Utah Microenterprise Loan Fund

“The Fund services loans for a local governmental entity. Besides the loan origination function, the Funds duties with respect to these loans receivable are limited to collection services for a fee. The Fund does not bear any economic risk of loss for these loans and is not the legal owner. Accordingly, the Fund has not recorded these loans in the accompanying financial statements.”

“The Fund also has an agreement with another association to service loans in the Grouse Creek area in the State of Utah. The Funds duties with respect to these loans receivable is limited to collection and loan disbursement services for a fee. The Fund does not bear any economic risk of loss for these loans and is not the legal owner. The Fund has recorded these loans in the accompanying financial statements.”

“The Fund is organized as a nonprofit corporation in accordance with the laws of the State of Utah and has been recognized by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3), qualifies for the charitable contribution deduction under Section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi), and has been determined not to be a private foundation under Section 509(a)(1). The Fund is annually required to file a Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990) with the IRS. In addition, the Fund is subject to income tax on net income that is derived from business activities that are unrelated to their exempt purpose. The Fund has determined it is not subject to unrelated business income tax and has not filed an Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return (Form 990-T) with the IRS. The Fund believes that it has appropriate support for any tax positions taken affecting its annual filing requirements, and as such, does not have any uncertain tax positions that are material to the financial statements. The Fund would recognize future accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits and liabilities in income tax expense if such interest and penalties are incurred.”