Key Administrative Tasks for January
Happy New Year! With the busy holiday concert period closed, it’s time to take care of some important start-of-year administrative tasks. Here are four such tasks to consider tackling within the first couple of weeks of the new year. Issue Form 1099 to Vendors If you paid any of your performers, consultants, or other non-employees at least $600 during the last calendar year, you will need to issue a Form 1099 by January 31 of ...
Still Worth a Look for Arts Organizations: Small Business Travel Rewards Programs
In December 2022, ArtsHacker published a guide to three small business travel rewards programs. Two of these three programs (the two airline programs) have had significant changes to the point where the programs we wrote about in 2022 no longer exist, and the two airlines have entirely new programs in their place. Here we provide information about the current programs, and revisit one useful hotel program. If you ever have employees or artists traveling to ...
How to Interact (or Not) with the Political Process
What is the difference between campaigning, lobbying, and advocating for a certain policy position and on which of them, if any, should a nonprofit arts organization spend time and resources? As always, consult an attorney for legal advice, an auditor for the reporting requirements, and take the following as a starting point to those conversations. Campaigning Campaigning, broadly, is an effort to influence voters in elections. This includes messaging for or against a particular candidate ...
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