Message-ID: <2775646.1075840255188.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 09:23:00 -0800 (PST) From: clark97@swbell.net To: wewerlacy@aol.com Subject: IRS Tax Determination Letter Cc: jvalenti@mpaa.org, jttkyle@jttrotter.com, klay@enron.com, jhduncan@aol.com, pdouglas@salus.net, syeager@fyi-net.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bcc: jvalenti@mpaa.org, jttkyle@jttrotter.com, klay@enron.com, jhduncan@aol.com, pdouglas@salus.net, syeager@fyi-net.com X-From: "Andrew J. Clark III" X-To: "James V. Lacy" X-cc: Jack Valenti , "J.T. Trotter" , Ken Lay , John Duncan , Peter Douglas , "F. Scott Yeager" X-bcc: X-Folder: \Kenneth_Lay_Dec2000\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: LAY-K X-FileName: klay.nsf Jim: Thank you for your communication advising as to the concern that the IRS seems to have about non-profits and the internet. In early February of this year I filed a form 1023 seeking a tax determination letter for "Technology For All" a Texas non-profit corporation whose mission it is to enhance the educational and economic opportunities of the disadvantaged ("TFA"). TFA has a strong board led by Ken Lay, the CEO of Enron Corporation. TFA has assisted its affiliates (all believed to be tax exempt non profits) in building computer learning centers ("CLC's") where recycled computers and donated software are connected over the Enron Broadband Network (donated to TFA) to a server farm that delivers to the disadvantaged at the CLC's educational and other content. There are over 75 CLC's in Houston, some 25 in Colorado and we are building affiliations that will build them across the country and eventually all over the world. The business plan for this contemplates operations in excess of one billion by the end of five years. However, we have not yet received our tax determination letter. We have found that major contributors require a tax determination letter. I received a response from the IRS on May 3, 2000. On May 11, 2000, I responded with answers to the inquiries made by the IRS. Then on June 8 I was advised that our application had been sent to the national office. On November 15 I received another letter from the IRS raising some additional questions unrelated to the first response. While there were some that were of substance in the main they were pretty weak. The first question was something like "What did we mean by disadvantaged?" My question to you is what do you think is best to get this going and out of the IRS? Should I ask our board members to use their considerable political influence tocause the IRS to move this? Back in August I had Bill Archer give the Commissioner an invitation to finish this. It did not seem to work. I do not wish for an effort on my part to cause this to go to the bottom of some bureaucrats stack. Your advice would be appreciated. Regards: Jack Clark