Dollars & Sense

Dollars & Sense


Latest Episodes

Closing Your Homeschool Group During COVID-19
March 26, 2020

Has COVID-19, the novel corona virus pandemic, caused your homeschool group to close, suddenly? How did you make the decision to cancel your program?

Speech and Debate Club – Unsure of Its Setup?
March 19, 2020

Carol Topp, the Homeschool CPA, is frequently asked by small homeschool groups if they are setup up correctly. - Do they owe taxes? - Do they need to be a nonprofit corporation? - Henry  writes, “Can a small homeschool education club focused on spee...

Conflict of Interest: Paid Teachers as Board Members in a Homeschool Group
March 05, 2020

Conflict of Interest: Paid teachers as board members in a homeschool group - A homeschool leader is concerned about a conflict of interest if she wants to be a board member and paid teacher. - Jessica, who wants to start a homeschool co-op emailed Ho...

Set Up Homeschool Family as a Charity
February 20, 2020

Carol Topp, the Homeschool CPA is sometimes asked if a homeschool family can be a charity.  Sometimes a homeschool spouse wants to set up a business and hire their spouse to homeschool their children. - Can this be done? -

Paying Volunteer Teachers
February 06, 2020

A homeschool leader asks if the way her group pays volunteer teacher is legal. - Holly, a homeschool group leader emailed HomeschoolCPA Carol Topp this situation: - “I need guidance on the method with which our organization’s volunteers are paid teac...

Q&A: Do I Give Classical Conversations a 1099-MISC?
January 23, 2020

Carol Topp starts a new feature: Q&A with HomeschoolCPA in her podcast for homeschool leaders.  In this first Q&A session, she is asked by a Classical Conversations® Director if she needs to give Classical Conversations® Corporation a 1099-MISC for the...

Free Ebook: Taxes for Homeschool Business Owners
January 09, 2020

Are you a tutor, teacher or CC director of a homeschool business? You might be very confused about your taxes. - Carol Topp, the HomeschoolCPA, has a book for you! And she’s giving it away for free, but only in January 2020! -

Do It Yourself Application for 501c3 Status
December 12, 2019

Do It Yourself Application for 501c3 Status - Carol Topp, the HomeschoolCPA enjoys sharing her knowledge via webinars including these three she mentions on the podcast: Create a Nonprofit Organization for Your Homeschool Community: This first webi...

Top 10 Tips for Homeschool Leaders: Insurance & Record Keeping
November 14, 2019

Homeschool leaders sometimes wonder when they need an insurance policy. And what type of policy do they need? -   - In this episode Carol Topp, CPA discusses the various types of insurance a typical homeschool group might need. Additionally,

Top 10 Tips for Homeschool Leaders: Paying Workers
October 31, 2019

Lots of homeschool groups hire and pay teachers to conduct classes. Sometimes these teachers are homeschool parents, but sometimes they are professional instructors. Homeschool leaders have a lot of questions about paying teachers and other workers.