INDEPENDENCE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: INDEPENDENCE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT (EIN 72-1250883)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-08-13
IRS object ID: 201342259349300844
Schema version: 2012v2.1
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 D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-08-13T13:33:33-05:00	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	ANTHONY B BAGLIO CPA	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2011 RUE SIMONE	AddressLine1
City	HAMMOND	City
State	LA	State
ZIP Code	70403	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	721250883	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	INDEPENDENCE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	INDE	NameControl
Phone	9858782702	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 35	AddressLine1
City	INDEPENDENCE	City
State	LA	State
ZIP Code	70443	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ANTHONY PARROZZA	Name
Title	CHIEF 1	Title
Phone	9858782702	Phone
Date Signed	2013-08-13	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ANTHONY B BAGLIO CPA	Name
Phone	9855424155	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-08-13	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	DENNIS CROCKER	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 35	AddressLine1
City	INDEPENDENCE	City
State	LA	State
ZIP Code	70443	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	521328	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Activity Or Mission Description	THE INDEPENDENCE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC. WAS FORMED PRIMARILY FOR PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRST RESPONSE AREAS ASSISTANCE FOR THE AREA PUBLIC.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	19	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	19	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	16	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	18719	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	128175	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	353001	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	358296	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	24	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	9	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	28560	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	34848	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	400304	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	521328	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	228616	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	263060	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	219686	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	190721	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	448302	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	453781	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-47998	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	67547	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	161555	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	237869	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	30439	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	39206	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	131116	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	198663	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	THE INDEPENDENCE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC. WAS FORMED PRIMARILY FOR PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRST RESPONSE AREAS ASSISTANCE FOR THE AREA PUBLIC.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	453781	Expense
Description	THE INDEPENDENCE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC. WAS FORMED PRIMARILY FOR PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRST RESPONSE AREAS ASSISTANCE FOR THE AREA PUBLIC.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	453781	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	false	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
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	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	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
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	2	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	16	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
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	19	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	19	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

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	ANTHONY BAGLIO CPA	NamePerson
Telephone Number	9855424155	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2011 RUE SIMONE	AddressLine1
City	HAMMOND	City
State	LA	State
ZIP Code	70403	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (5 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
JEREMY BAHAM
PRESIDENT	48.00	X	38760	0	0
ERIC ANTHONY
FINANCIAL SE	48.00	X	38712	0	0
CHRISTOPHER MCKINNEY
SECRETARY	48.00	X	37565	0	0
ANTHONY PARRAZZO
VICE PRESIDE	48.00	X	35106	0	0
TOMMIE SPENCER
TREASURER	0.00	X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	150143	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Government Grants	121764	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	6411	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	128175	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
AD VALOREM TAXES	307867	307867
STATE REVENUE SHARING	31820	31820
FIRE INSURANCE PREM REBATE	18609	18609

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	358296	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	9	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$9	ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
STATE SUPPLEMENTAL PAY	31800	31800
MISCELLANEOUS INCOME	3048	3048

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	34848	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	521328	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	393144	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$9	ExclusionAmount

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	243497	Total
Program Services	243497	ProgramServices

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	19563	Total
Program Services	19563	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12700	Total
Program Services	12700	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	56	Total
Program Services	56	ProgramServices

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2	Total
Program Services	2	ProgramServices

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10639	Total
Program Services	10639	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
EQUIPMENT RENTAL & MAINT.	47537	47537
PAYMENT TO FIRE DISTRICT	33388	33388
INSURANCE	27363	27363
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES	19863	19863

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	39173	Total
Program Services	39173	ProgramServices

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	453781	Total
Program Services	453781	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	79724	BOY
EOY	36427	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	75243	BOY
EOY	77321	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	135970	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	11849	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6588	BOY
EOY	124121	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	161555	BOY
EOY	237869	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15139	BOY
EOY	23906	EOY

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15300	BOY
EOY	15300	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	30439	BOY
EOY	39206	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	131116	BOY
EOY	198663	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	131116	BOY
EOY	198663	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	161555	BOY
EOY	237869	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	67547	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	135970	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	11849	Depreciation
Book Value	124121	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	124121	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC