INDEPENDENCE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: INDEPENDENCE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT (EIN 72-1250883)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-08-11
IRS object ID: 201122239349301837
Schema version: 2010v3.2
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-08-11T12:41:10-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-12-31	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	2010-01-01	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	DENNIS CROCKER	Name
Title	CHIEF 1	Title
Phone	9858782702	Phone
Date Signed	2011-08-12	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	2011-08-11	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	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	372732	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	10	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	4664	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	11307	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	313038	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	313155	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	-68526	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	38	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	24290	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	19474	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	273466	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	343974	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	140430	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	153470	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	172528	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	156166	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	312958	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	309636	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-39492	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	34338	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	208957	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	214956	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	64181	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	35842	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	144776	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	179114	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	309636	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	309636	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	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	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	false	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	2	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	false	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	10	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 (4 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
JEREMY BAHAM
TREASURER	000.00	X	28567	0	0
BLAIN HERRING
VICE PRESIDE	000.00	X	10514	0	0
DAVID MAURER
PRESIDENT	000.00	X	0	0	0
TOMMIE SPENCER
SECRETARY	000.00	X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	39081	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	11307	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	11307	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
AD VALOREM TAXES	254883	254883
STATE REVENUE SHARING	30135	30135
FIRE INSURANCE PREM REBATE	28137	28137

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	313155	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	38	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$38	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Gaming	35962	GrossIncomeGaming
Gaming Direct Expenses	28758	GamingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	7204	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$7,204	ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
MISCELLANEOUS INCOME	7582	7582
STATE SUPPLEMENTAL PAY	2516	2516
INSURANCE CLAIM	2172	2172

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	12270	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	343974	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	325425	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$7,242	ExclusionAmount

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	141744	Total
Program Services	141744	ProgramServices

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11726	Total
Program Services	11726	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	22000	Total
Program Services	22000	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
PAYMENT TO FIRE DISTRICT	33396	33396
INSURANCE	27368	27368
EQUIPMENT RENTAL & MAINT.	18595	18595
UNIFORMS	12130	12130
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES	11250	11250

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	31427	Total
Program Services	31427	ProgramServices

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	309636	Total
Program Services	309636	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	98114	BOY
EOY	153085	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	110843	BOY
EOY	61871	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	208957	BOY
EOY	214956	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	48881	BOY
EOY	20542	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	64181	BOY
EOY	35842	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	179114	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	144776	BOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	144776	BOY
EOY	179114	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	208957	BOY
EOY	214956	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	34338	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Gaming Information GamingInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Revenue Bingo	35962	GrossRevenueBingo
Other Direct Expenses Bingo	28758	OtherDirectExpensesBingo
Volunteer Labor Bingo	true	VolunteerLaborBingo
Volunteer Labor Percentage Bingo	1.00000	VolunteerLaborPercentageBingo
Volunteer Labor Pull Tabs	false	VolunteerLaborPullTabs
Volunteer Labor Other Gaming	false	VolunteerLaborOtherGaming
Gross Revenue Total Gaming	35962	GrossRevenueTotalGaming
Other Direct Expenses Total Gaming	28758	OtherDirectExpensesTotalGaming
Direct Expense Summary Gaming	28758	DirectExpenseSummaryGaming
Net Gaming Income Summary	7204	NetGamingIncomeSummary

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
States Where Gaming Conducted	LA	StatesWhereGamingConducted
Licensed	true	Licensed
License Suspended Etc	false	LicenseSuspendedEtc
Gaming With Nonmembers	false	GamingWithNonmembers
Member Of Other Entity	false	MemberOfOtherEntity
Percentage Of Gaming Othr Facility	1.00000	PercentageOfGamingOthrFacility
Name Of Gaming Rec Keeper Person	ANTHONY BAGLIO CPA	NameOfGamingRecKeeperPerson

Address Of Gaming Rec Keeper US AddressOfGamingRecKeeperUS

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)
Contract With3rd Party For Gam Rev	false	ContractWith3rdPartyForGamRev
Charitable Distrib Required	false	CharitableDistribRequired

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 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
OTHER EXPENSES	FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 24F	FIRE STATION SUPPLIES 10,292 TELEPHONE 7,578 OTHER EXPENSES 6,401 TRAINING 3,390 UTILITIES 2,397 OFFICE SUPPLIES 934 FUEL 435