By remaining under the umbrella of tax-exempt institutions, they too remain tax-exempt.
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The NFL's League Office relinquished its tax-exempt status in 2015, and the individual teams had never been tax-exempt.
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Because tax-exempt municipal bonds are frequently used for small-scale infrastructure projects, and banks are now disincentivized from buying tax-exempt municipal bonds.
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House panel to examine tax-exempt college endowments: The House Ways and Means Committee's oversight subcommittee is slated to hold a hearing next week on tax-exempt college endowments.
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New IRS policy allows some tax-exempt groups to veil donors .
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The bonyads sit on vast wealth, all of it tax-exempt.
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That offering will include tax-exempt bonds, which the public subsidizes.
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Tax-exempt nonprofit groups are legally required to avoid partisan politics.
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Even products like Chapstick and incontinence pads are often tax exempt.
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The bottom line: Top tax-exempt hospital systems are quite profitable.
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Of that, $423 billion was publicly financed with tax-exempt bonds.
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In the 1970s, these discriminatory schools lost their tax-exempt status.
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Utah Housing Corporation, $50 million of tax exempt mortgage-backed securities.
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Pennsylvania State University, $284.8 million of tax exempt and taxable bonds.
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Why are these football programs tax-exempt in the first place?
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If the association did in fact break those laws, it could lose its tax-exempt status — and according to a former IRS official, without its tax-exempt status the NRA could be forced to shut down.
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In the 1980s, former Senator Pat Moynihan (D-NY) closed a previous loophole for federal tax-exempt private revenue bonds being used for stadium construction, prompting local governments to use tax-exempt general-purpose bonds instead.
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The revelations raise questions about whether the NRA could lose its tax-exempt status, as tax exempt organizations are not allowed to use funding to personally benefit their officials or for actions significantly outside their stated mission.
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And your 'church' should lose it tax exempt status for illegal activities.
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"Corporate earnings are largely tax exempt at this level," the report said.
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Colleges' tax-exempt endowments have also gotten attention from members of Congress.
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Almost all of these investments were financed by tax exempt municipal bonds.
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Among the biggest is its elimination of tax-exempt advance refunding bonds.
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Groups that are strictly political are not eligible to be tax exempt.
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Unlike other tax incentives, retirement savings are tax-deferred, not tax-exempt.
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Village of Freeport, N.Y., $160 million of tax-exempt and taxable bonds.
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They take a tremendous risk that they'll lose their tax-exempt status.
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Honolulu City and County, $222 million of tax-exempt general obligation bonds.
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Illinois Finance Authority, $282 million of Swedish Covenant Hospital tax exempt bonds.
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Normally, tax-exempt organizations must file annual financial reports for public inspection.
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These are tax-exempt vehicles for putting money aside for educational expenses.
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Those who violate this rule risk having their tax-exempt status revoked.
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All Americans benefit from core infrastructure projects financed by tax-exempt bonds.
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Misuse of tax-exempt funding for private gain would violate tax laws.
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The IRS guidance drops a requirement for many types of tax-exempt organizations, including social-welfare groups with tax-exempt status under 501(c)(4) of the tax code, to submit information about donors' identities on annual forms.
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But Puerto Rico's bonds are triple tax exempt regardless of where you live.
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It was nonprofit and tax-exempt, and its biggest beneficiary was Long himself.
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South Carolina Public Service Authority, $382 million of tax-exempt revenue refinancing bonds.
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The New York attorney general's office is investigating the NRA's tax-exempt status.
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The group Unite in Action had it's application for tax-exempt status approved.
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Meanwhile, the government could issue tax-exempt municipal bonds, prized by mainland investors.
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California, $2192 million of Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority tax-exempt revenue refinancing bonds.
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Since Falun Gong is classified as a religion, it's a tax-exempt site.
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It would also take away tax-exempt bonds for private stadiums being built.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week.
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On the campaign trail, she pledged to investigate the NRA's tax-exempt status.
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For example, the I.R.S. could seek to revoke the foundation's tax-exempt status.
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The club lost its tax-exempt status as a fraternal organization in 2010.
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In that context, he's also called for revoking that organization's tax-exempt status.
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It also sought tax-exempt status, citing the group's similarity to the CFR.
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In that case, the supply of traditional tax-exempt munis would not swell.
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C. W. Henderson specializes in the conservative management of tax-exempt municipal securities.
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The New York Times reported the probe involved the group's tax-exempt status.
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Other tax rule changes may actually have boosted overall demand for tax-exempt income.
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Otsego will lose its tax-exempt status unless the law is changed this year.
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Its full name is the Esalen Institute—a tax-exempt nonprofit, founded in 1962.
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The acceleration in outflows as well made its way into tax-exempt money funds.
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Endowments that were not compliant for several years could lose their tax-exempt status.
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Our Revolution will function as a 501(c)(4), a tax-exempt non-profit.
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Current refundings of debt within the 90-day call date window remain tax-exempt.
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If they will not post prices, they will have their tax-exempt status withdrawn.
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Tax-exempt municipal bonds are an indispensible tool for overcoming our nation's infrastructure challenges.
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Based on the charitable remainder designation, the IRS grants these trusts tax-exempt status.
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The guidance limits some tax-exempt groups' disclosure of donor information to the agency.
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South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority, $60.2 million of tax-exempt lease revenue bonds.
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The group's possible ties to Russia and its tax-exempt status are under scrutiny.
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Dream Defenders Fight is the "super PAC" of the tax-exempt nonprofit Dream Defenders.
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A list of donors to tax-exempt groups is irrelevant to the IRS's function.
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The Oklahoma Development Authority, $251.6 million of tax-exempt and federally taxable revenue bonds.
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It prohibits churches and other tax-exempt organizations from participating in some political activity.
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When the Congressional Research Service released a 1996 report showing that tax-exempt bonds were costing the federal treasury about 34 percent of new stadium construction costs, Senator Moynihan introduced the Stop Tax-Exempt Arena Debt Issuance Act to rectify the matter.
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The IRS needs to explain "why these plaintiffs who have been granted tax-exempt statuses will not experience any negative consequences resulting from the alleged discriminatory targeting scheme employed by the defendants throughout their tenure as a tax- exempt entities," Walton said.
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But a number of bills in Congress are looking to make such contributions tax-exempt.
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Current refundings of debt within a 90-day call date window would remain tax-exempt.
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Current refundings of debt within the 90-day call date window would remain tax exempt.
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"I think the broader question is should religious organizations have tax-exempt status at all."
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Tax-exempt serial maturities from 2023 through 2032 are insured by Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.
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In 40 states, tampons and pads are not tax exempt while viagra is in Illinois.
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First, move to capitation for Medicare, Medicaid and the tax-exempt private health insurance plans.
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Koskinen answered that tax-exempt organizations cannot use their funds to benefit their own members.
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About a million and a half organizations in the US are registered as tax-exempt.
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Furthermore, only one church has ever lost its tax-exempt status for electioneering since 1954.
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Ultimately, the only groups actually denied tax-exempt status were liberal-leaning women's empowerment groups.
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But the league office eventually relinquished its tax-exempt status in 2015 amid public criticism.
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Current refundings, which are done within the 90 days, would continue to be tax-exempt.
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Trump's order gives religious groups more liberty to do so without jeopardizing tax-exempt status.
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It is also a story of infrastructure investment, financed largely by tax exempt municipal bonds.
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In 2015, Congress did pass a law making compensation packages, state or federal, tax-exempt.
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With our nation's infrastructure slowly crumbling, tax-exempt municipal bonds are more important than ever.
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If an endowment were non-compliant for three years, tax-exempt status would be lost.
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So let's classify all of them as lobbyists and revoke their nonprofit, tax-exempt status.
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His operation is tax-exempt, under a clause designed to help religious and charitable groups.
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Mr. Noor said the trucks were using NATO's tax-exempt status to import illegal fuel.
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Federal law prohibits 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations from taking part in partisan activity.
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Jefferson County, N.Y., Civic Facility Development Corporation, $95 million of tax-exempt and taxable bonds.
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Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, $344.6 million of taxable revenue and tax-exempt revenue bonds.
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Amherst Development Corporation, N.Y., $2433 million of tax-exempt student housing facility revenue refinancing bonds.
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"Lose your tax exempt status; the progressives want to take it away anyway," he said.
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The prohibition is difficult to enforce, and churches rarely see their tax-exempt status revoked.
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Colorado Education and Cultural Facilities Authority, $2400 million of tax-exempt and taxable revenue bonds.
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Employer-paid health insurance premiums are tax-exempt for employees and tax-deductible for employers.
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However, tax-exempt groups can elect to apply the rules to returns filed after Friday.
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Federal rules restrict transactions that confer economic benefits on key executives of tax-exempt organizations.
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Pará would get 9% of his profits and all of Ford's exports would be tax-exempt.
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Part of the proceeds will advance refund some of the state's outstanding tax-exempt GO bonds.
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To pay for staffing, presidential transitions are allowed to set up tax-exempt organizations to fundraise.
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"Firms deploy their charitable foundations as a form of tax-exempt influence seeking," the researchers write.
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That difference between the current and anticipated tax rate affects the desirability of tax-exempt investments.
