By the time you read this, the leaves will be changing up North and the weather cooling off down South. There are other changes that are beginning to occur and they don’t involve the weather. On January 1st our 2012 per capita dues will be due for payment. Our dues will change from $8 to [...]
It hardly seems possible that we are only weeks away from our National President’s Dinner in Philadelphia. It is also hard to believe that my tenure as National Treasurer will be winding down in six or seven months. How time flies! Before you know it, we will all be looking at a changing of the [...]
All Hibernian eyes should have been turned to New York City this past month as we celebrated our 175th Anniversary. A great time was had by all. The weekend was filled with many special and solemn moments. Our parade down Mulberry Street was memorable as was the Mass at old St. Patrick’s Basilica. The Mass [...]
Hope all is well. I know my brothers up north are all suffering with lower back pain from snow shoveling. Thanks be to God, for all the problems we have down here in New Orleans, snow is not one of them. I recently returned from Ireland and the Derry march at which AOH was well [...]
You will recall in earlier Digest editions that I mentioned that we had a joint meeting with our CPAs and National Board concerning the 990 filings of some of our AOH Divisions and subordinates in the U.S. After listening to some of the specific problems our Divisions and subordinates were having in attempting to file [...]
Recently the National Executive Board met with our CPA’s in Wilkes Barre, PA. The meeting was called because of the confusion that many of our Divisions have been encountering when trying to file their annual 990 IRS requirement. If you will recall, since 2007 all tax exempt entities must obtain a valid EIN number and [...]
Our Order is experiencing a great deal of frustration over recent directives by the IRS concerning the yearly mandated Form 990 filings by our subordinates (all Divisions, County Boards and State Boards). Many of our subordinate’s have obtained or recently obtained EIN numbers. When some of these subordinates attempted to file their 990’s online (e-mail) [...]
This is a hectic week for me as National Treasurer. As of this writing I am trying to close out our biennial Treasurer’s report so that I can present it to our National Convention in Cincinnati. The past two years seemed to fly by. Although in the beginning, I thought this would be an insurmountable [...]
As you will recall I promised an article in this issue concerning the IRS regulation concerning raffles. A large number of our Divisions throughout this country raise a great deal of their charitable donations through raffles. I know from personal experience that for many years nothing was filed with the IRS concerning raffles because we [...]
By the time you read this article most thoughts should be turned to spring and our marching season. However, do not forget that all Per Capita dues for all AOH members are already past due at this time. I ask all Division Presidents to check with their Financial Secretaries to make sure that “the check [...]
