REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Insider Transactions and Nonprofits
Nonprofit Basics: IRS 10-Course Charity Workshop
Nonprofit Basics: Unrelated Business Income Tax: Modifications and Exceptions - Part 2
Nonprofit Basics: Unrelated Business Income Tax: Basic Rules for Charities - Part 1
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - IRS Clarifies Emergency Distributions Tax Exceptions
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in North Carolina and South Carolina
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities - Private Foundation Advocacy
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities - Legislative Lobbying and Advocacy Rules for Public Charities
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities - Candidate Campaign Intervention
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 176: Tax Exempt Healthcare Entities with Jim Pool, Maynard Nexsen Health Care Attorney
Scrutiny Around the Hospital Tax-Exempt Status
Nonprofit Basics: What Nonprofits Need To Know About Expenditure Responsibility Grant Requirements
Podcast - Charity Care: A Discussion on Tax-Exempt Hospitals
Nonprofit Basics: Document Retention Policies and Subpoenas, and a Conversation With Aviva Gilbert on Why Good Policies Matter
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 3: Private Foundation Approaches to Policy Advocacy Allowed by the Internal Revenue Code
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 2: Legislative Lobbying Activities by Public Charities
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 1: Candidate Campaign Intervention
Change of Control: Golden Parachute Rules in the Sale Process
Code Section 409A - Six Month Delay
Like any for-profit company, nonprofit organizations want to attract and retain high caliber executives to achieve and further their missions. To accomplish this, a nonprofit organization may have to offer a particularly...more
In response to taxpayer and state government requests, including a 2024 letter from governors of nine states imploring the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to clarify the federal tax treatment of premiums and benefits under...more
The retirement plan industry has been wrestling with the changes to required minimum distribution (RMD) provisions made by the SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0. One issue in particular has caused considerable confusion....more
The Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), in an April 2024 follow-up to IRS Notice 2023-2, issued proposed regulations dealing with the one-percent excise tax under Internal Revenue...more
On June 28, 2024, Treasury and the IRS filed final regulations regarding the payment and reporting aspects of the stock repurchase excise tax under section 4501 of the Code1 (Buyback Tax) (Final Regulations). The Final...more
On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations on the reporting of the one-percent (1%) stock repurchase excise tax imposed by new section 4501 of the Internal...more
When considering compensation and benefits packages to lure and retain top executives or talent, nonprofit organizations, including universities and hospitals, are often at a disadvantage compared to their for-profit rivals....more
On April 9, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued long-awaited proposed regulations under Section 4501 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) regarding the 1% stock buyback excise...more
On April 9, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department ("Treasury") issued proposed regulations and reporting requirements providing further guidance on the non-deductible 1% excise tax that was enacted on August 16, 2022 (as Section...more
The government released proposed regulations this month implementing the excise tax imposed on repurchases of corporate stock that was enacted in 2022. Although these regulations provide some welcome clarity as to the scope...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of April 8, 2024 – April 12, 2024. April 8, 2024: The IRS released Internal Revenue Bulletin 2024-15,...more
The IRS recently released proposed regulations interpreting the provisions of the Code pertaining to donor-advised funds ("DAFs"). The regulations provide needed definitions of working terms such as DAFs, Donors and...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced on February 22, 2024, that it received petitions requesting that caprolactam (89 Fed. Reg. 13400) and nylon 6 (89 Fed. Reg. 13399) be added to the list of taxable substances under...more
For the past 16 years, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Tax Policy and the Internal Revenue Service’s joint Priority Guidance Plan has included the issuance of regulations relating to donor advised funds (DAFs)...more
The US Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently published proposed regulations under Section 4966 to provide additional guidance on several issues related to creating and...more
Since the enactment of the statutory donor-advised fund (“DAF”) rules under the Pension Protection Act of 2006, sponsoring organizations that manage DAF programs have relied on the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC” or the “Code”)...more
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) recently issued proposed regulations under Internal Revenue Code Section 4966 (the Proposed Regulations) that provide important clarifications...more
In IRS Notice 2023-71 (the “Notice”), the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) granted a postponement until October 7, 2024 for various time-sensitive filing and payment deadlines for taxpayers affected by the terrorist attacks...more
This Freeman Law Insights blog provides an overview of the excess benefit transaction rules of 26 U.S.C. § 4958 and corresponding Treasury Regulations, 26 C.F.R. § 4958-1, et. seq....more
The second quarter of 2023 saw continued developments as a result of the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), court activity and announcements from federal agencies. Below, we summarize the updates you need...more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 added Internal Revenue Code Section 4501, which imposes a 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock of publicly traded US corporations effected after December 31, 2022. As described in...more
Notice 2023-2 (the “Notice”) provides guidance regarding the scope and application of the excise tax on buybacks of stock of publicly traded domestic corporations and certain publicly traded foreign corporations (the “Excise...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS intend to issue proposed regulations addressing application of a new excise tax on repurchases of corporate stock under Section 4501 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). Section...more
On December 27, 2022, Treasury issued interim guidance regarding the new excise tax on stock “repurchases” after December 31, 2022 in the form of Notice 2023-2, which taxpayers can rely on until Treasury publishes additional...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 17, 2023 – January 20, 2023...more