Yes No
CLAIM FOR WELFARE EXEMPTION (FIRST FILING)
(For new locations and/or in-lieu of preprinted claim form BOE-267-A)
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CHECK ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN CHANGED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR:
Provide a copy of the certicate issued by the State Board of Equalization
(Board) and a copy of the Finding Sheet issued by the Board.
PRIOR YEAR FILINGS
Has the organization led for the welfare exemption on any property in this county in prior years?
1. IDENTIFICATION OF PROPERTY
a. ADDRESS OF PROPERTY (number and street, including suite/unit number if applicable)
CITY
ASSESSOR’S PARCEL/ASSESSMENT NUMBER
b. Is this a new location this year?
c. Building and Improvements. Building number or name, number of oors:
Yes No
2. REAL PROPERTY. If claiming an exemption on real property, provide:
b. Land. Area in acres or square feet:
c. Personal property owned by the claimant that is leased, rented, or used by others (since January 1 of the prior year)
If Yes, state latest year led: ________
ORGANIZATIONAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE
(OCC) NO:_________________
LEGAL NAME OF ORGANIZATION
MAILING ADDRESS (number and street)
CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
WEBSITE ADDRESS (if any) CORPORATE OR LLC ID NO. (if any)
MAILING ADDRESS ORGANIZATION NAME
ORGANIZATION’S FORMATIVE DOCUMENT (an amendment to articles of incorporation, constitution, trust instrument, or articles of organization, etc.)
Real Property:
Taxable Possessory Interest
Land
Buildings and Improvements
Personal Property
This claim is led for scal year 20 ____ - 20 ____.
(Example: a claimant ling a timely claim in January 2017 would enter "2017-2018.")
4. TAXABLE POSSESSORY INTEREST.
FEIN/EIN
If you do not have an OCC, have you led a claim for an OCC with the Board?
Yes No
If No, see the instructions page for information regarding
obtaining an OCC
c. When was the property put to exempt use (MM/DD/YYYY)?
d. Property owned by the claimant for which claimant seeks exemption (check applicable boxes):
a. Date property acquired (MM/DD/YYYY):
d. Use. Describe primary and incidental use of the property:
e. Real property leased, rented, or used by others (since January 1 of the prior year)
Is any portion of the real property identied under Section 1 used or operated part-time or full-time by some person or organization other than the
claimant?
Yes No
If Yes, please submit BOE-267-O.
3. PERSONAL PROPERTY. If claiming an exemption on personal property, provide:
a. Description (type) of the property:
b. Use. Describe primary and incidental use of the property:
Is any portion of the personal property identied under Section 1 used or operated by another party?
Yes No
If Yes, attach a description of the property, its use, the name of the user, the amount received by you (if any), and a copy of the lease
or agreement.
d. Equipment leased or rented from another person or organization (since January 1 of the prior year)
Is any portion of the equipment or other property at the location identified under Section 1 leased, rented, or consigned from another person or
organization?
Yes No
If Yes, attach a list of the equipment and other property, description of property, and name of whom you lease/rent the property from.
Property so listed is not subject to the exemption, and will be assessed by the Assessor if owned by a taxable entity. If
owned by a
tax exempt organization, the property may be eligible for the welfare exemption.
If claiming an exemption on a taxable possessory interest, attach a copy of the current lease agreement and
provide:
a.
Name of the public owner (local, state, or federal agency) of the land, buildings, and/or improvements:
b. Description of the type of property that is leased from the public owner:
c. Use. Describe primary and incidental use of the property:
THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO PUBLIC INSPECTION
Yes No
c. Low-Income Housing
Is any portion of the property identied under Section 1 used as low-income housing?
If Yes, submit BOE-267-L if owned by a nonprot organization or limited liability company; submit BOE-267-L1 if owned by a
limited partnership.
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Yes No
5. USE OF PROPERTY
(1) Is any portion of the property identied under Section 1 used to operate a store, thrift shop, or other facility that sells goods to members of the
organization or to the general public?
