Dawn Sweeney, CEO of the National Restaurant Association, thinks the new salary disclosure requirements in the revised IRS Form 990 for tax-exempt organizations are a sign of the times. “In this day and age, it is a world of transparent information,” Sweeney told CEO Update. “Because of some abuses in other parts of the economy, there is heightened interest. It is the environment that we live in.” And although NRA hasn’t yet filed its 2008 return, many groups have. CEO Update has obtained from the IRS some 280 of the latest 990 returns, now in the new format, which the agency required for nonprofit groups whose tax year ended on Dec. 31, 2008. And while these initial… Read More