Dollars & Sense
Latest Episodes
Closing Your Homeschool Group During COVID-19
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?
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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.