If Yes, (A) list the hours per week the business is operated and (B) describe the type of goods sold:
Yes
No
b. Living quarters (since January 1 of prior year)
Is any portion of the property identied under Section 1 used for living quarters (other than low-income or elderly or handicapped housing)?
If Yes, describe that portion. Submit documentation that the housing is incidental to and reasonably necessary for the exempt
purposes of the organization. If living quarters are associated with a rehabilitation program, submit BOE-267-R.
Yes
No
d. Elderly or handicapped Housing
Is any portion of the property identied under Section 1 used as a facility for the elderly or handicapped?
If Yes, submit BOE-267-H, unless care or services are provided or the property is nanced by the federal government under,
including but not limited to, sections 202, 231, 236, or 811 of the Federal Public Laws. Submit documentation on the type of
nancing or care/services provided.
Yes
No
6. UNRELATED BUSINESS TAXABLE INCOME
Is the property for which exemption is sought used for activities that produce income that is “unrelated business taxable income,” as dened in section
512 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), and that is subject to the tax imposed by section 511 of the IRC?
If Yes, attach each of the following:
1. The organization’s information and tax returns led with the Internal Revenue Service for the preceding scal year.
2. A statement setting forth the amount of time devoted to the organization’s income producing and non-income producing activities, and, where
applicable, a description of the portion of the property on which those activities are conducted.
3. A statement listing the specic activities which produce the unrelated business taxable income.
4. A statement setting forth the amount of income of the organization that is attributable to activities in the state and is exempt from income or
franchise taxation, and the amount of total income of the organization that is attributable to activities in the state.
Please check all boxes that are applicable:
The property is used for the actual operation of the exempt activity.
The property is not used or operated by the owner or by any other person or organization so as to benet any ofcer, trustee, director, shareholder,
member, employee, contributor, or bondholder of the owner or operator, or any other person, through the distribution of prots, payment of
excessive charges or compensations, or the more advantageous pursuit of the business or profession.
The property is not used by the owners, operators, or members for fraternal or lodge purposes, or for social club purposes except where such
use is clearly incidental to a primary religious, hospital, scientic, or charitable purpose.
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SIGNATURE OF CLAIMANT
TITLE
DATE
NAME OF PERSON MAKING CLAIM
NAME
DAYTIME TELEPHONE EMAIL ADDRESS
TITLE
( )
a. Operation of a store, thrift shop, or other facility (since January 1 of the prior year)
(2) Is the property used as a thrift shop as part of a planned, formal rehabilitation program?
Yes No
If Yes, submit BOE-267-R.
7. EXPANSION
Do you contemplate any capital investment in the property within the next year?
Yes No
If Yes, explain:
8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Claimant must attach a copy of its operating statement (income and expenses) and balance sheet (assets and liabilities), which relate exclusively to
the property identied under Section 1, for the calendar or scal year preceding the claim year.
9. OTHER - EXEMPT ACTIVITY AND USE
Whom should we contact during normal business hours for additional information?
CERTIFICATION
I certify (or declare) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing and all information hereon, including any
accompanying statements or documents, is true, correct, and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLAIM FOR WELFARE EXEMPTION (FIRST FILING)
EXEMPTION FROM PROPERTY TAXES UNDER SECTIONS 4(b) AND 5 OF ARTICLE XIII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND SECTIONS 214, 254.5 AND 259.5 OF THE REVENUE AND TAXATION CODE
(See also sections 213.7, 214.01-214.1, 215.2, 221-222.5, 225.5, 231, 236, 254-254.6, 259.5, 261, and 270-272 of the Revenue and Taxation Code)
FILING OF CLAIM
A claim for the Welfare Exemption must be led with the Assessor by the organization owning the property or, in the case where the real property is
leased from a public owner (any local, state, or federal government agency), by the lessee organization having a taxable possessory interest
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in the real
property. Real property includes land and improvements. An ofcer or duly authorized representative of the organization ling the claim must sign the
claim form. A separate claim form must be completed and led for each property location for which exemption is being sought.
The organization ling the claim must provide information on all uses of the property, including information on use by other organizations or persons.
Each claim must contain supporting documents, including nancial statements.
ORGANIZATIONAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE
An organization seeking the Welfare Exemption shall le with the State Board of Equalization (Board) a claim for an Organizational Clearance Certicate
(OCC). The Board reviews each claim to determine whether the organization meets the requirements of Revenue and Taxation Code section 214
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and
issues a certicate to claimants that meet these requirements. The Assessor may not approve a property tax exemption claim until the claimant has been
issued a valid OCC. However, your organization may le a claim for exemption with the Assessor, even if the claimant has not yet received the certicate
from the Board. If the claim is led timely with the Assessor, the claim will be considered timely led even if the claimant has not yet received the OCC
from the Board.
To request an OCC, nonprot organizations must le BOE-277 and limited liability companies must le BOE-277-LLC. These forms are available on the
Board’s website (www.boe.ca.gov) or by contacting the Exemptions Section at 1-916-274-3430.
RECORDATION REQUIREMENT
Section 261 requires that an organization claiming the Welfare Exemption for its real property must have recorded its ownership interest as of the lien
date (12:01 a.m., January 1) in the recorder’s ofce of the county in which the property is located. A claimant which, on the lien date has a possessory
interest in publicly owned land, owns water rights, or owns improvements on land owned by another may in lieu of recordation le a copy of the
document giving rise to that possessory interest or water rights or le a written statement attesting to the separate ownership of those improvements with
the Assessor. Failure to establish the fact of such recordation to the Assessor constitutes a waiver of the exemption.
TIME FOR FILING
To receive the full exemption, the claimant must le a claim each year on or before February 15. Only 90 percent of any tax or penalty or interest
thereon may be canceled or refunded when a claim is led between February 16 of the current year and January 1 of the following calendar year; if the
application is led thereafter, only 85 percent of any tax or penalty or interest thereon may be canceled or refunded. (For real property acquired after
the January 1 lien date, to receive full exemption, the claim must be led within 90 days from the rst day of the month following the month in which the
property was acquired, or by February 15 of the following calendar year, whichever occurs earlier. Refer to section 271.) The combined tax, penalty and
interest may not exceed $250.
BOARD-PRESCRIBED FORMS REFERENCED ON THE CLAIM FORM AND IN THE INSTRUCTIONS
BOE-267-A, 20___ Claim For Welfare Exemption (Annual Filing)
BOE-267-H, Welfare Exemption Supplemental Afdavit, Housing – Elderly Or Handicapped Families
BOE-267-L, Welfare Exemption Supplemental Afdavit, Housing – Lower Income Households
BOE-267-L1, Welfare Exemption Supplemental Afdavit, Low-Income Housing Property Of Limited Partnership
BOE-267-O, Welfare Exemption Supplemental Afdavit, Organizations And Persons Using Claimant’s Real Property
BOE-267-R, Welfare Exemption Supplemental Afdavit, Rehabilitation – Living Quarters
BOE-277, Claim For Organizational Clearance Certicate – Welfare Exemption
BOE-277-LLC, Claim For Organizational Clearance Certicate – Welfare Exemption – Limited Liability Company
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
In accordance with Revenue and Taxation Code section 254.5(b)(2), the assessor may institute an audit or verication of the property’s use to determine
whether both the owner and user of the property meet the requirements of Revenue and Taxation Code section 214.
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A taxable possessory interest is dened as the taxable interest held by a private possessor in publically owned real property. (See Assessors’ Handbook, Section 510,
Assessment of Taxable Possessory Interests (Dec. 2002), page 1.)
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All further statutory references are to the Revenue and Taxation Code, unless otherwise specied.
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COMPLETION OF CLAIM FORM
All questions must be answered. Failure to answer all questions and provide requested information may result in denial of your claim.
Use “not applicable” where needed. The following information is provided to assist you in answering specic questions on your claim.
The scal year for which exemption is being sought must be entered correctly. The proper scal year follows the lien date (12:01 a.m.,
January 1) as of which the taxable or exempt status of the property is determined. For example, a person ling a timely claim in
February 2017 would enter “2017-2018”; a “2016-2017” entry on a claim led in February 2017 would signify that a late claim was being
led for the preceding scal year.
Section 1. IDENTIFICATION OF PROPERTY
Identify the situs location (address and city) and Assessor’s Parcel/Assessment Number of the property owned for which you are
seeking exemption; when the property was put to exempt use; and check the appropriate box(es) to indicate type(s) of property.
Claimant is responsible for completing sections 2 through 4 depending on which box(es) are checked under section 1(d). Refer to P3
for the denition of real property and taxable possessory interest. Personal property is dened as all property except real property, such
as ofce furniture, computers, and equipment.
Section 2. REAL PROPERTY Complete only if “Real Property” was checked under Section 1(d).
(a)
If the exemption is being claimed for real property, enter the date on which the property was acquired.
(b) Indicate the area and the unit of measurement used (acres or square feet).
(c) List all buildings and improvements on the land, using additional sheets if necessary.
(d) Describe the primary use which should qualify the property for exemption and the incidental use(s) of the property since
January 1 of the prior year.
(e) If Yes, submit BOE-267-O, to provide information on every user of your real property.
Section 3. PERSONAL PROPERTY Complete only if “Personal Property” was checked under section 1(d).
Describe the type of personal property, and the primary use and incidental use(s) of the property since January 1 of the prior year. If
yes to (c) or (d), then provide requested information.
Section 4. TAXABLE POSSESSORY INTEREST Complete only if “Taxable Possessory Interest” was checked under section 1(d).
Attach a copy of the current lease agreement, identify the public owner (local, state, or federal agency) of the publically owned land,
buildings and/or improvements, and describe the type of property that is leased from the public owner.
Section 5. USE OF PROPERTY
(a)(1) If Yes, describe in sufcient detail to determine the volume of business and the hours open for business since January 1 of
the prior year. If a business operation located on the listed parcel has been deliberately omitted because you do not desire
the exemption on the business, so state.
(a)(2) If Yes, submit BOE-267-R.
(b) If Yes, describe the portion of the property used for living quarters. Submit documentation, including tenets, canons, or written
policy, that indicates the organization requires housing be provided to employees and/or volunteers. Include a statement as to
why such housing is incidental to and reasonably necessary for the exempt purpose of the organization and the occupant’s
role or position in the organization. (This question is not applicable where the exempt activity is providing housing, for
example, homes for aged, youth, or mentally or physically disabled.) If living quarters are associated with a rehabilitation
program, submit BOE-267-R.
(c) If Yes, submit BOE-267-L if owned by a nonprot organization or limited liability company; submit BOE-267-L1 if owned by a
limited partnership.
(d) If Yes, submit BOE-267-H, unless care or services are provided or the property is nanced by the federal government under,
including but not limited to, sections 202, 231, 236, or 811 of the Federal Public Laws. Submit documentation on the type of
nancing or care/services.
Section 6. UNRELATED BUSINESS TAXABLE INCOME
If Yes, provide the documents and other information requested.
Section 7. EXPANSION
If Yes, describe the type of investment contemplated and the reasons that make such expansion necessary.
Section 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Submit the nancial statements reecting the operation of the subject property. The income and expenses should include only those
that result from operation of the property. If compensation of personnel or other administrative expenses are pro-rated to the property,
such pro-rata should be indicated. If the nature of an item of income or expense is not clear from the account name, further explanation
indicating the nature of the account should be appended. Your claim will not be processed until the nancial statements are
received by the Assessor.
Section 9. OTHER – EXEMPT ACTIVITY AND USE
Check the appropriate boxes to indicate the requested information.
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