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Whether your organization is new, expanding, or maintaining the status quo, it can be challenging for tax-exempt organizations to determine whether alternative investments are a good fit for their portfolio. While alternative investments may yield a high rate of return, they also bring about increased administrative complexity and a likely increase in your accounting fees and tax filings. Organizations need to be equipped to make informed decisions when considering adding or keeping alternative investments within their portfolio.
This session will explain the important tax nuances of alternative investments and how to evaluate whether they are a good fit for your organization. The session will primarily focus on tax and reporting implications when dealing with alternative investments.
Publication Date: August 2022
Designed For
CPAs, CFOs, auditors, enrolled agents, staff accountants, board members, tax attorneys, and others who work with tax-exempt organizations.
Topics Covered
- The different types of alternative investments including basic terminology and structure of investment funds
- Tax Implications of Alternative Investments
- Unrelated Business Taxable Income
- State Filings
- Foreign Disclosures and Filings
- Considerations for Private Foundations
- Schedule K-1 Review
- Other Matters
Learning Objectives
- Identify basic considerations for investing in alternatives
- Recognize the foreign and state reporting requirements for alternative investments
- Identify unrelated business income tax traps in alternative investments
- Describe characteristics of an alternative investment
- Identify the first step in considering the tax implications of an alternative investment
- Recognize which net operating losses (NOLs) have a carryover limit
- Identify which form is required to be filed when certain property valued at more than $1 is transferred to a foreign partnership within a 12-month period
Level
Intermediate
Instructional Method
Self-Study
NASBA Field of Study
Taxes (2 hours)
Program Prerequisites
Basic understanding of investments.
Advance Preparation
None
Instructors
Jennifer Becker Harris
Jennifer is a tax shareholder with Clark Nuber in Bellevue, Washington, where she specializes in tax-exempt organizations. She is a leader in Clark Nuber’s Not-for-Profit and International Niches. Her practice primarily focuses on consulting and compliance for public charities, private foundations, and social welfare organizations including international matters, alternative investments, unrelated business income tax, fundraising events, commercial co-venturers, corporate governance and IRS controversy. In addition, she assists individuals with charitable gift planning. Jennifer is a co-author and editor of the Form 990 Compliance Guide, Private Foundation Handbook and Compliance Guide, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Impact Guide to Exempt Organizations, by Clark Nuber and published by CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business. She is a frequent speaker on exempt organization and charitable giving matters with the AICPA, state societies and other professional groups.
She is a graduate of Washington State University and holds a master’s degree in Taxation from Golden Gate University. Jennifer is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants (WSCPA). She is the Chair of the AICPA’s Exempt Organizations Taxation Technical Resource Panel and participates in exempt organization advocacy with TE/GE Council through its TIC TAQ Committee. Jennifer is native to Washington State, where she lives with her husband, Matt, and three kids, Will, Josh and Vivienne.
Celia Davis
Celia is a senior manager in the tax services group at Clark Nuber P.S., and has been with the firm for 10 years. Her practice focuses on serving private foundations, public charities, and charitably inclined individuals. She provides tax compliance and consulting on matters such as charitable gift planning, federal and state tax filings, payout modeling, unrelated business taxable income, alternative investments, and foreign reporting.
Celia is a graduate of the University of Washington and is licensed in Washington State. She is a contributing writer and editor for the Form 990 Compliance Guide published by CCH and is a member of the Washington Society of CPAs and the AICPA.
Clark Nuber
Located in the Seattle metro area, Clark Nuber PS is home to one of the largest single-office Not-for-Profit practices in the United States. This nationally recognized group is composed of over 80 professionals who specialize in serving more than 750 not-for-profits. These professionals take a broad, holistic view of the entire financial and regulatory ecosystem in which not-for-profits function.
Our involvement and investment in the industry extends beyond providing professional services to charitable organizations. Our shareholders and principals also present regularly at conferences and seminars tailored to the not-for-profit community. And, several leaders serve on national-level boards and committees that establish guidance and best-practices for the sector, including the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee, the TE/GE EO Council’s TIC-TAQ Forum, and the AICPA Exempt Organization Technical Resource Panel.
Additionally, Clark Nuber is the author of the Form 990 Compliance Guide and the Private Foundation Handbook and Compliance Guide.