Amador County – The Internal Revenue Service as of Friday listed 38 non-profit organizations in Amador County that have had an automatic revocation of their exempt tax status, due to a law change, and a lack of filing returns over three years.

A law change in 2006 allowed that non-profits not earning more than $25,000 a year do not have to file a tax return, but it also automatically revoked tax exempt status for non-profits that did not file a tax return for three straight years. IRS has now revoked tens of thousands of tax exemptions for the non-profits.

The IRS said many of the organizations are defunct, and/or smaller in size, and many which may not know about the law change and requirements. The agency does have an extension period which companies can request, to seek reinstatement. It allows for retroactive application of exemptions to funds raised during that time.

IRS started publishing a list of organizations that have had their federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked for failing to file an annual information return or notice with the IRS for three consecutive years.

That list (last updated Friday) at IRS.gov, showed 38 organizations in Amador County, including 10 each in Jackson and Ione, and 6 in Sutter Creek. Jackson groups included Amador Community Concert Association, Amador County Board of Trade, Amador County Search & Rescue, Amador County Training Officers, Business & Professional Women’s Club, Business Men’s Fellowship USA, Foothill Citizens for a Community College, Mother Lode Public Radio, and World Storehouse Ministries.

Ione groups that lost their exemptions include Citizens for an Amador Skate Park, Gold Strikkers softball club, Ione Peace Officers Association, Liberty High School, Northern California Quarter Pony, Onized Club, Preston Castle Preservation, United Brick & Clay Workers of America, Wisdom Rock Foundation, and Amador County Little League West. The latter was one of 16 Little League clubs across the state on the list, including 3 in Sacramento and two in Los Angeles.

Three organizations from Pine Grove were on the list, including Amador Community Television, Clan Cameron Association of Western USA, and Oro Madre Bass Anglers.

Further listed Amador groups included the Association of California Cartridge Remanufacturers of Pioneer; and the Congregation of Yahweh, and the Free & Accepted Masons of Plymouth. The list had 106 Masons clubs listed, from cities across the state. Also from Plymouth were the Grange Patrons of Husbandry, and the Shenandoah Community Club. Also listed were the River Pines Boosters Club, and two Fiddletown organizations, Kairos Books, and Sonlight & Praise Ministries. Santa Rosa-based “Friends of Kirkwood Association.”

Sutter Creek groups included Amador County Little League Senior, California Sate Foster Parent Association, Demolay International, Real Estate to End World Hunger, Royal Arch Masons of California, and the Serbian National Federation.

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