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The lucky winner could win a cash - and tax-exempt - prize of 1,000 euros, it said.
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While vegetable seeds remain tax exempt, paddy, cereal and corn seeds now attract 5 percent tax.
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Failing to file three years in a row causes an organization to lose tax-exempt status.
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MLPs are tax-exempt corporate structures that pay out profit to investors in dividend-style distributions.
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Every day throughout the nation, infrastructure shortfalls are addressed with financing from tax- exempt municipal bonds.
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A proposal in the Senate bill would eliminate the tax-exempt status for professional sports leagues.
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The following tax-exempt, fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Hillsborough County, Fla.
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Private activity bonds are a type of tax-exempt financing for projects with some public benefit.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Elk River, Minn.
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Syracuse Industrial Development Agency, $200 million of Carousel Center Project tax-exempt refinancing pilot revenue bonds.
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University of Oklahoma Board of Regents, $63.9 million of general revenue and refinancing tax exempt bonds.
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Companies producing chips using 130 nanometre technology or smaller will be tax exempt for two years.
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Current debt refundings, which are done within the 90-day call date window, remain tax exempt.
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Vanguard High-Yield Tax Exempt fund has more than 80 percent invested in high-grade bonds.
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Under the plan, interest on newly issued private activity bonds would no longer be tax-exempt.
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It is also being investigated by New York's attorney general based on its tax-exempt status.
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Companies producing chips using 130 nanometer technology or smaller will be tax exempt for two years.
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As a public benefit corporation, the trust could finance the project by issuing tax-exempt bonds.
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New York City Transitional Finance Authority, $800 million of future tax secured tax-exempt subordinate bonds.
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Starting a charity involves many steps, such as applying for tax-exempt status with the IRS.
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"The fact is that the business of the NFL has never been tax exempt," Goodell wrote.
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Right now I have a 501c3 [application to be a tax-exempt non-profit] that's in progress.
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Tax-exempt local infrastructure bonds have been the main instrument to finance power investment in the country.
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The state will offer $1.5 billion of tax-exempt general obligation bonds for competitive bidding on Oct.
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It also blocks the agency from finalizing any rules tied to determining an organization's tax-exempt status.
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Since 2000, there have been around $13 billion worth of tax-exempt bonds issued for stadium construction.
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The order also loosens restrictions that prevent tax-exempt religious organizations from supporting or opposing political candidates.
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The NFL's League Office, which handles administrative duties for the league, was once a tax-exempt entity.
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Before her time in government, Tufts worked as a consultant for tax-exempt organizations and emerging companies.
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The bonds are tax-exempt, but All Aboard Florida, not the government, is responsible for repaying them.
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Conservatives also accused his department of specifically targeting conservative groups with challenges to their tax-exempt status.
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As a tax-exempt nonprofit, the diocese is required to use its money only for charitable purposes.
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The HSA functions as both a tax-exempt health payment fund and a tax deferred retirement supplement.
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If the reported violations prove true, the foundation does not deserve its charitable or tax-exempt status.
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And I don't have to pay any taxes on that because the boats are all tax exempt.
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It also takes a swipe at professional sports teams by eliminating tax-exempt bonds for their facilities.
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It has made it possible for tax-exempt "social welfare" organizations to operate as partisan attack machines.
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Her work helped to end the tax-exempt status for schools that discriminated against African-American kids.
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The program now will include "high-quality, tax-exempt commercial paper" and the pricing will be reduced.
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Then there is a property-tax exemption and tax-exempt bonds, which saved the Yankees $400 million.
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Venable is working on tax-reform issues for the United States Tennis Association regarding "tax-exempt" issues.
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Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, $50 million of education loan revenue and tax-exempt fixed rate amount bonds.
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The Senate Finance Committee oversees tax policy and related issues, including tax-exempt groups like the NRA.
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He fails to address "dark money," which anonymous donors pass through tax-exempt organizations to influence elections.
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That's true in the case of tax-exempt charitable organizations, which will still have to disclose donors.
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A report released in October by the Treasury Department's inspector general found that the I.R.S. had also scoured left-leaning groups' applications for tax-exempt status as part of its effort to identify groups focused on politics, not "social welfare," as the rules for tax-exempt status require.
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If the IRS determines that a group has violated the law, it can revoke its tax-exempt status.
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James, who has called the NRA a "terrorist organization," opened an investigation into the NRA's tax-exempt status.
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To do anything but would imply that a tax-exempt organization tacitly endorses what amounts to peer torture.
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Incoming foreign aid, from the salaries of consultants to the fees collected by subcontractors, is often tax-exempt.
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The bill ensures that co-ops do not jeopardize their tax-exempt status when they accept government grants.
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The acceleration of outflows from tax-exempt money funds hit short-term muni financing rates in recent months.
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A gun-control group also has filed a complaint with the IRS, challenging the NRA's tax-exempt status.
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By law, many of the groups are organized as tax exempt nonprofits, and barred from participating in politics.
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On Tuesday, groups in a public-finance network sent lawmakers a letter in support of tax-exempt bonds.
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Lyndon Johnson, was enacted in 1954 and prohibited partisan political activity for churches and other tax-exempt organizations.
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Currently, tax-exempt groups have to provide the IRS with information about donors who contribute more than $5,85033.
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The state is issuing tax-exempt municipal bonds to replace the bridge slated to open in April 2016.
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Currently, tax-exempt groups have to provide the IRS with information about donors who contribute more than $5,000.
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Here comes your big tax bill Senate tax bill strips NFL, other sports leagues from tax-exempt status
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Tax-exempt bonds and government funding have served as an alternative to traditional loans from risk-averse banks.
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From 2006 to 2013, Lerner ran the IRS's Exempt Organizations division, which oversees organizations seeking tax-exempt status.
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The answer is not necessarily to tax endowments, though they have only been fully tax exempt since 1984.
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An essential first step, for instance, is verifying that a potential grant recipient is qualified as tax exempt.
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Already, NRA officials have been served with subpoenas stemming from James's investigation into the NRA's tax-exempt status.
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A gun-control group has also filed a complaint with the IRS, challenging the NRA's tax-exempt status.
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But they were actually reimbursed by the temple, a religious, tax-exempt institution barred from making political contributions.
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According to the city's Independent Budget Office, the stadium received about $270 million in federal tax-exempt financing.
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In addition, in the eyes of the organization and the public, being tax-exempt confers a certain legitimacy.
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"A tax-exempt private museum has a duty to provide a benefit to the public," Mr. MacLellan said.
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"You can't presume all the spending would be for projects financed with tax-exempt money," Mr. Miller said.
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While both the N.R.A. and its foundation are tax-exempt, only donations to the foundation are tax-deductible.
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One way to do that is to make teachers the only tax-exempt occupation in the United States.
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Currently, any verified U.S. nonprofit with a Twitter account — tax-exempt or not — can receive donations through Trigger.
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Other elements of the reform bill, however, could adversely impact longer-term demand for tax-exempt muni bonds.
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Large hospital systems beget even larger systems, which operate more like publicly traded companies than tax-exempt charities.
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The Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt bond mutual fund gained 5.1 percent over the 303 months through March.
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As its name suggests, much of the gain from the tax-exempt fund comes free of federal taxes.
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Wirtschaftswoche reported, citing unnamed sources, that the tax exempt status had been denied due to HNA's unclear ownership structure.
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In addition, the contributions are tax-free as long as they are made in a qualified tax-exempt zone.
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In return, Lin received discounted liquor from diplomatic duty-free shops and tax-exempt electronic device purchases, prosecutors said.
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Noppadon said that the sale of the shares was tax exempt because it was done through the stock exchange.
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Federal authorities claim its tax-exempt status helped Singer's college admissions clients list their illegal transactions as tax deductions.
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Seven other states have passed less sweeping versions that single out diapers as a necessity and therefore tax exempt.
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Under Prohibition, medicinal alcohol was legal, but once Prohibition was repealed, making it tax-exempt was a non-starter.
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UPMC also benefits by issuing tax-exempt debt and not having to pay property taxes on the new buildings.
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Of the four leagues, Major League Baseball had the highest average amount of stadiums financed by tax-exempt bonds.
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Numerous investigations by Congress and the press showed none of the groups in question was denied tax-exempt status.
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When in the service, members get different types of tax benefits, like the tax-exempt basic allowance for housing.
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Banks tend to pay-- a pretty full rate-- unless they-- they-- you know, they own some tax-exempt bonds.
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Dean Heller of Nevada is lobbying for the Raiders' Las Vegas dome to have access to tax-exempt bonds.
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Employees would receive a tax-exempt benefit of up to $5,250 per year to pay their student loan debt.
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Another massive offering includes nearly $1.6 billion in competitive bonds, tax-exempt and taxable, from the state of California.
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Axios reports that $13 billion worth of these tax-exempt bonds have been issued for stadium construction since 2000.
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The organization is chartered in New York, and authorities there have threatened to investigate the NRA's tax-exempt status.
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In addition, the CPFF was expanded to include high-quality, tax-exempt commercial paper and its pricing was reduced.
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And President Trump plans to sign an executive order easing limits on political action by tax-exempt religious groups.
