[E-baseball]

Which tax form should my youth baseball team use for opening a checking account and to use when getting donation?

[AtlantaTaxExpert]

Most banks do NOT require completion of Form W-9 when you open a checking account for such a small non-profit organization. If they do, you MAY need to get a Tax ID number from the IRS, which can done over the phone (see www.irs.gov).

In my opinion, while a youth baseball team IS a non-profit organization, it is probably NOT recognized by the IRS as a charity (unless you go through the trouble of registering it as a 501C organization, a VERY expensive process). Hence, donations to the baseball team are NOT legally deductible as charitable donations.

[treynolds]

I'm starting to take over from our coach all finances for my sons travel baseball team. How do you suggest we open the bank account

[AtlantaTaxExpert]

First, go to the bank and ask THEM how to proceed.

I suspect they will tell you to open the account under YOUR SSN and make the team a joint owner. Given that the account may earn MAYBE 1% interest, the tax consequences will be insignificant.