TAUNTON COMMUNITY ACCESS AND MEDIAINC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: TAUNTON COMMUNITY ACCESS AND MEDIAINC (EIN 20-5201093)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-05-13
IRS object ID: 201321339349302622
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 A
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-05-13T10:42:28-07:00	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	PARENT & BERNIER INC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	65 MAIN STREET	AddressLine1
City	LAKEVILLE	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02347	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	205201093	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	TAUNTON COMMUNITY ACCESS AND MEDIA INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	TAUN	NameControl
Phone	5088242207	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	120 INGELL	AddressLine1
City	TAUNTON	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02780	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ROBERT JACOBS	Name
Title	PRESIDENT	Title
Phone	5088242207	Phone
Date Signed	2013-05-02	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ROGER H PARENT JR	Name
Phone	5089472455	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-05-13	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 JACOBS	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	22 PINEHILLS ST	AddressLine1
City	EAST TAUNTON	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02718	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	477125	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	TCAMTV.COM	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2006	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	MA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	OPERATION COMMUNITY ACCESS CABLE	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	5	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	5	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	3	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	55	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	395062	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	475662	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	1842	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	1463	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	396904	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	477125	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	113025	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	139331	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	129152	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	129091	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	242177	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	268422	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	154727	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	208703	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	1120844	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	1331211	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	1664	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	1120844	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	1329547	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	OPERATION OF THE COMMUNITY ACCESS CABLE CHANNEL	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	268422	Expense
Revenue	475662	Revenue
Description	TAUNTON COMMUNITY ACCESS AND MEDIA OPERATES THE COMMUNITY ACCESS CHANNEL FOR THE LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY IT PROVIDES LOCAL PROGRAMMING FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF THE GREATER TAUNTON COMMUNITY	Description
Total Program Service Expense	268422	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	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	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	true	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	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	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
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	3	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
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
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	5	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	5	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	true	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	false	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	ALLAN COLLERAN	NamePerson
Telephone Number	5088233894	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	57 FREEMONT	AddressLine1
City	TAUNTON	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02780	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
ROBERT JACOBS
PRESIDENT	4.00	X
ALLAN COLLERAN
TREASURER	1.00	X
DONNA COLAJEZZI
CLERK	1.00	X
MICHAEL KERR
VICE PRESIDENT	1.00	X
RICHARD WELDON
VICE SECRETARY	1.00	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	475662	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	475662	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1463	TotalRevenueColumn

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	477125	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1463	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	107249	Total
Program Services	107249	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	22861	Total
Program Services	22861	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9221	Total
Program Services	9221	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1338	Total
Program Services	1338	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	324	Total
Program Services	324	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2200	Total
Program Services	2200	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	44	Total
Program Services	44	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	175	Total
Program Services	175	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2649	Total
Program Services	2649	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	98	Total
Program Services	98	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1500	Total
Program Services	1500	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	65898	Total
Program Services	65898	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7809	Total
Program Services	7809	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
MOVING EXPENSES	0	0
DONATIONS	200	200
MEMBERSHIPS	293	293

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	46563	Total
Program Services	46563	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	268422	Total
Program Services	268422	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	153596	BOY
EOY	109303	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	533918	BOY
EOY	698496	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	737714	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	214302	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	433330	BOY
EOY	523412	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1120844	BOY
EOY	1331211	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	1664	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	1664	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117	X	DoNotFollowSFAS117

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1120844	BOY
EOY	1329547	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1120844	BOY
EOY	1329547	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1120844	BOY
EOY	1331211	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	208703	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	371237	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	348745	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	428982	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	395062	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	475662	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2019688	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	371237	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	348745	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	428982	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	395062	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	475662	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2019688	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	2019688	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	2019688	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	1.00000	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	1.00000	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170
Public Support Total509	0	PublicSupportTotal509
Public Support Percentage509	0	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0	InvestmentIncomePercentage

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	385411	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	26635	Depreciation
Book Value	358776	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	352303	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	187667	Depreciation
Book Value	164636	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	523412	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Assets OtherAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSE NET OF AMORTIZATION	Description

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (10 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI, Line 11b	PRESIDENT PRESENTS 990 TO BOARD MEMBERS FOR REVIEW BEFORE IT IS FILED
Pt VI, Line 19	UPON REQUEST
Pt VI, Line 6	BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE CONSIDERED MEMBERS
Pt VI, Line 12c	POLICY IS MONITORED AT BOARD MEETINS AND PER BYLAWS
Pt VI, Line 15a	SURVEYED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PAY FOR COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND
Pt VI, Line 15a	ESTABLISHED STARTING SALARY, WHICH WAS 10% BELOW INDUSTRY STANDARDS
Pt VI, Line 15a	AT THE TIME. SALARY IS THEN REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT.
Pt VI, Line 8a	SECRETARY KEEPS MINUTES OF MEETINGS IN AN APPROPRIATE BOOK
Pt VI, Line 8b	THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMITTEES BESIDES THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f	TRAINING 150. 150. 0. 0. DUES/SUBSCRIPTION 161. 161. 0. 0. RENT 23890. 23890. 0. 0. TELEPHONE 0. 0. 0. 0. WEBSITE DESIGN 1300. 1300. 0. 0. SUPPLIES 5789. 5789. 0. 0. MISC 145. 145. 0. 0. REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE 6405. 6405. 0. 0. UTILITIES 8723. 8723. 0. 0.