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When the pastors informed him that they could lose their tax-exempt status, Mr. Trump declared the law unfair.
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By law, tax-exempt foundations must spend at least 1063 percent of their endowment every year on charitable purposes.
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That same law, still on the books today, empowered the island to raise money by issuing tax-exempt bonds.
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Under federal tax law, when either of these kinds of nonprofits break laws, they jeopardize their tax exempt status.
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David Nielsen wants the IRS to strip the Mormon church of its tax exempt status, according to the complaint.
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Republicans have attacked the agency in recent years for its handling of conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status.
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But he never disclosed that the agency had dropped the foundation from its official roll of tax-exempt organizations.
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On the demand side, the $2400,22.4 limit on SALT deductions has made many households hungrier for tax-exempt income.
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I can recall numerous conversations with constituents, particularly those who represented municipalities, and others who relied on tax-exempt bonds when they pushed the idea of reducing tax rates; I countered with the question of whether or not tax-exempt bonds would still be marketable after a reduction in the tax rates.
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Tax-exempt charitable organizations can sell donations of appreciated assets without having to pay capital-gains taxes on the profits.
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He even threatened to "Change tax law!" in order to punish the league, which benefits from its tax-exempt status.
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Without clear standards, nonprofit support for civic participation is chilled by the perceived risk of violating their tax-exempt status.
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Thus, tax-exempt interest was born to give incentive to the public to keep paying their taxes to fund projects.
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Tax-exempt financing works, and advance refunding is a necessary provision to improve long-term financing while keeping costs down.
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Tax-exempt entities, such as public pension plans and college endowments, are big investors in private equity and hedge funds.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida, $241.7 million of revenue bonds. Competitive.
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A bipartisan group of senators offered legislation this week to ensure that first responders' injury-related compensation is tax exempt.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida, $241.70 million of revenue bonds. Competitive.
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With the traditional benefits, an employee could elect to set aside tax-exempt contributions to the card from their paychecks.
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It all comes down to a type of tax-exempt bond that funds about half of all affordable housing development.
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New Jersey's loan program is financed through tax-exempt bonds, which require the agency to keep losses to a minimum.
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"Current law simply limits groups from being both a tax-exempt ministry and a partisan political entity," the groups wrote.
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Wells Fargo had been hired by the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation to underwrite the tax-exempt bonds in 2010.
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Sensitive subject: In many places, the CEO of these tax-exempt non-profits is the highest paid executive in town.
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Most notably, Mr. Sekulow sued the Internal Revenue Service over improper delays in processing tax-exempt status for conservative groups.
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One sheriff said his rodeo was a tax-exempt nonprofit, even though it is incorporated as a for-profit business.
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Virginia Small Business Financing Authority, $737 million of Transform 66 P3 Project tax-exempt senior lien private activity revenue bonds.
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He did not say whether he believes religious schools should lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose LGBTQ rights.
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The big picture: Ensign achieves its tax-exempt status by dint of being an "integrated auxiliary" of the Mormon church.
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The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center fought off one lawsuit from the city's mayor to revoke its tax-exempt status.
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It also has affiliated entities that are tax-exempt under sections 501(c)(3) and 527 of the tax code.
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O'Rourke sparked controversy by proposing to strip tax-exempt status from religious institutions, including churches, that oppose same-sex marriage.
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The Internal Revenue Code prohibits tax-exempt section 220006(c)(2202) charities from supporting or opposing candidates for elected office.
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Since then, 32 states have raised the issue in their legislative chambers and seven actually made menstrual products tax-exempt.
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Limiting deductibility or changing the tax-exempt status of endowments also would greatly reduce, and even eliminate, many charitable contributions.
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They just need to revoke their religiously based tax-exempt status so society doesn't subsidize this advocacy through tax breaks.
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The bottom line is this: A company that had a net income of $1.4 billion should not be tax exempt.
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That is because other sources of income, such as interest from tax-exempt municipal bonds, are not included, he said.
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The nonprofit operations, as they were with GM, would be reorganized as two tax-exempt Taft-Hartley Trust Fund organizations.
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This really is a giant multibillion dollar commercial entertainment platform functioning under the guise of a tax-exempt educational pursuit.
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Ultimately, I think it would literally take an act of Congress to change the tax-exempt nature of college athletics.
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His recently released economic plan contains a push to make child-care costs tax-exempt, but doesn't mention the wage gap.
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Republicans accused the IRS during President Barack Obama&aposs tenure of liberal bias and unfair targeting of conservative tax-exempt groups.
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The tax-exempt bond deal was initially structured with serial maturities from 2031 through 2039 and a term maturity in 2042.
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Investors lined up to purchase its triple-tax-exempt bonds, a form of debt free from municipal, state and federal taxes.
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Tampon tax still reigns in the U.S., however, where menstrual products are excluded from tax-exempt product categories in most states.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Pennsylvania, $106.63 million of general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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The transition teams set up separate, tax-exempt organizations known as 501(c)(4)s where the money can be raised.
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This ruling stripped tax-exempt status from all-white private schools formed in the South in reaction to the Brown v.
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At that rate Apple is not only the world's largest for-profit corporation, but also the world's largest tax-exempt one.
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They argue that the commissioner impeded Congress's investigation into the IRS' scrutiny of Tea Party groups' applications for tax-exempt status.
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There should be a trade-off between a college being tax-exempt and it providing financially challenged students with robust scholarships.
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The city sold a total of $608.9 million in bonds, issuing $223.8 million in tax-exempt securities, according to preliminary data.
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Our infrastructure needs aren't growing because of a lack of financing — the tax-exempt municipal bond market is healthy and robust.
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The Supreme Court upheld a decision that revoked the tax-exempt status of private religious schools — if they practiced racial discrimination.
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Federal forms that must be filed by tax-exempt organizations, known as 990s, are due from Healing Arts on May 15.
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Tax-exempt bond yields on Monday closed 10 to 22 basis points higher on Municipal Market Data's benchmark triple-A scale.
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They noted that the guidance has a direct impact on state filing requirements for tax-exempt groups operating in their states.
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The Post report added the IRS could strip the Trump Foundation's tax-exempt status if found to have violated the rules.
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"I asked for the tax-exempt number for tax purposes," Lane told the Palm Beach Daily News in a recent interview.
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The mission of the law and policy organization co-created by Weiss Wolf, Period Equity, is for tax-exempt menstrual products.
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One difference: When Falwell helped Crosswhite, he used the assets of Liberty, the tax-exempt university he has led since 2008.
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For years, congressional Republicans have punished the agency over a 2013 scandal involving the alleged targeting of conservative tax-exempt organizations.
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A 403(b) retirement plan can only be used by employees of public schools, churches, hospitals, or other tax-exempt organizations.
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Lawmakers, IRS employees and citizens can send the IRS referrals recommending that the IRS examine alleged misconduct by tax-exempt groups.
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A 2013 inspector general report found that the IRS has subjected conservatives groups' applications for tax-exempt status to extra scrutiny.
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Because the loan program is supported by tax-exempt bonds, the agency is required to keep its losses to a minimum.
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But if wealthy private colleges want their endowments to remain tax exempt, they need to start providing much greater public benefits.
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Other tax-exempt organizations (such as section 501(c)(4) welfare organizations) can already engage in electioneering to a considerable extent.
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One difference: When Falwell helped Crosswhite, he used the assets of Liberty, the tax-exempt university he has led since 20183.
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Because UCHealth is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit system, it is supposed to reinvest all surplus money into the community.
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Nor did he mention the Johnson Amendment, a law that prohibits churches and other tax-exempt organizations from endorsing political candidates.
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Trump adviser and Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman proposes making "teachers the only tax-exempt occupation in the United States," reports Recode.
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EDT tomorrow: The House Ways and Means Committee is holding a hearing on tax-exempt college and university endowments. http://bit.
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DelBene's amendment would restore tax-exempt private-activity bonds and expand state allocations for the low-income housing tax credit. Rep.
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This fib allowed the Yankees to siphon their money into tax-exempt bonds, at a cost to taxpayers across the nation.
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The government could also make an immediate and substantial difference simply by addressing what's called the defeasance of tax-exempt debt.
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How about admittance by the IRS that they targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status and improperly requested donor information?
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Rossford Village School District, Ohio, $50.9 million of school facilities construction and improvement bonds, certificates of participation and tax-exempt bonds.
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The House Ways and Means Committee's oversight subcommittee is slated to hold a hearing next week on tax-exempt college endowments.
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Right now, churches, synagogues or mosques that get involved in politics risk their tax exempt 501(c) status when they do.
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Historically low and negative sovereign interest rates have also driven foreign investors, even if they cannot benefit from tax-exempt status.
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After a surge in applications for tax-exempt status between 2010 and 2012, the agency acknowledged that it began singling out terms such as "Tea Party" and "patriot" as a shortcut for determining if organizations were actually engaging in social welfare, which would qualify them for tax-exempt status, or if they might be political organizations.
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The lion's share of tax-exempt debt has been issued to refinance older bonds at lower rates, rather than fund new projects.
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The candidates also talked about faith -- and whether religious institutions that don't recognize same-sex marriages should keep their tax-exempt status.
