Palmdale Moose Lodge No 507

“Our fraternal organization is made up of members who pay annual dues”

“A new governing Board of Officers is elected annually by the members in accordance with procedures set forth in the general laws of the Loyal Order of Moose”

“Daily business decisions are made the governing board. Changes in the board or policies are brought to the general membership for approval by majority vote. The governing board is required to report to the membership the state of business, expenditures and other information regarding the operations of the lodge”

“Lodge officer, house committee and general membership meetings are held twice per month. The Form 990 is reviewed during these meeting prior to submission to the Internal Revenue Service”

“Conflict of Interest policy provided by Moose International, Inc.”

“Board of officers and territorial manager review salary as needed”

“After submission of the Form 990 and attached schedules copies are retained in the Lodge office and are available upon request by any member or by the public. This is also true of the financial statements for our Moose Lodge”

“After moose international review of their quickbooks it was noted that the assets were overstated by $80,499 and the changes due to voids of outstanding deposits and checks were accountable for the other $12,291 difference moose international fraternal unit reviewed the quickbooks and made a journal entry for prior periods”

“Lack of training/support during 2023-24 the quickbooks were not kept up. As soon as the new territoial manager brought it to our attention and spent a great deal of time updating our quickbooks and reconciling the bank accounts, we were able to file this tax return.”