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Guides, the filing calendar, and short articles written for people who don’t speak accountant.
The Saini Ledger publishes free plain-language resources for California nonprofits, solopreneurs, and individual filers, including an annual California nonprofit filing calendar and a downloadable compliance checklist. 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. Two pages, free.
California Nonprofit Filing Calendar
The year laid out by deadline, so nothing arrives as a surprise in the mail.
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.
How does a small California nonprofit file Form 990-N, and what happens after three missed years?
Gross receipts normally $50,000 or less, the e-Postcard, and the automatic revocation rule.
California's nonprofit annual filings, explained: which agency gets what, and when?
Form 199 or 199N, the RRF-1 with CT-TR-1, and the SI-100. Three offices, three deadlines.
Quarterly estimated taxes in California: who has to pay them, and how do they work?
The $1,000 federal trigger, California's lower $500 threshold, and the front-loaded schedule.
The $400 self-employment line: what it actually measures
Net earnings, not gross. What changes above the line, and what still gets reported below it.
The RSU cost-basis trap on Form 1099-B: how people pay tax twice without noticing
Why the broker's basis is often wrong, and the correction the IRS prescribes.
Restricted vs. unrestricted funds: what donor restrictions mean, and the mistake small nonprofits make most
Tracking the two pools separately, and why blending them is the most common audit finding.
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