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Removing that subsidy, and others like it, could narrow the gap between the cost of private-sector capital and tax-exempt debt.
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For that reason, you're best off holding TIPS in tax-deferred or tax-exempt accounts like IRAs or Roth IRAs, he said.
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For 27 months, from February 2010 until May 2012, the IRS systematically targeted conservative tax-exempt applicants for additional scrutiny and delay.
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About a million and a half organizations in the US are registered as tax-exempt, many of which are 275(c)(280).
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But those that he made through family charities and other tax-exempt organizations that he controls or influences total $210,212 since 2001.
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Supporters of the endowment tax say it would put the most lucrative investment funds on equal footing with other tax-exempt charities.
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In that sale, tax-exempt bonds totaling $134.7 million were priced at par with a top yield of 4.50 percent in 2029.
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The newly finalized regulations would reclassify some forms of debt as equity, changing tax-exempt interest payments into dividends that are taxed.
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Those include media reports of millions of dollars of improper payments, which puts into question its status as a tax-exempt nonprofit.
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On the campaign trail he has repeatedly vowed to repeal the Johnson Amendment that prohibits tax-exempt churches from touting political candidates.
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State officials used tax-exempt bonds to back a "middle mile" network and ignored written warnings about the problems with the project.
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Lyndon Johnson's 1954 measure that prohibits nonprofit groups who maintain tax-exempt status, including churches and charities, from directly participating in politics.
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Form 990 is the return that every tax-exempt organization must file annually with the IRS, and it is a public document.
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The dealings are now under scrutiny by New York investigators as part of an ongoing investigation into the NRA's tax-exempt status.
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Most recently was several years ago when Republicans were investigating the IRS's scrutiny of applications by conservative groups for tax-exempt status.
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While the president called out the NFL as a tax-exempt non-profit, the league actually gave up that position in 2015.
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Tax-exempt private activity bonds (PABs) are issued by state or local governments and loaned to private companies to finance qualified projects.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Alpharetta, Ga., $52.5 million of general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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Apply tax-exempt status to eligible purchases, if you register in the US. Those in the UK are offered VAT receipt services.
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In the U.S., ads from PACs and SuperPACs, and 501(c)(4), or tax-exempt social welfare organizations, will also be prohibited.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Brookhaven, N.Y., $254.5 million of general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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He announced last year that the league would give up its tax-exempt status, which makes his compensation no longer public information.
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Those that violate the law could have their tax-exempt status revoked by the Internal Revenue Service, but it has rarely happened.
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The ministry said the suspects had allegedly used forged documents to present goods as tax-exempt supplies for foreign embassies and organizations.
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Solid-waste processing facilities are allowed under the IRS rules for tax-exempt private activity bonds that can be issued by states.
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For starters, none of the tax increase would directly affect pension funds, charities or colleges (most of which are tax exempt anyway).
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And they are doing so while reaping the benefits of their tax-exempt status, sometimes without disclosing their connections to corporate interests.
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Endowments are already tax exempt, but they have increasingly worked with private equity and hedge funds that borrow additional money to invest.
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Los Angeles Community College District, $299.9 million of taxable 288.4 election general obligation bonds and tax-exempt 3003 election general obligation bonds.
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It has not applied for tax-exempt status, something that many charities do in order to allow for more resources for donations.
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But just because V-bucks have been removed does not mean the IRS regards all transactions in the currency as tax-exempt.
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The response is likely to receive pushback from certain religious groups, which have long opposed efforts to remove their tax-exempt status.
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Details: O'Rourke says religious institutions like colleges, churches and charities should lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage.
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Their bill would allow companies to use tax-exempt bonds issued by states and local governments to fund carbon capture energy projects.
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Fears that federal tax legislation would terminate certain types of tax-exempt bonds sparked a rush by many issuers to sell debt.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $50 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: DuPage County, Ill.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $62.73 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Comal County, Tex.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $50 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Hennepin County, Minn.
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Companies are not permitted to categorize political expenses like lobbying as tax-deductible business expenses, but trade associations are tax-exempt organizations.
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The N.R.A. is in a weakened state, mired in internal conflict and facing investigations into possible abuse of its tax-exempt status.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $77.73 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Wilson County, Tenn.
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Private activity bonds are tax-exempt bonds issued for a project that serves a public good and is built with private funds.
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Another 22019 percent of the federal money on subsidies is related to people with employer coverage whose healthcare dollars are tax-exempt.
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He also pledged to "destroy" a law restricting political speech by tax-exempt churches, a potentially huge victory for the religious right.
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The league's central office itself was previously classified as a nonprofit, but gave up its tax exempt status in 2015 amid criticism.
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Nearly a million and a half organizations in the US are registered as tax-exempt, many of which are 501(c)(5013).
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But the Bergs continue to run the Kabbalah Centre much like a family business, even though it has tax-exempt charitable nonprofit status.
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Oliver even founded his own church to highlight the absurdity of these churches getting tax-exempt status while their pastors rake in fortunes.
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That coalition devolved into a number of state chapters, the Texas branch of which gained tax-exempt status as a social welfare charity.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: MONDAY Florida Transportation Department, $268 million of revenue bonds. Competitive.
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Tax-exempt infrastructure bond issuance may reach 30 billion reais ($7.3 billion) this year, Edson Ogawa, the bank's head of infrastructure financing, estimated.
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Like all non-profit organisations with tax-exempt status, religious entities aren't allowed to speak well or ill of individuals running for office.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Minnesota Public Facilities Authority, $2107.6 million of revenue bonds. Competitive.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Department of Transportation, $262.5 million of debt securities. Competitive.
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However, the gun-safety group, Everytown for Gun Safety, said it filed a complaint about the NRA's tax-exempt status with the IRS.
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In reality, she was trying to determine whether so-called segregation academies were receiving tax-exempt status, which would have violated federal law.
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Mallory, Perez, Bland, and Sarsour became members of the board, after the group filed to become an official, tax-exempt political engagement organization.
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Tax-exempt hospitals are again raising eyebrows over how they harass patients, often the poorest, in court by trying to recoup medical debts.
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"Nobody is suggesting that churches are allowed, or it's legal, for tax-exempt organizations to tax out ads endorsing candidates," the official said.
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Scott signed into law a $180 million tax cut package that made products such as tampons, menstrual pads, and menstrual cups tax-exempt.
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Thursday's executive order also took aim at the Johnson Amendment, a 1954 law prohibiting tax-exempt churches and nonprofits from participating in electioneering.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Board of Education, $180 million of debt securities. Competitive.
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At the same time one is established, an employee would have to designate to which tax-exempt non-profits it would be directed.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Board of Education, $220 million of debt securities. Competitive.
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Tax-exempt bonds totaling $795.5 million will be offered in term maturities in 2035, 2040, and 2044, according to the preliminary official statement.
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Republicans slashed the funding of the IRS after the controversy over the IRS's heightened scrutiny of Tea Party groups seeking tax-exempt status.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Chesterfield County, Va., $90.1 million of general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Board of Education, $240 million of debt securities. Competitive.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Board of Education, $242 million of debt securities. Competitive.
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But Democrats have expressed concerns it could lead to foreign interference in U.S. elections through illegal donations to "dark money" tax-exempt groups.
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James's office last week issued subpoenas to the NRA and its affiliates as part of an investigation into the organization's tax-exempt status.
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"The rules are clear: a tax-exempt charitable foundation cannot support a political group," CREW Executive Director Noah Bookbinder said in a statement.
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Koskinen took office shortly after it was revealed that the IRS had subjected conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status to increased scrutiny.
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The following tax-exempt, fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Board of Education, $2150.7 million of debt securities. Competitive.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Board of Education, $175 million of refinancing bonds. Competitive.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Board of Education, $175 million of debt securities. Competitive.
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The size of the tax-exempt portion of the deal was reduced from a previous total of $795.5 million of tax-free bonds.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Department of Transportation, $106.2 million of revenue bonds. Competitive.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Department of Transportation, $92.63 million of revenue bonds. Competitive.
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The outside investors pay capital gains rates on their 80% of profits (unless they are tax-exempt institutions like charities or university endowments).
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The wider context of these changes makes enforcement of any rules surrounding what tax-exempt groups can spend in elections even more difficult.
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The House Republican plan to reform the nation's tax code contains a provision that would eliminate tax-exempt bonds for professional sports stadiums.
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Mr. Trump's contribution from his family foundation to Ms. Bondi violated federal tax law barring tax-exempt charities from engaging in political activity.
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First she said the money went through a tax-exempt organization set up a couple of years ago called Morgan County Sheriff's Rodeo.
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In 2013, Lois Lerner, the director of the I.R.S. division that oversees tax-exempt groups, apologized for making mistakes and exercising poor judgment.
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It also comes amid probes from attorneys general in Washington DC and New York into whether the NRA violated its tax-exempt status.
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Massachusetts is considering a study of the industry's decline; federal lawmakers are debating making it easier for news outlets to become tax exempt.
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The revelations in the report raise questions about whether the NRA could face civil penalties or the loss of its tax-exempt status.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $2400 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Germantown School District, Wis.
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Any nonprofit doesn't work, though: It must be tax-exempt to serve as a fiscal sponsor, according to the National Council of Nonprofits.
