Volunteer camphost needed

HappyKayakers wrote:

valhalla360 wrote:

stickdog wrote:

May want to look at that again. We volunteer 8 months per year and always with state or federal agencies.
These are not bartering arrangements. Look under IRS rules for volunteer regulations and you will find something different when volunteering with a non-profit.
If you're trading work for a site with a profit oriented business that is bartering and taxable income.
We have received a stipend from federal agencies and that is a reportable income.

Can't find anything on the IRS site suggesting this and I've come across a few private websites that say the rules are no different.

Do you have a link to the IRS rules you speak of?

Of course, for most people looking to work camp to save (ie: barter) for a site, they aren't making enough for the IRS to care to chase them down. More an issue of flying under the radar as opposed to being strictly within the rules.

Check IRS Pub 15-B, partially quoted below:
Lodging on Your Business Premises
You can exclude the value of lodging you furnish to an
employee from the employee's wages if it meets the following tests.
• It is furnished on your business premises.
• It is furnished for your convenience.
• The employee must accept it as a condition of employment.

Many campgrounds/RV parks get into hot water with the IRS when they have workampers and locals doing the same job. That negates the conditions listed above.