If the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had a moratorium on enforcing §501(c)(3) electioneering restrictions against churches and religious organizations, the IRS states that it has been lifted incident to the settlement and...more
8/7/2014
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Audits ,
Charitable Donations ,
Churches ,
Electioneering ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
IRS ,
Religious Institutions ,
Retirement Plan ,
Settlement ,
Tax Exempt Entities
"Church plans" are pension plans (including defined benefit or defined contribution plans) exempt (without an irrevocable election) from many of the legal requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)...more
6/3/2014
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Breach of Contract ,
Churches ,
Defined Benefit Plans ,
Defined Contribution Plans ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Equal Protection ,
Exemptions ,
FICA Taxes ,
Form 5500 ,
IRS ,
Nonprofits ,
Pensions ,
Prayer ,
Public Meetings ,
Religious Institutions ,
RLUIPA ,
Title VII ,
Unemployment Benefits
In 2000, Congress enacted the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. §2000cc et seq. (RLUIPA), in recognition that "new, small, or unfamiliar churches in particular, are frequently discriminated...more
1/4/2013
/ Boy Scouts ,
Churches ,
Contraceptive Coverage Mandate ,
Discrimination ,
Divorce ,
Equal Protection ,
Establishment Clause ,
Exemptions ,
Permits ,
Religion ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Religious Institutions ,
RLUIPA ,
Trademarks