Tax Court Says Country Club Must Pay UBTI Taxes

An Ohio country club may not deduct losses incurred from nonmember services. The Tax Court ruled that when Losantiville Country Club filed its annual Form 990-T, the organization did not show intent to profit from nonmember sales since its nonmember sales did not surpass the direct and indirect costs about those sales and thus it could not apply those losses to negate its taxable investment income. Losantiville had claimed losses against investment income earned from 2010 and 2012, resulting in no unrelated business taxable income (“UBTI”).

More on the Tax Court ruling on Losantiville Country Club is available on the Journal of Accountancy website.