To keep AssistOrg in the good graces of the Uberpowerful IRS, I will need the following form from any contractor that receives $600 or more from AssistOrg for Contracting services.

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf

Please fill this out ASAP, as any payment that would result in your receiving more than $600 in one year will be delayed until I receive this form. You will only need to fill out this form once, unless you move, or the answers in anything in Part II change.

If you cannot complete this form (say, for example you are Canadian), please contact me ASAP so I can get all of my IRS-paper work ducks in a row. The earlier you contact me, the faster you get paid for contracting services.

Contact me at chick at margaritachick d o t com

Michelle

Made a quick-n-dirty worksheet to help estimate Self Employment and income taxes for contract pay. If you need help completing this or anytime it says to contact Michelle, I will be able to answer your questions as part of my work for AssistOrg.

When it states contact a tax professional, I will still be able to help, but it would be beyond the scope of my support functions for AssistOrg

Found TurboCash software. It appears to be sufficient. It was written in the UK so there are a few differences in what things are called, but the help files are full of all sorts of helpful information (FANCY!)

Boy it sure does help that the part of the CPA exam that I'm looking at covers accounting for non-profit organizations. Now I probably won't muck it up completely by accounting for it as I would a normal business.

Turns out a non-profit's equity is called "Net Assets." Makes sense, it's the assets less the liabilities.