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Central California ASA GFP-A News
*** 2009 INFORMATION ***
6/16/09 - The Association Championship brackets are up...check them out HERE
6/13/09 - The Association Championship draw will be held at Buchanan High School Tuesday at 7:30 PM. Brackets are available for viewing HERE. Completed brackets will be available late Tuesday night.
6-5-09 - Background checks are coming back at a slow rate. some are taking days. I will be
highlighting teams that are on alert tomorrow. If these teams DO
NOT complete the process by June 15th there players will be released.
NOTE: IT IS A VIOLATION OF THE CODE TO RECRUITE PLAYER ON ANOTHER ROSTER.
5-20-09 ACE - If you are still having problems with ACE here is there web site and e-mail.
ace@softball.org; is there e-mail
address
ace.usasoftball.com; is the web site
4-24-09 Important Dates - just a reminder from our January meeting.
- June 5th. teams that have not completed there registration will be highlighted
- June 12th. players on teams that have not completed there registration will be released
- June 15th draw
- June 19th 05:00 PST rosters will be frozen
4-20-09 Force Classic - good luck to all, I'll be at the fields if anyone has items to turn in.
3-7-09 Coaches Registration/ACE -
For those coaches/staff that have taking ACE outside of the
Registration process and are having a difficult time registering, you
will need to mail me there names so I can approve the ACE requirement
before you will be able to place them on an invoice. There are
some problems in the system that are being work out.
For those that are doing ACE thru the registration process and know their login and passwords, I am seeing those go thru
Copy
of driver lic and release for background checks are still a
requirement to process your team, I can not process your invoices
without these.
For
those teams that are planning to attend the FORCE CLASSIC you will be
required to complete the first three items in the registration process
as outlined under the "TEAMS" tab. All the items are required to
participate in the Metro.
2-14-09 Coaches Registration/ACE -
- Coaches do your registration Before ACE.
- DO NOT go directly to the ACE web site without going thru the registration process.
- Follow the instruction given at the end of the
registration process. Your ACE testing is done thru the
registration process.
- At the end of the registration process you will be asked to send an E-Mail to the coaches to take there ACE.
- The coach will get an E-Mail from VTD, and will
include their link to the ACE site and will tie their ACE with their
registration
- SEE NOTES BELOW 2-5
2-5-09 COACHES CAN REGISTER - the
system may require you to take ACE level one, that OK. Make sure
you read ALL the instructions on your E-Mail when you take ACE.
When you are on the ACE site, make sure you click "complete now" instead of buy now. more to follow
1/31/09 - registration
I have updated the non profit stat under "teams" ;based on what I found on the IRS web site
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1/13/2009 - '09 JO Workshop - Organizations/teams need to have a representative at one of these
meeting. There are many new topics to discuss i.e. "Gold" classifying,
National berths allocations, New ASA A.C.E. requirements. This is
important. You will want your views heard. Agendas below.
January 24th (Coast Workshop) - Centennial Park, Paso Robles --> Agenda
January 25th (Valley Workshop) - Tachi Palace, Lemoore --> Agenda
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EIN alone does not meet the requirement for phase I of your non profit/tax exempt for CCASA. Below is some
of the information that will be covered at the annual meeting by the EA
we have to speak to the group. There are many advantages.
"Nonprofit"
is a state-level term and each state has its own qualification rules.
The state determination has no bearing on whether the organization
qualifies for exemption from federal income taxes.
If the organization qualifies for tax exempt status under federal rules, it has two major advantages:
1) It is exempt from paying federal income taxes
2) Donors may deduct contributions made to the organization.
If the
organization just applies for non profit status only, they are subject
to income taxes. The first process in applying for a tax exempt status
is to file their Articles of Incorporation with the secretary of State.
After you receive this you can then apply for tax exempt status from
the federal. You then will apply for tax exempt status from the state.
Just filing with the Federal does not automatically make you tax exempt
for state purpose. If you don't apply for the state also, you will be
subject to income taxes at the State level.
If you
are in jeopardy of losing your tax exempt status from the state you
will also be in jeopardy of losing your tax exempt status at the
federal level. Both entities do talk to each other.
Unfortunately,
people don't seem to understand the difference between nonprofit and
nonprofit tax exempt organization. If they want to try to get
contributions from people and businesses they need to be tax exempt.
Otherwise, any money they receive; the people contributing cannot write
this off as a donation and the team accepting this contribution is
subject to income taxes.
This is one of
many requirement for team registration. If you completed
phase one you must now complete phase two this year.
12/19/08 - Force Classic tournament in February, New this year Roster will only be accepted at the tournament, Invoices will NOT be accepted
I will be there Sunday for teams that would like to turn in registration paper work
REGISTRATION
Make sure you check your teams progress under "TEAMS"
If you have yes across the board and "YES" IS NOT check for package sent you are missing something. Contact me at once to find out what it is
Coaches include a photo with your profile
Articles of Incorporation
Here is the state link to help those of you who still need to file.
http://www.taxes.ca.gov/exemptbus.shtml
you will want pub 927. Send a copies of your paper work to me.
12/19/08 - ACE CERTIFICATION
Ace Certification is now available on line. It will be required for all your staff.
Go to: http://ace.usasoftball.com.
- Set up your profile and password
- Take the next level that is listed for you
- due during registration
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Also see the link below for the 2008 ASA code
http://downloads.asasoftball.com/about/pdf/asa_code.pdf
Don't forget to include your Metro fees with your first invoice
To check your non profit status go to:
http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=96136,00.html
and click "search now"
2007 - IMPORTANT NEW REQUIREMENTS! To protect our members, CCASA and ASA, the following requirements to
register an "A" Travel Team in Central California will take effect
immediately:
- “A”
travel teams/organizations must not be affiliated with a recreational
league. This means that an “A” team/organization must have
a Board of Directors separate from a recreational league and that no
individual may serve concurrently as a member of the Board of both an
“A” team/organization and a recreational league.
- No person can coach an "A" team and be a member of a Board of any recreational league.
- All “A” travel teams/organizations must submit a set of approved By Laws to CCASA
- “A”
travel teams/organizations shall be registered, or have applied for
registration, as a non-profit organization. One of the implications of
such registration is that parent coach travel expenses may not be paid
from the team’s bank account.
- Each
“A” travel team/organization must prepare a proposed budget
for its annual operations, income and expenses as well as a statement
on how players fees are set prior to the selection of players for a
championship season. Each “A” travel team/organization must
provide an end-of-the-year income and expense statement. These
documents must be submitted to the Association J.O. Commissioner and
given to all prospective players and their parents/guardians.
- All coaches will be required to register using the same method as players.
- All coaches will undergo background checks during the registration process.
- 1-31-09 All coaches/staff must be ACE cert.
12/19/08 - New
requirements are on the way for forming GOLD Travel Teams in 2009/2010.
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