We used to have a "club" account with a local bank. It was just like a business account, but they waived monthly fees. But we did go the 501.c3 route as a CDSS affiliate.
On Aug 28, 2012, at 2:13 PM, Merle Mceldowney wrote: >> From my experience in other organizations, you can not open a business > account unless you are a "business" That is a legal term and requires a > legal document. Probably the best way for you to do it is to get a > lawyer/dancer to help you, or ask one of the umbrella orgs t ie. CDSS to > help you be one of their groups. > > Merle > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Carol Geisler <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, I've been trying to open a business bank account and ran into the >> problem that we are not legally established as an organization. I >> understand we could become a corporation, but in speaking with the bank, >> all we would need to be is an unincorporated association. Has anyone done >> this? It's not like we have money to pay a lawyer, so I'm looking to see if >> I can find the forms online or through another group that has already done >> this. We are not looking for non-profit status. Just a way to open a >> business bank account. I would also be interested in organizers who opened >> a personal bank account and how they handled the tax consequences. >> Thanks for any comments, >> Carol Geisler >> _______________________________________________ >> Organizers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/organizers >> > > > > -- > *Merle McEldowney* > *212-933-0290* > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/organizers
