NASCOnet: From XML to Implementation

Feb. 16, 2005NASCOnet Conference Call

State Charity Office Resources

• http://nccs.urban.org -> Projects -> State Charity Officeshttp://nccsdataweb.urban.org/FAQ/index.php?category=63– State Charity Office Implementation

Memo (2/2005)– State Charity Office E-Filing Administration

System– Links to XML & various presentations

States in Process

• New York

• California

• Penn.

• Colorado

• New Hampshire

• South Carolina

• Mississippi

Starting Up

• New Mexico

• Virginia

• Maine

XML Development

Show Elements

NASCOnet SuperSchema http://efile.form990.org/state

State Schema Review Report

Sample report that NCCS & State Charity Officials will use in XML review process

PA Registration Form XML

Choose a Return

Select New Forms

XML-Generated Screen

State Branding

State Forms Selection

XML-Driven & State-Branded

Processing Payments

• Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) – also known as Automated Clearing House (ACH) or EFTPS (Elec. Funds Transfer Payment System)

• Credit cards

• Checks

Electronic Funds Transfers

• If process on website:– Establish merchant or submerchant account with

payment gateway (e.g., National EFT).– Gateway makes transfer directly to state bank

account– Costs: $150 startup cost

1.2% + 25 cents per transaction (35 cents for returns)

• If process at state office, log into the gateway or upload a file to the gateway

Credit Cards

• Website -> Gateway -> VISA processing bank -> State bank account

• Costs:Startup: $100VISA/Mastercard 2.25% + 30 cents per transactionMonthly fees: $30 for gateway & processing bank