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The instrument has been a favorite of fixed-income investors in the country because of their tax-exempt status and relatively low risks.
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Hiram did manage to get its refinancing — a $25 million tax-exempt bond offering in 2014 at what Varlotta said are favorable terms.
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Even with the legislative changes, collegiate sports remain largely tax exempt, the beneficiary of a public subsidy that is increasingly difficult to defend.
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Yet, over time, how hospitals define community benefit, and whether their activities are sufficient to justify their tax-exempt status has become controversial.
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Lois Lerner The IRS official in charge of overseeing tax-exempt organizations, Lerner was central to accusations the IRS had unfairly targeted conservative groups.
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IRMAA is determined by your modified adjusted gross income, which includes the adjusted gross income reported on your tax return, plus tax-exempt income.
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Some of the tax-exempt bonds are owned by funds managed by firms like Vanguard and Putnam, according to an analysis by Morningstar Direct.
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Taxable munis have been bought by foreign investors who cannot take advantage of a U.S. tax break given to buyers of tax-exempt munis.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: MONDAY Florida Board of Education, $2139.2 million of debt securities. Competitive.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: MONDAY Florida Department of Transportation, $173.3 million of revenue bonds. Competitive.
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For the same health reasons, menstrual products should be tax exempt; affordable and available for all; safe for our bodies and for the planet.
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Juan Ros, a certified financial planner with Lamia Financial Group, said you can check on a charity's tax-exempt status in IRS Publication 78.
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Whether you pay more is based on your modified adjusted gross income — your adjusted gross income, or AGI, plus your tax-exempt interest income.
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Hiding behind tax-exempt status and the privilege that being a megachurch brings is neither what Jesus would do or what Jesus did do.
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It also outlines measures for the post bailout period such as extra pension cuts in 2019 and lowering the tax exempt threshold in 2020.
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Fourth, despite claims to the contrary, under current law Apple need never pay U.S. tax on its offshore hoard of nearly tax-exempt income.
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If colleges are to continue receiving tax-exempt status, they need to earn it by admitting many more smart and talented low-income students.
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The tax-exempt market should have some time to adjust before the first major U.S. tax changes materialize since 210's massive reform law.
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State-level legislation granted Blue Cross plans tax-exempt status and allowed them to operate as nonprofit corporations, because they were considered charitable organizations.
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Trump appears to have been referring to the National Football League's former status as a tax-exempt nonprofit, similar to a business trade association.
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One of these would prevent the IRS generally from using funds to revoke the tax-exempt status of churches that participate in political campaigns.
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The legislation limits the agency from rescinding the groups' tax-exempt status and requires the express approval of the IRS commissioner to do so.
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The final draft of the bill preserves tax-free private activity bonds and tax-exempt stadium bonds, according to the Government Finance Officers Association.
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Koskinen took office after it came to light that the IRS had imposed extra scrutiny on Tea Party groups' applications for tax-exempt status.
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More litigation came last week after Trump signed an order allowing religious groups to participate in politics and still keep their tax-exempt status.
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In fact, such activity is limited by the fund's investment guidelines and could run counter to their investment objectives of achieving tax-exempt income.
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Beyond that, Trump boils down freedom of religion to a single simple issue: clergy being allowed to endorse candidates and keep tax exempt status.
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More than 200 public elementary and secondary schools serving nearly 50,85033 students are maintained and modernized by the issuance of tax-exempt municipal bonds.
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The bill centers on a type of tax-exempt bond that can be used to finance manufacturing facilities for small and medium-sized businesses.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Department of Transportation, $161.8 million of general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Department of Transportation, $191.6 million of general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Board of Education, $145.4 million of general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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In buying the for-profit chain, the Center for Excellence restructured itself as a tax-exempt, nonprofit educational corporation with Mr. Barney as chairman.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Board of Education, $216.2 million of general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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HRMFFA is incorporated within Virginia and under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as a tax exempt, not-for-profit corporation.
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Meanwhile, many Tea Party groups lost everything paying attorneys to fight the IRS while waiting for years to be approved for tax-exempt status.
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ABEAR is hoping to convince Brazil to reverse its decision or make an exception for aircraft leases, which have been tax exempt since 1996.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Department of Transportation, $1.4.2 million of general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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The big picture: Hospitals sold an average of $20 billion in tax-exempt bonds annually over the past nine years, according to HFA Partners.
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It states that churches should not lose their tax-exempt status based on statements about political candidates made during the course of religious services.
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Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) to prohibit the IRS from requiring tax-exempt organizations to include the identifying information of contributors in annual tax returns.
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Still, tax collection is poor, powerful industries are tax-exempt, and government debts have soared, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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The legal fight is connected to an investigation into the N.R.A.'s tax-exempt status by Letitia James, the attorney general of New York.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $50 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Brazosport Independent School District, Tex.
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Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) also made news after he declared that religious institutions should lose tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage.
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The Metropolitan Museum, the Shed, MoMA, and other museums were among several tax-exempt NYC organizations that filed objections to serve as polling places.
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If the government has credible evidence of foreign entities evading campaign finance law by donating to tax-exempt organizations, it has powerful investigative tools.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $50 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Beaumont Independent School District, Tex.
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The Metropolitan Museum, the Shed, MoMA, and other museums were among the tax-exempt NYC organizations that filed objections to serve as polling places.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $50 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Alief Independent School District, Tex.
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Nor did it order the Internal Revenue Service, in so many words, not to enforce the statutory prohibition against electioneering by tax-exempt churches.
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"Violation of this prohibition may result in denial or revocation of tax-exempt status and the imposition of excise tax," according to the IRS.
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The endowments of private, nonprofit colleges are tax-exempt, and the schools are not required to spend a minimum percent of their endowments annually.
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Since domestically produced goods are not tax-exempt, the playing field is tilted in favor of foreign companies that import to the United States.
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Republicans have been critical of the agency following revelations in 2013 that officials submitted conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status to extra scrutiny.
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The gun-safety group, Everytown for Gun Safety, has also said it filed a complaint about the NRA's tax-exempt status with the IRS.
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Democrats have also criticized McIntosh and Callanan over their involvement in the department's efforts to reduce donor disclosure requirements for certain tax-exempt groups.
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Losing tax-exempt status freed his foundation from disclosure requirements, allowing Mr. Epstein to exaggerate his giving — like in a wildly overstated Wikipedia entry.
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If you give them to a tax-exempt organization and you itemize your taxes, you can deduct the fair-market value of the items.
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The NFL in 2015 agreed to give up the tax-exempt status for its league office, after lawmakers denounced it as an unconscionable giveaway.
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The Treasury Department on Monday said it planned to end requirements that certain tax-exempt organizations identify their financial contributors on their tax returns.
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Tax-exempt charitable organizations, those listed under section 24(c)(3) of the IRS code, will still have to say who's giving them money.
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Such bonds are known as triple tax exempt, and they're a big deal for municipal finance and high tax places like New York and California.
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The rule will allow tax-exempt credit unions to exceed limits on commercial lending established by Congress while relaxing regulatory oversight, ICBA said on Wednesday.
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If schools do not invest endowment money to reduce costs, Trump said the government may reconsider whether they deserve to keep those endowments tax-exempt.
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It's registered as a political organization with 527 status, the same tax-exempt classification used by super-PACs and other groups formed to influence elections.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: MONDAY Florida Board of Education, $141.1.9 million of general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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Historically, the U.S. financed the vast majority of its infrastructure through the tax-exempt, low-cost vehicle of the $3.8 trillion U.S. municipal bond market.
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Gaetz seeks to eliminate tax breaks for the NFL Bill to end league's tax-exempt status likely to be included in House tax reform bill.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Department of Transportation, $301.2 million of refinancing and revenue bonds. Competitive.
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New deductions, however, make the conversion of the funds those firms run more attractive, especially ones meant mainly for (tax-exempt) institutional or foreign investors.
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All Koch network nonprofits -- unlike their super PACs -- have to be careful in order to maintain their tax-exempt status and shield their donor identities.
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It is required to remain nonpartisan in order to keep its tax-exempt status, meaning that it can't endorse one candidate or party over another.
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Employers tend to pay the majority of the premium costs for employees, and the health coverage that workers and their families get is tax-exempt.
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In 1947 a catering manager, Brendan O'Regan, set up the world's first duty-free shop at Shannon, allowing transit passengers to buy tax-exempt goods.
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"Both fund and ETF investors padded the coffers of taxable and tax-exempt bond funds, investing net new money in longer-dated issues," he said.
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In its initial application for tax-exempt status, the founders reportedly said the group intended to focus on the impact of environmental regulations on business.
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This is computed using what Social Security calls "combined income" - your adjusted gross income plus tax-exempt interest, plus half of your Social Security benefit.
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What to do: President Obama proposed a ban on tax-exempt bonds for pro sports stadiums in his 2016 budget, but it didn't go anywhere.
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The House passed a measure Thursday to block the IRS from using funds revoking the tax-exempt status of churches that participate in political campaigns.
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Although the measure would apply to all 501(c) tax-exempt groups, such as universities, hospitals and charities, politically active nonprofits are the intended beneficiaries.
