Video: Arts Leaders Take to Capitol Hill to Talk About Tax Breaks
Representatives from arts nonprofits visited members of Congress in Washington to make their views knows about policies that could reduce tax incentives for charitable giving by the wealthy.
By Derek Lieu
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Senator Steps Up Pressure on Nonprofit ‘Supporting Organizations’
Sen. Charles Grassley told the IRS to investigate whether some people use the organizations to shelter income from taxes.
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Senate Hearing Produces Sharp Opinions About Future of Tax Breaks for Charitable Gifts
Charity leaders say the deduction should not be touched, but scholars say better ways may exist to encourage giving, at a lower cost to the federal treasury.
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Nonprofit Officials Prepare for Capitol Hill Fight to Preserve Giving
Scholars estimate that proposals to eliminate giving breaks could cost charities several billion dollars.
By Lisa Chiu
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Coalition of 200 Organizations Seeks to Fight Poverty and Create Opportunity
A group of 200 nonprofits and businesses is trying to devise lasting solutions to help the nation’s poor.
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Video: How Much Does the Charitable Deduction Matter?
Why nonprofit leaders are concerned about plans to limit how much wealthy people can deduct from their taxes for charitable donations.
By Peter Panepento
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Nonprofit News Outlets Face Long Waits for IRS Approval
Journalism groups say they are stymied financially by the lag time, but the IRS is thought to be concerned about the precedent it is setting.
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Senate Hearing Puts Focus on Charitable Deduction
The Senate’s powerful Finance Committee will discuss how proposals to change the federal tax code would affect nonprofits.
By Lisa Chiu
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U.S. Judge Orders Delay in Mich. Welfare Cuts
A federal judge has ordered a temporary halt to enforcement of a new state law ending cash assistance to thousands of families who have collected welfare for at least four years, says the Detroit Free Press.
By ANDY MARKOWITZ
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Cuts in N.J. Hit Services for Hispanics
Deep budget cuts for the state agency that supports outreach to Latino immigrants are squeezing services at nonprofit groups that rely largely on the state aid, according to The Daily Journal of Vineland, N.J.
By ANDY MARKOWITZ
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House Leader Presses IRS for Updates on Nonprofit Investigations
The chairman of the House Ways and Means panel that oversees tax-exempt groups is seeking a broad array information from the Internal Revenue Service on its investigations of nonprofits.
By Chronicle Staff
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Limits on Charity Tax Breaks for Jobs Bill No Longer Likely
Senate Democrats rejected President Obama’s limit on itemized deductions, meaning that it’s almost impossible Congress will impose them as a way to pay for a jobs measure.
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Price Tag for Charity Tax Break Loss: at Least $2.9-Billion
Economists say President Obama’s plan to reduce a tax benefit for wealthy donors could cost charities as much as $5.6-billion.
By Lisa Chiu
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Calif. Charities Sue State Over Spending Cuts
California charities that serve people with developmental disabilities last week sued the state, challenging the legality of a series of budget cuts for their services, writes The Fresno Bee.
By ANDY MARKOWITZ
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State Regulators Grapple With Best Ways to Police Social-Media Appeals
Charity regulators are concerned social networks don’t have enough safeguards to protect donors from fraud.
By Lisa Chiu
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Trustees Urged to Lobby Against Government Spending Cuts
Nonprofit trustees should lobby against government budget cuts to charities—in part because they will face increased pressure to donate or raise money to fill in the gaps, Tim Delaney, chief executive of the National Council of Nonprofits, told a gathering of nonprofit and board leaders from across…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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