AMERICAN LEGION: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: AMERICAN LEGION (EIN 11-6104909)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-09-02
IRS object ID: 201302469349300370
Schema version: 2012v2.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-09-02T17:17:05-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NATIONAL TAX PREPARATION SERVICE	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1430 MANOR LANE	AddressLine1
City	BAY SHORE	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	117063732	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	116104909	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AMERICAN LEGION POST 1533	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	AMER	NameControl
Phone	6313951981	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 72	AddressLine1
City	MASTIC BEACH	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11951	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ROBERT MOHN	Name
Title	COMMANDER	Title
Phone	6313951981	Phone
Date Signed	2013-08-31	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JOHN T DIGILIO JR	Name
Phone	6319684335	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-08-23	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	ROBERT MOHN	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 72	AddressLine1
City	MASTIC BEACH	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11951	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	278464	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	N/A	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1946	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	To foster and perpetuate the programs of the American Legion, maintain a post headquarters building for meetings and social gatherings for the members.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	25	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	25	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	25	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	2	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	6930	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	7500	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	2	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	6	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	74072	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	62083	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	81004	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	69589	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	12338	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	10550	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Current Year	0	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	56877	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	48760	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	69215	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	59310	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	11789	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	10279	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	26524	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	24550	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	26524	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	24550	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	To foster and perpetuate the programs of the American Legion,	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Description	DONATIONS TO VETERANS AND ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT VETERAN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES	Description
Described In501 C3	false	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	false	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	true	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	true	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	25	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	25	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	ROBERT MOHN	NamePerson
Telephone Number	6313951981	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	110 MASTIC BEACH RD	AddressLine1
City	MASTIC BEACH	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11951	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	X	NoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (5 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
ROBERT MOHN
Commander	15.00	X	0	0	0
BILLY MIMMS
1st Vice Commander	5.00	X	0	0	0
DON CONKLIN
2nd Vice Commander	5.00	X	0	0	0
MIKE KUJAN
Adjutant	10.00	X	0	0	0
ROBERT MOHN
Finance Officer	6.00	X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Membership Dues	4025	MembershipDues
Fundraising Events	3475	FundraisingEvents
Total Contributions	7500	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	6	TotalRevenueColumn
Unrelated Business Revenue	2	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$2	ExclusionAmount

Gross Rents GrossRents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	11867	Real

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	2145	Real

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	9722	Real

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	9722	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	9722	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	3475	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Gross Income Gaming	217560	GrossIncomeGaming
Gaming Direct Expenses	183564	GamingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	33996	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	33996	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	41531	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	23166	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	18365	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	18365	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	69589	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	62085	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	2	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$2	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10550	Total
Program Services	10550	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	300	Total
Management And General	300	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2682	Total
Management And General	2682	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10125	Total
Management And General	10125	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	Program ServicesProgramServices
repairs & building maint	8704	8704
Legion supplies	4304		4304
licenses & permits	164	164
dues per capita	2656	2656

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	19825	Total
Management And General	19825	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	59310	Total
Program Services	14854	ProgramServices
Management And General	44456	ManagementAndGeneral

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	18746	BOY
EOY	16559	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5451	BOY
EOY	5533	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2327	BOY
EOY	2458	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	26524	BOY
EOY	24550	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	26524	BOY
EOY	24550	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	26524	BOY
EOY	24550	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	26524	BOY
EOY	24550	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	10279	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-12253	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	true	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
States Where Gaming Conducted	NY	StatesWhereGamingConducted
Licensed	true	Licensed
License Suspended Etc	false	LicenseSuspendedEtc
Gaming With Nonmembers	false	GamingWithNonmembers
Member Of Other Entity	false	MemberOfOtherEntity

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	false	RecordsMaintained

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt XI	presented at regular meeting
Pt XI	decrease in assets due to decrease in revenue
Pt VI, Line 11b	copy will be available once accepted by IRS
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f	NYS SALES TAX 508. 508. FINGERPRINTING 102. 102. TELECOMMUNICATIONS 2550. 2550. UTILITIES 9347. 9347. CARTAGE EXPENSE 3549. 3549. BANK CHARGES 124. 124. SECURITY EXPENSES 1050. 1050. COST OF GOODS SOLD 2595. 2595.