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2011 ALLUNY Newsletter 1 (2011)

handle is hein.alluny/all2011 and id is 1 raw text is: Inside this issue: I by Nancy Babb, University at Buffalo Although I've been known to agree with the sentiment that the best surprise is no surprise at all, I will admit that there can be happy surprises. I enjoy, for example, surprise birthday parties, so long as I'm not the guest of honor. And who could ever mind second prize in a beauty contest or getting out of jail free, per the happy surprise of Community Chest cards in a game of Monopoly? Our recent ALLUNY surprise, alack, was not of this ilk, and it's my sad - albeit ultimately optimistic! - task to share it. As we settled up the bill for last year's annual meeting, we discovered that our tax exempt form was in the name of a previous treasurer. No worries, there; we simply contacted the appropriate agencies to have the form changed. And - surprise! We discovered that ALLUNY's tax exempt number was no longer valid. So we settled up the annual meeting accounts - including tax for the time being - and settled down to untangle the surprise of our tax status. My guess is that changes in how New York State has interpreted and applied federal tax law along with natural increases in income have resulted in our no longer being able to simply take for granted the status that once seemed static. And now having untangled enough to begin winding up the skein again, I can say: well, there's good news, and there's bad. The good news is that in terms of federal tax exemption ALLUNY is fine; we are indeed a legally incorporated non-profit 501I(c) association. Our EIN (Employer ID Number, aka Federal Tax Identification Number) is no longer active, but we can obtain a new one, and once we have an active EIN we can confirm our federal tax exempt status. The bad news is that we face a challenge in terms of New York State tax exemption. ALLUNY was incorporated as a 501(c)(6) business league, as defined by the IRS as: an association of persons having some common business interest, the purpose of which is to promote such common interest and not to engage in a regular (Continued on page 4)

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