Basic Principles of Unrelated Business Income Tax for Charities and Not-for-Profits

Joe Giso, CPA, MST

Johnson O'Connor Feron & Carucci LLP

• Partner at Johnson O'Connor Feron & Carucci LLP in Wakefield, Massachusetts
• Member of Johnson O'Connor Feron & Carucci LLP's NFP Tax Group and the firm’s not-for-profit practice
• Former managing director at CBIZ Tofias in Boston, MA
• Former head of CBIZ, Inc. National NFP Tax Technical Community
• Former senior tax director in the Boston office of RSM US, LLP (McGladrey, LLP)
• Provides tax consulting services dedicated to improving the accountability and efficiency of tax-exempt organizations and consulting in intermediate sanctions, lobbying, unrelated business income, website reviews, charitable solicitations and foreign reporting requirements, board governance, and state issues such as real estate and local tax exemptions
• Consulted: University of New England; Museum of Fine Arts; Museum of Science; Lowell General Hospital; Brooks School; Boston Athenaeum; Facing History Ourselves, Inc.; Lasell College; Lesley University; Loomis Communities, Inc.; American Public Television; Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; St. Joseph's College of Maine; National Fire Protection Association; Pathfinder International; The Home for Little Wanderers; Buckingham, Browns & Nichols School Winsor School; and New England Aquarium Corporation
• Professional affiliations include the AICPA and the Massachusetts Society of CPAs
• Certified public accountant
• M.S.T. degree, Bentley College; B.A. degree in accounting, Suffolk University
• Can be contacted at 781-914-3329 or [email protected]