Oops! Amazing the trivia one can learn when reading the Not-for-profit audit risk alert. Realized the following idea isn’t the only thing I missed after reading the risk alert. (Aha, the point of constant learning is to figure out what you missed and fill in the gaps!)
TIS 5250.15 says that NPOs without any uncertain tax positions under FIN 48 still have to disclose open tax years in the same way as for-profit organizations. That TIS is not available on-line so I can’t provide a link to an authoritative source. And yes, I know that FIN 48 is actually now found in ASC 740-10, but FIN 48 registers in my brain easier that ASC 740-10.
So, if you have an NPO client, there should be something along the lines of the following comment from ASC 740-10-55-217: …
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