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News & Analysis as of May 25, 2013

Five Years in the Making - IRS Releases Findings from Colleges and Universities Compliance Project

by Tyrone Thomas | Mintz Levin - Employment, Labor & Benefits on 5/13/2013

The IRS announced it is nearing completion of a five year long compliance project involving tax-exempt colleges and universities. The project, which began with questionnaires to 400 randomly-selected institutions, focused on...more

Regulatory Focus on Colleges and Universities Is Increasing

by Marla K. Conley | Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP on 5/8/2013

In the last two weeks, both the IRS and Congressional officials announced major milestones in the increasing regulatory focus on colleges and universities. First, the IRS emphasized misreported taxable income and...more

Massachusetts Governor Patrick Signs Law Mandating Fingerprint-Based Background Check

by Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP on 1/28/2013

On January 10, 2013, Governor Patrick signed “An Act Relative to Background Checks” (H.4307) into law. This law implements a wide reaching requirement for mandatory state and national fingerprint-based criminal background...more

Lessons for Nonprofits from the Freeh Report by James H. Hahn, Esq.

by Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 7/19/2012

The law firm of Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan LLP, in its capacity as Special Investigative Counsel for the Board of Trustees of The Pennsylvania State University, recently issued its report (the “Freeh Report”) on Penn State’s...more

"Purely Public Charities" in Pennsylvania. Back to the future – again.

by Saul Ewing LLP on 5/10/2012

A recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision has rekindled the issue of what constitutes a "purely public charity" for real estate tax exemption purposes in Pennsylvania. The decision may lead to a renewed interest of school...more

Governor Lifts Moratorium on Hospital Property Tax Exemption Decisions

by Franczek Radelet P.C. on 3/28/2012

Since 2010, when the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the revocation of a property tax exemption for a hospital on the grounds that an insufficient amount of charitable medical care was being provided, we have been monitoring...more

Divided Appellate Court Denies Tax Exemption for Sale-Leaseback Property

by Franczek Radelet P.C. on 8/6/2011

The Fourth District Appellate Court recently found that the Department of Revenue correctly denied a property tax exemption where a charitable organization sold a property to a limited liability company formed by a concerned...more

IRS Compliance Project: Findings, Examinations, and Mock-Audits

by Venable LLP on 5/9/2011

IN THIS PRESENTATION: Agenda: Background; Presentation Objectives; Introductions and Group Activity; IRS Compliance Project Interim Report- Overview, Findings, Contributions and Lessons Learned; Preparing for an...more