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Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Think 501(c)(3) Means Tax-Free? Think Again.

One of the most common misconceptions in the nonprofit world is that 501(c)(3) organizations are exempt from all types of tax. While 501(c)(3) entities enjoy broad exemptions from federal and state/local taxes, there are many...more

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House Advances Tax Legislation: Implications for Tax-Exempt Organizations

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Last week, the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” This alert highlights the provisions in the Bill that could impact tax-exempt organizations....more

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One Big Beautiful Bill: What It Means to Nonprofits

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President Trump’s proposed One Big Beautiful Bill, which the House of Representatives passed last week, contains several provisions applicable to nonprofit organizations and their donors. While the Senate could still revise...more

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House Passes Tax Package with Several Carved-Back Provisions Relevant to Tax-Exempt Organizations

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On May 22, 2025 the House of Representatives passed its version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “BBB”). As described in our prior Alert, the proposed package includes several key provisions of particular importance...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Exempt organization revenue raisers under House tax bill

On May 12, 2025, the Republicans from the House Committee on Ways and Means released an updated draft tax bill. Several of the provisions in the draft would affect tax-exempt organizations. The bill will almost certainly...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

House GOP Tax Proposal Targets Nonprofits

On May 12, 2025, the House Ways and Means Committee released a draft version of the Republican-led tax bill, "The One, Big, Beautiful Bill" (the "Bill"), which is designed to advance President Trump's tax reform agenda. The...more

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Proposed Tax Legislation: Implications for Tax-Exempt Organizations

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This week, the US House Ways and Means Committee released tax legislation that includes several provisions relevant to tax-exempt organizations....more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Insider Transaction Traps for the Unwary

Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and today I'm joined by David Sacarelos, a principal at Baker Tilly. We do a deep dive into the penalties under the Internal Revenue Code sections...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Insider Transactions and Nonprofits

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this episode is a "refresh" of episode 32, recorded in March 2023. It covers the Internal Revenue Code sections pertinent to business...more

Freeman Law

Private Foundations, Taxable Expenditures, and Excise Taxes: IRS Issues Guidance

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On March 1, 2022, the IRS published its 129-page Exempt Organizations Technical Guide TG 62 Excise Taxes on Taxable Expenditures. While not authoritative or controlling, the guidance addresses in great detail the definitions...more

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IRS Issues Guidance on Self-Dealing Rules for Private Foundations

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IRS Issues Guidance on Self-Dealing Rules for Private Foundations - On March 1, 2022, the IRS published its 128-page Exempt Organizations Technical Guide TG 58 Excise Taxes on Self-Dealing under IRC 4941. While not...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Private Foundations: Exercise Caution to Avoid Self-Dealing

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Federal tax law prohibits nonprofit organizations from providing private inurement and unwarranted private benefit. Failure to comply with these basic rules jeopardizes an organization’s tax-exempt status. Layered on top of...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Event Tickets May Constitute Self-Dealing

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As private foundations and other charitable organizations look forward to the end of the coronavirus pandemic and the return of in-person events, it may be a good idea to review the self-dealing rules involving event tickets...more

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The “Art” Of Operating Foundations: A Public-Private Venture

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In the Beginning- From the dawn of recorded history, those who have the means have purchased or otherwise financed the work of those whom we call artists – talented individuals capable of producing what we call works of...more

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Simplification of the Net Investment Income Tax for Private Foundations

On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law changes to the private foundation excise tax on net investment income under Section 4940 of the Internal Revenue Code. For purposes of Section 4940, net investment...more

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Section 4940 Excise Tax Simplification

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Section 4940 of the Code imposes an excise tax on the “net investment income” of private foundations. Historically, the excise tax was 2%, with an opportunity for reduction to 1% for a year in which the foundation’s...more

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Congress Repeals “Nonprofit Parking Tax” and Simplifies Private Foundation Excise Tax

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Effective December 20, 2019, the "Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019" makes two legislative changes of special interest to tax-exempt organizations. Retroactive Repeal of Nonprofit "Parking Tax" - ...more

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Private Foundation Tax Simplified and Lowered

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On Friday, December 20, 2019, President Trump signed a $1.4 trillion spending package that included simplification of the taxes paid by private foundations. Unlike public charities, private foundations are subject to an...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Timely Actions – Highly Compensated Excise Tax Deadline Imminent

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As an update on an important matter that we raised during McDermott’s May 8 Tax Symposium, it is critical to promptly assess whether to report any excise taxes imposed under Section 4960 as the deadline for filing Form 4720...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Newman’s Own Law

A last minute addition to the budget appropriations bill enacted by Congress this month has created new opportunities for philanthropic planning. Section 41110 of the bill creates a limited exception from the private...more

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More New Tax Legislation

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While the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (the “Act’) focused on spending and the budget, it did include two provisions impacting charities. First, the Act amends the recently adopted Section 4968(b)(1), which now imposes a...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Senate Passes Tax Reform Bill

On November 16, the House of Representatives passed an amended version of H.R. 1, the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” by a vote of 227-205 (the “House Bill”). On November 20, 2017, the Senate Finance Committee released the Senate’s...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Private Foundations: A Primer for the Business Owner

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Many successful business owners attribute some part of their financial success to their community. The term “community” may have a different meaning from one business owner to another. In some cases, it may refer to the...more

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

Investing Private Foundation Assets: What Every Foundation Manager Should Know

Those responsible for managing a private foundation’s investment assets may not always understand the unique fiduciary and tax constraints imposed on private foundations and their managers by both state and federal law....more

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Treasury Green Book Proposals — Private Foundations

The Department of the Treasury has released the Treasury Green Book for Fiscal Year 2017, which provides explanations of the President’s budget proposals. One such proposal (remember…these are just proposals, not actual...more

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