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…
We’re a few days late in reporting this, but it is still big news. The Justice Department announced that it will not seek criminal contempt charges against former head of IRS Exempt Organizations Division, Lois Lerner. We have chronicled the…
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…
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)…
Two senators are sponsoring legislation which would require the IRS to give nonprofit organizations more advanced notice that they are at risk of losing tax-exempt status. This measure was introduced this past week by Republican Dan Coats and Democrat Ben…
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…
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that audits of tax-exempt groups have been on the decline. Due to its lack of resources and a dwindling workforce, the IRS has only reviewed 0.7 percent of filing charities’ tax returns. Based…
We reported several weeks ago that the U.S. Senate was planning to vote on an extension of three lapsed tax breaks for charitable contributions. The three tax breaks include enhanced deduction for conservation easements, donations from retirement accounts, and breaks…