STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
CT-TR-1 Instructions
(Orig. 09/2017)
MAIL TO:
Registry of Charitable Trusts
P.O. Box 903447
Sacramento, CA 94203-4470
(916) 210-6400
WEBSITE ADDRESS:
www.oag.ca.gov/charities
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING
ANNUAL TREASURER'S REPORT
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA
Section 12586, California Government Code
11 Cal. Code Regs., Section 301
(FORM CT-TR-1)
Form CT-TR-1 requires reporting of the organization's fiscal year-end financial information and is designed to provide
information to be used by the Attorney General and the public for those organizations whose total revenue falls below the
threshold for filing IRS Form 990-EZ.
WHO MUST FILE FORM CT-TR-1?
Charitable organizations whose total revenue for the fiscal
year is under $50,000 must file Form CT-TR-1 and RRF-1
with the Attorney General's Office. Private foundations are
not required to file Form CT-TR-1 and instead must file IRS
Form 990-PF with the RRF-1. The CT-TR-1 filing
requirement does not apply to nonprofit organizations
exempt from registration with the Attorney General. These
include:
(1) a government agency,
(2) a religious corporation sole,
(3) a cemetery corporation regulated under Chapter 19 of
Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code,
(4) a political committee defined in Section 82013 of the
California Government Code which is required to and
which does file with the Secretary of State any statement
pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with
Section 84200) of Chapter 4 of Title 9,
(5) a charitable corporation organized and operated primarily
as a religious organization, educational institution or
hospital,
(6) a health care service plan that is licensed pursuant to
Section 1349 of the Health and Safety Code and reports
annually to the Department of Managed Health Care,
(7) corporate trustees which are subject to the jurisdiction of
the Commissioner of Financial Institutions of the State of
California or to the Comptroller of Currency of the United
States.
Trustees of testamentary trusts should file a copy of a
complete annual financial summary which is prepared in the
ordinary course of business. See Probate Code sections
16060-16063.
WHAT TO FILE
ALL REGISTERED charities with less than $50,000 in total
revenue, except for those listed above as being exempt,
must file the Annual Treasurer's Report (CT-TR-1) along
with Form RRF-1, no later than four months and fifteen days
after the organization's accounting period ends (May 15 for
calendar year filers).
Organizations whose total revenue is less than $50,000 are
not required to file IRS Form 990-EZ. However, if a charity
does file the 990-EZ, the 990-EZ can be filed with the
Attorney General's Office in lieu of the CT-TR-1.
STATE CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER
The State Charity Registration Number is the Charitable
Trust (CT) number assigned to an organization by the
Registry of Charitable Trusts at the time of registration. If you
do not know the organization's State Charity Registration
Number, you may look it up using the “CT Number Search”
on the Charitable Trusts Section pages of the Attorney
General's website at www.oag.ca.gov/charities. If you are
unable to locate the State Charity Registration Number,
leave that line blank and Registry staff will insert the number
when the CT-TR-1 is received in the Registry of Charitable
Trusts.
OTHER IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS
The corporate number is a seven-digit number assigned by
the Office of the Secretary of State and is stamped on the
organization's articles of incorporation.
The organization number is a seven-digit number assigned
by the Franchise Tax Board for non-corporate entities.
The Federal Employer Identification Number is a nine-digit
number assigned by the Internal Revenue Service.
ACCOUNTING PERIOD
Provide the beginning and ending dates of the most recent
full accounting period (Month/Day/Year). An accounting
period may be by calendar year (ex: 01/01/2016-12/31/2016)
or by fiscal year (ex: 07/01/2016-06/30/2017).
BALANCE SHEET
Assets
Cash: Report all cash on hand and all funds held in all
checking accounts. This includes petty cash.
Savings: Report all funds held in savings accounts, CDs and/
or other investments that can easily be converted to cash.
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