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"It could create all sorts of potential headaches and uncertainties for investors," Professor Polsky said, including foreign investors and tax-exempt investors like university endowments.
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"Tax-exempt groups should not be forced to expend precious resources on unnecessary documentation and tax administration, rather than focusing on their missions," Roskam said.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida State Board of Education, $2132.8 million of lottery revenue bonds. Competitive.
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Professional sports leagues like the National Football League will not have tax-exempt status if the current version of the Senate tax bill goes through.
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The leadership dispute comes amid wider concerns over the NRA's finances as New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) probes the group's tax-exempt status.
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That omission could threaten CACE's tax-exempt status, according to Marcus Owens, former head of the non-profit organizations division of the Internal Revenue Service.
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A change in the U.S. corporate tax rate could reduce the values of its deferred tax assets and investments in tax-exempt securities, AIG said.
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The following tax-exempt, fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Board of Education, $198.4 million of general obligation refinancing bonds. Competitive.
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Farmers and real estate developers sell LCAs and LCIs to fund their investments, while investors buy the securities partly because of the tax-exempt allure.
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Nearly 100 religious groups on Tuesday urged Congress to preserve the "Johnson Amendment," which bars churches and other tax-exempt nonprofits from endorsing political candidates.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Cherokee County School District, S.C., $59.63 million of general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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The policy riders in the House bills seek to cancel Obama-era environmental regulations and shield politically active churches from losing their tax exempt status.
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Conservatives who back impeachment for Koskinen say he hindered congressional investigations into whether the IRS unfairly scrutinized applications from conservative groups for tax-exempt status.
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Early aid was provided by the Jericho Road Project, which in 2012 helped the two structure Budget Buddies as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3).
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The legislation would also phase out tax-exempt financing for sports stadiums and subject large private universities to 1.4-percent excise tax on investment income.
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The charity's role is among the issues being examined by the New York attorney general in an investigation into the N.R.A.'s tax-exempt status.
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Then there was the president's pledge to lower income tax rates, coupled with concerns that he might eliminate the tax-exempt status of muni income.
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The Church at Pierce Creek in Conklin, N.Y., lost its tax-exempt status after warning Christians against voting for Bill Clinton for president in 1992.
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Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for their own tax-exempt right to endorse candidates, for theirs is a seat in the Rose Garden.
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The Regents of the University of California will sell the week's biggest issue - $1.134 billion of taxable and tax-exempt AA-rated general revenue bonds.
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Republicans have been very critical of Koskinen, arguing that he hindered congressional investigations into the IRS's handling of conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status.
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Lerner was the head of IRS divisions that oversaw tax-exempt groups when requests from conservative groups began to receive more scrutiny by the department.
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The IRS has been a target of derision from Republicans in recent years due to its handling of conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status.
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The report alleged some NRA members used a 2015 NRA trip to Moscow for their own personal business reasons rather than for tax-exempt purposes.
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Many experts think that a well-developed tax-exempt municipal bond market in the U.S. is one of the culprits of the lack of PPP.
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The next day, The Times reported that Letitia James, the New York attorney general, had opened an investigation into the N.R.A.'s tax-exempt status.
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The next day, The Times reported that Letitia James, the New York attorney general, had opened an investigation into the N.R.A.'s tax-exempt status.
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The House bill repeals the so-called Johnson Amendment, which prohibits tax-exempt groups, including churches and other religious organizations, from engaging in political activity.
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It has its origins in threats last summer by Letitia James, now the New York attorney general, to investigate the N.R.A.'s tax-exempt status.
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However, it's hard to overlook the fact that the church was formed after the Life Extension Foundation had its tax-exempt status revoked by the IRS.
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He became IRS commissioner in December 2013, after the controversy already had exploded over the way the agency had handled the applications for tax exempt status.
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A change in the U.S. corporate tax rate could reduce the values of its deferred tax assets and investments in tax exempt securities, the company said.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: TUESDAY Nevada System of Higher Education, $61.3 million in certificates of participation. Competitive.
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Also, be aware that even some foreign retirement plans that are set up similarly to individual retirement accounts aren't recognized as tax-exempt by Uncle Sam.
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The company fell short on the job creation, so it was forced to compensate the state and give up its tax-exempt status at the plant.
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The campaign aide who provided additional information said Trump's plan would "require" colleges use their endowments to lower tuitions or risk those endowments' tax-exempt status.
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While the focus of money fund reform was on institutional prime money funds, the reforms impacted the tax-exempt space by imposing redemption fees and gates.
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As part of a drive to promote capital markets, BNDESPar will hire a private asset manager to run some of BNDES's tax-exempt local debt holdings.
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Historically low and negative sovereign interest rates have driven overseas investors to relatively higher yielding muni debt, even if they cannot benefit from tax-exempt status.
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The dark-money groups, formed as tax-exempt 501(c)(4) nonprofits under the IRS code, weren't supposed to do this kind of secret political spending.
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If these dividends are sent to a tax-exempt entity, they would be subject to the Unrelated Business Taxable Income (UBTI) at a 25 percent rate.
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Steve Bannon is setting up a new 501(c)(4) — aka a "tax-exempt social welfare organization" — to promote his agenda, and, he argues, the president's.
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Wade, allowing pastors to politick from the pulpit while maintaining their tax-exempt status, sending federal money to religious schools, and legalizing taxpayer-funded employment discrimination.
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A scholarship is considered a charitable donation if the fund it goes into is tax-exempt, said Kathy Hettick, president of the National Society of Accountants.
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Donors can restrict their tax-exempt gift to a legally-binding particular purpose, such as creating a chair, establishing a scholarship or building a new lab.
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Trump returned to his campaign canard, the Johnson Amendment, this morning—he vowed to "totally destroy" it, allowing tax-exempt religious organizations to endorse political candidates.
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Employers and unions wanted some flexibility, in order to attract desired employees, so the Administration permitted increases in health-insurance benefits, and made them tax-exempt.
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Churches are tax exempt just like nonprofits, and in the church of the NRA, the gun is an idol, inviolate in the sanctuary of American myth.
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MLPs are tax-exempt corporate structures that pay out profit to investors in dividend-style distributions, many of which are oil and natural gas pipeline companies.
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We are very disappointed about the decision to eliminate advance refunding for tax-exempt bonds for the public power sector and other state and local governments.
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Others have landed in hot water after building private museums next to their homes and claiming tax-exempt status by allowing in a trickle of visitors.
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The Children's National Medical Center, Columbia Hospital for Women Foundation, and the Greater Southeast Healthcare System all fund capital projects by issuing tax-exempt municipal bonds.
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The legislation also would allow injury-related compensation to remain tax-exempt when first responders hit the retirement age of 65, a change from current policy.
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Kristen Cabanban, a spokeswoman for Chicago's finance department, said the city's Sales Tax Securitization Corporation will sell approximately $624.6 million of tax-exempt bonds on Thursday.
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President Trump signed an executive order Thursday making it easier for churches and other religious groups to engage in politics without endangering their tax-exempt status.
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Republicans have been furious with the agency since revelations in 6900 that the agency had subjected conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status to extra scrutiny.
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Also called a tax-sheltered annuity (TSA), a 403(b) is a retirement plan that can only be used by public schools and tax-exempt organizations.
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The lawmakers urged Congress to maintain the "Johnson amendment," which prohibits churches and other tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations from endorsing or opposing political candidates.
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Under a Supreme Court ruling, nonprofits that have tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the tax code have to serve the public interest.
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Since 1954, the Johnson Amendment has ensured that tax exempt organizations, including charitable nonprofits, houses of worship, and foundations, do not endorse or oppose political candidates.
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The charity would be violating federal law and putting its "tax-exempt status at risk," per the Star, if it had given him its donor list.
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The agency has also been under attack by Republicans, who have accused it of improperly targeting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, and by Mr. Trump.
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The House Oversight Committee and the Senate Finance Committee both looked into claims that the Internal Revenue Service improperly targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.
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He also pledged to get rid of the "Johnson Amendment," a tax provision that prevents tax-exempt charities like churches from being involved in political campaigns.
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Still, TIAA's management said, the change would allow it to pursue investment opportunities it had not been able to engage in as a tax-exempt entity.
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In order to qualify for nonprofit tax exempt status, hospitals must also establish income thresholds below which they provide free and discounted care to uninsured patients.
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O'Rourke raised eyebrows last week when he said he thought that religious institutions that refuse to perform same-sex marriages should lose their tax-exempt status.
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Some investors had bet on strong recoveries for the island's triple tax-exempt bonds after Puerto Rico declared bankruptcy on much of its debt in May.
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Why it matters: Tax-exempt organizations are barred from using funds for the personal benefit of their officials, or for actions significantly outside their stated missions.
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Jordan renewed the call for impeachment in a statement to POLITICO Monday criticizing the agency for denying tax-exempt status to the Albuquerque Tea Party group.
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The Trump Foundation dissolved in late 2018 amid a New York state lawsuit that claimed it violated campaign-finance laws and abused its tax-exempt status.
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It doesn't merely run a system of private prayer meetings to funnel tax-exempt cash to favored individuals, or promote a warped interpretation of Christian scripture.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $50 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Cherry Creek School District No. 5, Colo.
