INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS (EIN 23-1693676)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-10-23
IRS object ID: 201232979349300218
Schema version: 2011v1.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-10-23T10:42:48-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KOSMERL & COMPANY PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	535 N 5TH ST	AddressLine1
City	READING	City
State	PA	State
ZIP Code	19601	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	231693676	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	TEAMSTERS LOCAL NO 500	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	TEAM	NameControl
Phone	2152919540	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3460 NORTH DELAWARE AVE	AddressLine1
Address Line2	ROOM/SUITE 301	AddressLine2
City	PHILADELPHIA	City
State	PA	State
ZIP Code	19134	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JOHN J POTTS	Name
Title	PRESIDENT	Title
Phone	2152919540	Phone
Date Signed	2012-10-22	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JOHN C KOSMERL CPA	Name
Phone	6103725815	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-10-22	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	JOHN J POTTS	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3460 NORTH DELAWARE AVE	AddressLine1
City	PHILADELPHIA	City
State	PA	State
ZIP Code	19134	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	902408	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Type Of Organization Other	X	TypeOfOrganizationOther
Type Of Org Other Description	LABOR UNION	TypeOfOrgOtherDescription
Year Formation	1968	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	PA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	LABOR UNION	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	7	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	2	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	9	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Current Year	0	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	871646	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	891871	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	134	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	72	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	9987	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	10465	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	881767	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	902408	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	638398	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	700108	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	289145	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	343783	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	927543	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	1043891	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-45776	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-141483	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	407650	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	266167	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	407650	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	266167	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	LABOR UNION	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Description	TO ORGANIZE WORKERS & TO SECURE IMPROVED WAGES, HOURS, WORKING CONDITIONS & OTHER ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES THROUGH ORGANIZATION, NEGOTIATIONS & COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.	Description
Described In501 C3	false	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	true	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	true	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	8	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	9	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	7	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	2	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	true	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	true	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	true	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	KEVIN HAGERTY - SECTREAS	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2152919540	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3460 DELAWARE AVE	AddressLine1
Address Line2	SUITE 301	AddressLine2
City	PHILADELPHIA	City
State	PA	State
ZIP Code	19134	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (7 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
JAMES KELLY
PRESIDENT	50.00	X	137339	0	74346
JEFFREY E SOTTNICK
V/P	50.00	X	101152	0	62058
JOHN J POTTS
SEC/TREAS	50.00	X	97630	0	62986
JOSEPH DESKIEWICZ
REC./SEC.	2.00	X	6190	0	4361
RENEE D BROWNLEY
TRUSTEE	2.00	X	668	0	0
SAMUEL L LADD
TRUSTEE	2.00	X	0	0	0
DANIEL P MOSSIE
TRUSTEE	2.00	X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	342979	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	203751	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	2	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	true	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	DUES & ASSESMENTS	Description
Total Revenue Column	891871	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	891871	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	891871	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	72	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$72	ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
REIM. EXPS. - 500 PAC	10329	10329
MISCELLANEOUS	136	136

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	10465	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	902408	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	902336	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$72	ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	342979	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	64315	Total

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	166557	Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	93016	Total

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	33241	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	51303	Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9600	Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	300	Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	16613	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	24413	Total

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6811	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3229	Total

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal
UNION PER CAPITAS	173796
ELECTION EXPENSE	15246
AUTOMOBILE EXPENSES	12286
ARBITRATION FEES	8510

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	21676	Total

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1043891	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	403931	BOY
EOY	262389	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	62989	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	62989	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3719	BOY
EOY	3778	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	407650	BOY
EOY	266167	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	407650	BOY
EOY	266167	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	407650	BOY
EOY	266167	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	407650	BOY
EOY	266167	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-141483	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed4955 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4955Tax
Correction Made	false	CorrectionMade
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiled
Form4720 Filed	false	Form4720Filed
Volunteers	false	Volunteers
Paid Staff Or Management	false	PaidStaffOrManagement
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisements
Mailings Members	false	MailingsMembers
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcast
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizations
Direct Contact Legislators	false	DirectContactLegislators
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrations
Other Activities	false	OtherActivities
Not Described In501c3	false	NotDescribedIn501c3
Form4720 Filed4912 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4912Tax
Substantially All Dues Nondeduct	true	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondeduct
Only In House Lobbying	true	OnlyInHouseLobbying
Agree To Carryover Prior Year	false	AgreeToCarryoverPriorYear

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	32502	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	32502	Depreciation

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	30487	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	30487	Depreciation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (3 entries)

Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrg	Deferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrg	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrg
JAMES KELLY
137339	48475	25871	211685
JEFFREY E SOTTNICK
101152	39303	22755	163210
JOHN J POTTS
97630	40718	22268	160616

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (7 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
CLASSES OF MEMBERS OR STOCKHOLDERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6	THE LOCAL IS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION. MEMBERSHIP IS DESCRIBED IN THE LOCAL'S BY-LAWS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
ELECTION OF MEMBERS AND THEIR RIGHTS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A	AS A LOCAL UNION THERE ARE PERIODIC ELECTIONS THAT ALL QUALIFIED MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL CAN PARTICIPATE IN.
DECISIONS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF MEMBERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7B	CERTAIN DECISIONS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD ARE SUBJECT TO GENERAL MEMBERSHIP APPROVAL - SUCH AS THE PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE.
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY THE LOCAL'S INDEPENDANT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM. IT IS THEN FORWARDED TO THE LOCAL FOR REVIEW AND SIGNATURE BY AN OFFICER.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	THE EXECUTIVE BOARD REVIEW PAY SCALES AND BENEFIT PACKAGES FOR ALL STAFF AT EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETINGS WITH WRITTEN MINUTES AS SUBSTANTIATION OF ACTIONS TAKEN.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	THE EXECUTIVE BOARD REVIEW PAY SCALES AND BENEFIT PACKAGES FOR ALL STAFF AT EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETINGS WITH WRITTEN MINUTES AS SUBSTANTIATION OF ACTIONS TAKEN.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON REQUEST. A TRUSTEES REPORT SUMMARIZING THE MONTHLY REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES ARE REVIEWED AT MONTHLY UNION MEETINGS. THE TRUSTEES REPORT IS ALSO FILED WITH THE PARENT ORGANIZATION - THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS.