is the most common audit finding.
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