An Internal Revenue Service subcommittee put forth a recommendation to require all tax-exempt organizations to file their annual tax forms electronically. During its annual public meeting, the subcommittee, IRS Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT), recommended the…
The IRS has been ordered to answer questions on the status of certain emails of former exempt director Lois Lerner. The federal judge has ordered the agency to answer questions in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed…
According to USA Today, the NFL league office will become a taxable entity after 70 years of operating as a 501(c)(6) business league. Despite having confirmation from the IRS regarding its status as a tax-exempt organization, the NFL has decided the…
The California Association of Nonprofits (known as CalNonprofits) has urged Charity Navigator to make two big changes in the way the organization evaluates nonprofits. The group sent Charity Navigator a letter after recent news of the watchdog’s CEO Ken Berger…
Ken Berger, who has led Charity Navigator for nearly the past seven years, has abruptly decided to leave his position with the organization, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reports. Berger stated in an interview that the organization “has been going through…
The House of Ways and Means committee passed seven bills this week, all of which aim to reform the IRS. It is part of the GOP House’s efforts to come up with a 2016 fiscal year budget. Here is the…
According to Harold Hancock, legal counsel for the House Ways and Means Committee, tax code changes are possible this year for charities and other nonprofits. We talked about this last year (and the year before), but so far, nothing has…
In real world practice, becoming a board member for a nonprofit organization usually comes with little personal risk, and the probability of a member being legally accountable for actions taken by the nonprofit is relatively low. The fear of being…
We recently discussed a new bill which would require the IRS to give nonprofit organizations more advanced notice before revoking their tax-exempt status. Sens. Dan Coats and Ben Cardin coordinated the “Notice for Organizations That Include Charities is Essential (NOTICE)…
President Obama has once again pushed to limit charitable deduction in the budget he sent to Congress this past Monday. This budget is the seventh budget President Obama has sent to Congress that calls for a limit on tax breaks…