Returns by exempt organizations

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    • General

      • (a) Every organization, except as hereinafter provided, exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the Virgin Islands income tax law shall file an annual return, stating specifically the items of gross income, receipts, and disbursements, and such other information for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the income tax law as the Director may by forms or regulations prescribe, and shall keep such records, render under oath such statements, make such other returns, and comply with such rules and regulations, as the Director may from time to time prescribe, except that, in the discretion of the Director, an organization described in section 401(a) of the Virgin Islands income tax law may be relieved from stating in its return any information which is reported in returns filed by the employer which established such organization. No such annual return need be filed under this subsection by any organization exempt from taxation under the provisions of section 501(a) of the Virgin Islands income tax law—

        • (1) which is a religious organization described in section 501 (c)(3) of that law; or

        • (2) which is an educational organization described in section 501(c)(3) of that law, if such organization normally maintains a regular faculty and curriculum and normally has a regularly organized body of pupils or students in attendance at the place where its educational activities are regularly carried on; or

        • (3) which is a charitable organization, or an organization for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, described in section 501(c)(3) of that law, if such organization is supported, in whole or in part, by funds contributed by the United States, the Virgin Islands or any political subdivision thereof, or is primarily supported by contributions of the general public; or

        • (4) which is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of that law, if such organization is operated, supervised, or controlled by or in connection with a religious organization described in paragraph (1); or

        • (5) which is an organization described in section 501(c)(8) of that law; or

        • (6) which is an organization described in section 501(c)(1) of that law, if such organization is a corporation wholly owned by the United States or the government of the United States Virgin Islands or and agency or instrumentality thereof, or a wholly owned subsidiary of such a corporation.

    • Certain organizations described in section 501(c)(3) of the Virgin Islands income tax law

      • (b) Every organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Virgin Islands income tax law which is subject to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section shall furnish annually information, at such time and in such manner as the Director may by forms or regulations prescribe, setting forth—

        • (1) its gross income for the year;

        • (2) its expenses attributable to such income and incurred within the year;

        • (3) its disbursements out of income within the year for the purposes for which it is exempt;

        • (4) its accumulation of income within the year;

        • (5) its aggregate accumulations of income at the beginning of the year;

        • (6) its disbursements out of principal in the current and prior years for the purposes for which it is exempt; and

        • (7) a balance sheet showing its assets, liabilities, and net worth as of the beginning of such year.


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