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The lawmakers urged Congress to maintain the "Johnson amendment," which prohibits churches and other tax-exempt 85033(c)(3) organizations from endorsing or opposing political candidates.
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Workers are putting the final touches on a $303 million 200,000-square-foot building, financed with tax-exempt bonds, that will dwarf Amazon's current airport operations.
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Under the amendment, churches and other nonprofits with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status would be able to engage in political speech from 85033 to 2023.
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Facilitating the flow of credit to municipalities by expanding the Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF) to include high-quality, tax-exempt commercial paper as eligible securities.
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The new state attorney general, Letitia James, has also repeatedly threatened to investigate the tax-exempt status of the organization, which was incorporated in New York.
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The Johnson amendment law prohibits tax-exempt charitable organizations such as churches from participating directly or indirectly in any political campaign to support or oppose a candidate.
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Such credits would expand existing federal subsidy programs, like tax exempt Private Activity Bonds that have helped fund the High Occupancy Toll lanes on the Capital Beltway.
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Investors are snapping up municipal bonds and driving yields sharply lower because the current plan, unveiled last Thursday, would slash the amount of tax-exempt debt available.
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They argue that he was commissioner when backup tapes were destroyed containing emails from former IRS official Lois Lerner, who had headed the IRS' tax-exempt division.
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The accusations stem from a 2013 scandal in which the IRS was criticized for targeting conservative Tea Party groups' applications for tax-exempt status for extra scrutiny.
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In the past month, he's made shocking pledges to enthusiastically seize people's assault-style rifles and strip churches of tax-exempt status for opposing same-sex marriage.
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If that limit is exceeded, a co-op loses its tax-exempt status for that year and will be forced to pay taxes on the grant amount.
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Charities listed as tax-exempt 20163(c)(3) organisations are supposed to be charitable—to serve the public good by distributing money to other organisations and individuals.
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This can involve shifting some beaten-down assets from tax-deferred status to tax-exempt status or, more generally, redirecting investments into tax-favored categories before retirement.
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They noted that he was commissioner when backup tapes were destroyed containing emails from former IRS official Lois Lerner, who had headed the IRS' tax-exempt division.
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We are harmed by not being able to participate in political speech on the same playing field and risk losing our tax exempt status if we do.
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President Trump on Thursday is signing an executive order making it easier for churches and religious groups to be politically active without losing their tax-exempt status.
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It's basically taking advantage of a loophole in the 1986 tax law that was supposed to close a prior loophole surrounding tax-exempt bonds for stadium financings.
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Let's review: First, the IRS case: Under Obama, the IRS supposedly targeted his critics in Tea Party-affiliated groups for investigation after they claimed tax-exempt status.
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They also note that the current restriction on political endorsements applies to all nonprofits with tax-exempt status as 501(c)(3) organizations, and not just churches.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois on Tuesday sold the first $1.64 billion of a planned $53 billion of tax-exempt debt in the U.S. municipal market with mixed results.
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Chaffetz, a former BYU kicker, has introduced H.R. 22015 to amend the Internal Revenue Code to exclude "major professional sports leagues" from qualifying as tax-exempt organizations.
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Contraception: Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the IRS to grant religious institutions freedom to endorse political candidates without putting their tax-exempt status at risk.
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This means, depending on the state in which you live, cowboy boots, corpse makeup and Bibles are tax exempt while women pay sales taxes on hygiene supplies.
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LPPC's 22019 members alone expect to issue $14 billion in tax-exempt municipal bonds over the next five years to ensure reliability and modernize the electric grid.
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The House on Thursday passed several bills relating to taxes and the IRS, including a measure that would make many Olympians' medals and prize money tax-exempt.
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Treasury also said on Wednesday that it plans to fully repeal proposed rules relating to the definition of a political subdivision that can issue tax-exempt bonds.
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The bill also includes a provision that would generally bar the IRS from using funds to deny tax-exempt status to churches that participate in political campaigns.
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The District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority uses tax-exempt municipal bonds to keep water flowing to taps and to collect and treat the wastewater that results.
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Trump hammered O'Rourke during a campaign rally last month, calling him a "dumb" candidate for saying he would revoke tax-exempt status for churches and religious charities.
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First, though, we should abandon the policies that have punished long-term and older taxable American shareholders, while other investors — foreign, tax-exempt and corporate insiders — benefit.
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Between 2628 and 28503, the newspaper reported, Abrams raised $22019 million for the Third Sector Development and the Voter Access Institute, both non-profits and tax-exempt.
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Critics have accused Koskinen of not fully cooperating with an investigation into allegations that the tax agency purposely delayed applications for tax-exempt status by conservative groups.
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Libertarian vice presidential nominee Bill Weld says the Commission on Presidential Debates could endanger its tax-exempt status by keeping the Libertarian ticket out of the debates.
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The leadership crisis came around the same time New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) announced an investigation into the NRA's tax-exempt status over the weekend.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Board of Education, $140.4 million of general obligation unlimited tax refinancing bonds. Competitive.
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Democratic senators at a hearing on Wednesday pressed Treasury Department nominees on guidance the department issued last year reducing donor disclosure requirement for certain tax-exempt groups.
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Tax-exempt 10-year BBB-healthcare bonds on Friday saw a 2.97 percent yield and a 111 basis point spread over the benchmark MMD AAA yield curve.
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Because the NFL is a technically registered as a tax-exempt non-profit (I know, right!?), those filings are public record and were widely reported Tuesday morning.
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The fund issues tax-exempt bonds to pay for school construction on the lower floors of high-rise residential or commercial buildings being constructed by private builders.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Board of Education, $2766.1 million of unlimited tax general obligation refinancing bonds. Competitive.
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You're right about banks: Incidentally banks tend to pay a pretty full rate unless they -- they own some tax exempt bonds, but that's not a big item.
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The deal, made up of $450 million of taxable bonds and $400 million of tax-exempt bond anticipation notes, will be sold in competitive bidding on Monday.
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The Obama rule reclassified some forms of debt as equity, changing tax-exempt interest payments into taxable dividends and making earnings stripping strategies more difficult to pursue.
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The Republican tax law includes provisions that hit tax-exempt organizations, like churches, per Politico, which would require them to pay taxes for the first time ever.
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But more recently, Democrats have said there has been no evidence that any IRS officials had political motivations behind their scrutiny of applications for tax-exempt status.
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The accusations stem from a 2013 case in which Republican lawmakers said the IRS scrutinized more conservative groups than liberal organizations in applications for tax-exempt status.
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That agenda includes unfettered access to tax-exempt, private activity bonds and other public financing resources, like state revolving funds, that have historically supported public works projects.
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Donations from the corporations to Brookings are tax exempt based on the premise that the think tank's work benefits the public good, not a company's bottom line.
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The Boston Fed will lend to eligible banks and other financial institutions that will be able to use single-state and other tax-exempt munis as collateral.
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We're talking about millions of dollars of savings for the most privileged among us, all in tax-exempt pension trusts, at enormous cost to the federal government.
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Private activity bonds allow private companies and nonprofits to benefit from tax-exempt debt for projects allowed by a municipality, which can help build out private infrastructure.
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But only one church is known to have ever lost its tax-exempt status for partisan politicking, and that was in 1995, those on all sides said.
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The real question surrounding nonprofit hospitals is whether the benefits to the community equal what taxpayers donate to these hospitals in the form of tax-exempt status.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $50 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida, $187.8 million of revenue refinancing bonds. Competitive.
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Beto O'Rourke's call last week to deny tax-exempt status to churches and other religious institutions if they oppose marriage equality falls squarely within the last category.
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"Do you think religious institutions like colleges, churches, charities—should they lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage?" moderator Don Lemon asked him.
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The yields were higher because Puerto Rico's debt carried more risk, but that did not faze investors who wanted tax-exempt income — especially considering the constitutional guarantee.
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To prevent this, some people will hold the bonds in a tax-deferred account or may buy tax-free municipal zero-coupons or tax-exempt corporate bonds.
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But Neal predicted that some of the tax breaks Democrats want restored — such as the medical expense deduction and tax-exempt private activity bonds — ultimately would be.
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Trump's plan calls for the expansion of private activity bonds, a type of tax-exempt bond that can be used to finance projects with some private use.
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Ganis said that a top tier violation should result in no program for one year; if repeated, the athletic department should lose its tax exempt status temporarily.
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Churches are unable to participate in political campaigns on behalf of, or in opposition to, candidates; if they do so, they risk losing their tax-exempt status.
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To wit, in 1986, former Senator Pat Moynihan (D-NY) was able to close a loophole for federal tax-exempt private revenue bonds being used for stadium construction.
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The money, according to the donation page, will be used to file for status as a tax-exempt nonprofit and to provide legal help for victims of harassment.
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Municipal bond funds, which invest in tax-exempt bonds, pulled in $1.1 billion, pushing overall bond inflows for the week to $8.9 billion, according to the trade group.
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Rob Portman (R-OH) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) re-introduced legislation allowing states to issue tax-exempt "private activity bonds" to firms trying to finance CCS projects.
