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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Reminder for submitting the tax exempt information. Please read the email below.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Hi Student Organization Leaders!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Hope you are having a wonderful semester. As a part of improving our quality of service that we offer you, we would like all organizations to submit their Tax-exempt number and also a digital copy of the organization’s tax exempt IRS form to us. This would help us in the SOAC funding process and your transactions with the Pride Shop easier.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Please click this link( <a href="https://orgsync.com/24085/forms/show/40991" target=blank>https://orgsync.com/24085/forms/show/40991</a> ) and fill your organization name, your federal tax identification number (also called Employer ID number) and upload the digital copy of the original tax-exempt IRS form of your organization. Please make sure that you would do it before Friday, December 9<sup>th</sup>, 2011. If you do not have this on file, please email me to see if we have your organizations on file. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>For those organizations that do not have a tax exempt ID number, please follow the steps given below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Below you will find a link and instructions on how to secure an Employer ID number (EIN). It only takes about 15 minutes to do this online, and you can print off the confirmation at the end (instead of having them mail you a copy).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Instructions for EIN</span></u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>You can get one in a matter of minutes by using the State’s online system. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Follow this link: <a href="http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=102767,00.html" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=102767,00.html</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Go the bottom of the page where you’ll see a link to “APPLY ONLINE NOW”. Click on that link, then click on button “Begin Application>>” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Select “View Additional Types, Including Tax-Exempt and Governmental Organizations”, then “Continue>>” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Select “Other Non-Profit/Tax-Exempt Organizations”, then “Continue>>”, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>On the next page, click on “Continue>>”, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>On the next page, select “Banking Purposes”, then “Continue>>”, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Select “Individual”, then “Continue>>”. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>As the President (this could also be the Advisor) for this group, you need to provide your legal name and SSN, then under Choose One, select “I am a responsible and duly authorized member or officer having knowledge of this organization’s affairs, then “Continue>>”. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Fill in the student organization’s EXACT name, it is an “Educational” non-profit organization (reason for tax number), mailing address for the group, etc, then read over for accuracy and submit. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Your EIN is generated and provided for you. If you tell the system that you want an online confirmation that you can print off, select that, so that you can go ahead and get a copy for your records.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Please feel free to email me for any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Thank you and have an amazing day<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>