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Yemeni-American nonprofit admits missing IRS filings, says oversight remedied
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At a House Oversight Subcommittee hearing in Lansing, the president of the National Association of Yemeni Americans acknowledged the group failed to file IRS Form 990s for 2022 and 2023, said the omission was an oversight, and described hiring an accounting firm to remediate filings and open its books to scrutiny.
At a House Oversight Subcommittee hearing in Lansing, Dr. Abdul Hakim Alsada, president of the National Association of Yemeni Americans, told lawmakers his Michigan-based nonprofit failed to file IRS Form 990 returns for 2022 and 2023 and has taken steps to correct the error.
"We failed to complies to, file for the September, for 2 years, 2022 and 2023," Alsada said, calling the lapse an "oversight" and saying the organization had retained an independent accounting firm to file the required paperwork and conduct a financial review.
The admission came during questioning about the group's use of state grant money and its financial controls. The subcommittee — which opened by approving minutes of its Dec. 10 meeting "without objection" — asked how taxpayers could be sure public funds were properly managed after the missed…
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