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Tax-exempt foundations are "prohibited from participating or intervening in any political campaign on behalf of a candidate", the complaint reads, and "[t]his statutory prohibition is absolute".
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He went into a detailed riff about how he would repeal the "Johnson amendment" as president, which prohibits tax-exempt organizations, such as churches, from endorsing political candidates.
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The effort to streamline the application process for tax-exempt status has nearly eliminated any checks so that organizations that don't qualify are getting approved, the report said.
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Our recent analysis of hospital finances showed many of the largest tax-exempt hospitals are faring quite well even as they care for more people with government insurance.
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The 1954 Johnson amendment says any tax-exempt group can lose its exemption if it is found to have endorsed or actively opposed a candidate for political office.
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The deal includes $230.7 million of tax-exempt bonds for the agency's Columbia Generating Station and $400 million for "Project 33" and about $5 million of taxable bonds.
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Many such groups applied for tax exempt status by dubiously labeling themselves "social welfare" organizations, making their tax status an ideal target for closer review by the IRS.
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Whether you pay more will depend on your modified adjusted gross income — or your total adjusted gross income plus your tax-exempt interest income — from two years earlier.
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The consortium got access to low-cost borrowing through the New York Transportation Development Corporation, which two weeks ago issued $2.5 billion of mostly tax-exempt municipal bonds.
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered the IRS to resolve pending applications for tax-exempt status from conservative groups that had been subjected to improper scrutiny.
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Johnson was then a senator, and the amendment was designed at least in part to keep tax-exempt organizations from endorsing or opposing candidates during the McCarthy era.
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Tax-exempt bonds, which outperformed other fixed-income assets in 2015, are on track to have the only negative return, albeit a small one, for all of 613.
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"The NCUA is attempting to unilaterally expand loopholes for tax-exempt credit unions by sidestepping Congress and putting consumers at risk," said ICBA President and CEO Camden Fine.
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The measure was also passed just days after the Treasury Department said it would not longer require some tax-exempt groups to disclose their donors to the IRS.
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Sales of gasoline and diesel cars plummeted in conjunction with the benefits Norway offers for electric car owners, such as tax-exempt status, free parking and charging stations.
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" The tax agency said that an accountable care organization participating in Medicare could be tax-exempt because it advances "the charitable purpose of lessening the burdens of government.
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In reality, though, roughly two-thirds of all core infrastructure built in the U.S. is built by state and local governments and financed with tax-exempt municipal bonds.
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Koskinen took office several months after a Treasury Department watchdog revealed in 2013 that the IRS had subjected conservative groups's applications for tax-exempt status to extra scrutiny.
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The recently passed House tax bill would end this six-decade run of teams' access to tax-exempt municipal bonds for building what have become multibillion-dollar stadiums.
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Charitable organizations are still required to submit this information to the IRS, and tax-exempt groups are still required to keep information about donors in their own records.
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The tax-exempt endowments of colleges and universities are coming under scrutiny in a presidential election year where the cost of higher education has become a top issue.
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Under the IRS and Treasury Department guidance, certain tax-exempt groups are no longer required to disclose the names and addresses of major donors on annual tax forms.
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The excise tax would apply to all tax-exempt organizations where an executive is compensated at $63 million or more — including university presidents, charities and nonprofit medical systems.
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The Treasury Department announced last week that some tax-exempt groups would no longer be required to hand over the names and addresses of donors to the IRS.
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The Firs Bible and Missionary Conference is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that ended 2017 with $4.6 million in assets, according to state records obtained by the newspaper.
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Taxable bonds attracted $4.1 billion from fund investors, while tax-exempt municipal bonds pulled in $1.2 billion in their largest week of inflows since June, the data showed.
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Le Maire also said he wanted workers' bonuses to be made tax exempt as soon as possible, in a gesture to the movement protesting against weak purchasing power.
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A government watchdog in April 2015 said the IRS had made "significant" progress handling issues that led to improper scrutiny of Tea Party groups seeking tax-exempt status.
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Every human geneticist has a duty to convey the accurate, nuanced and fallible results of his work, which is often funded with public money at tax-exempt institutions.
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The project, which obtained tax credits and tax-exempt financing, includes 64 apartments for moderate-income households, such as a family of three making no more than $50,100.
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This provision of the Internal Revenue Code prohibits tax-exempt charities from electioneering — that is, from becoming involved in any way in a candidate's campaign for elected office.
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Much of the multimillion dollar Koch empire is built on donor anonymity based on the use of tax-exempt organizations that do not have to publicly report contributors.
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The Fed on Monday expanded eligible collateral for loans in money market and commercial paper facility programs to include municipal VRDNs and "high-quality" tax-exempt commercial paper.
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Glenstone is among 11 private museums whose tax-exempt status was investigated by the Senate Finance Committee in 2015 regarding their degree of public accessibility and lending policies.
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In Australia, for example, where credit unions lost their tax-exempt status in the mid-1990s, the industry contracted as failure rates climbed and returns on assets plunged.
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Koskinen was disliked by many Republicans in Congress, who disapproved of his handling of congressional investigations into the IRS's handling of conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status.
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Republicans have frequently criticized the IRS, particularly in the wake of 21625 revelations that the agency had subjected conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status to extra scrutiny.
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They point out that the Johnson amendment doesn't just apply to religious institutions but also applies to other charities with status as 501(c)(85033) tax-exempt organizations.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $2300 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Maryland University System, $282.2 million of revenue bonds. Competitive.
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The Supreme Court disagreed, siding with the IRS in 1983 and arguing that in this case protecting groups from discrimination outweighed the organization's ability to be tax-exempt.
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Ellen P. Aprill is the John E. Anderson Chair in Tax Law at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, where she founded the Western Conference on Tax-Exempt Organizations.
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At best, this creates an arbitrary process where the fate of an application for tax-exempt status depends on what TV channel an IRS employee watched last night.
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The House voted two years later to hold Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about the IRS scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.
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One of the key officials, former director of tax-exempt organizations Lois Lerner, took the fifth and refused to answer questions when called to testify before under oath.
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About $919 million of tax-exempt debt will be offered to retail investors on Friday and Monday ahead of formal pricing through lead underwriter Ramirez & Co on Tuesday.
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The I.R.S. can also revoke tax-exempt status if a foundation fails to file a Form 990 for three consecutive years, although that rule took effect in 2010.
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To be sure, the inequalities embedded within the U.S health care system cannot be remedied by requiring nonprofit hospitals to do more to justify their tax-exempt status.
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Mnuchin said the same information on tax-exempt groups that was previously available to the public will continue to be so, while private taxpayer data will be better protected.
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The termination of tax-exempt PABs in the House bill sent shock waves through the $3.8 trillion market after the Ways and Means Committee introduced it on Nov. 2.
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The businesses are currently required to operate as non-profits under the state's old medical marijuana regulations, even though the IRS refuses to grant them tax-exempt status federally.
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Day of Sale: 07/13 UTAH HOUSING CORPORATON TAX-EXEMPT WEEK OF 22,000 NR/NR/ MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES SERIES H 07/20223 (TEMS) (G2) MGR: Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.
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It is very important to know the difference between tax-deferred and tax-exempt, as it can make a substantial difference to your personal financial situation down the road.
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The 2008 tax-exempt bonds were sold in a single 2038 maturity with a 4.49 percent yield and 5 percent coupon in the wake of the financial market meltdown.
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Advocate Aurora Health, a tax-exempt hospital system in Illinois and Wisconsin, spent more than $1 million on lobbying last quarter — 5 times more than in any previous quarter.
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Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat said on Twitter it was illogical to expect that church-owned commercial property, including hotels and retail businesses, would continue to enjoy tax-exempt status.
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According to data from investment management firm PIMCO, about 58 percent of the outstanding tax-exempt municipal debt in the Barclays Muni IG Index is issued for infrastructure purposes.
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Freedom Caucus members and some other conservatives have argued that Koskinen engaged in misconduct during congressional investigations into the IRS' handling of conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status.
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"With enough followers, I'm pretty sure it's possible to legally transition my 'fan base,' which is comprised primarily of my mom's friends, into a tax-exempt 'religion'," Wolf says.
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"Any changes under consideration to the tax exempt status that would increase the cost of financing for states and local government should be provided very careful consideration," they said.
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" It is, she said, imperative for the government to make clear that hospitals can participate in accountable care organizations without "incurring the catastrophic loss of their tax-exempt status.
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Our primary means to raise capital is the issuance of tax-exempt bonds, which carry lower interest rates that reduce the cost of building our country's public power infrastructure.
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The Pioneer Fund is a private, tax-exempt foundation based out of Maryland that has donated nearly $7.8 million to 85033 different organizations or individuals between 1998 and 2016.
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Many GOP lawmakers have accused him of engaging in misconduct while Congress was investigating findings that the IRS subjected conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status to extra scrutiny.
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The probe may also examine whether any tax-exempt assets were converted for personal or political use and whether the foundation complied with applicable tax laws, the officials said.
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He took office after an acting agency head stepped down amid an uproar over political targeting of tax-exempt groups, which led to big cuts in the agency's budget.
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Wyden also criticized Muzinich for defending Treasury Department guidance that reduces the amount of information that certain tax-exempt groups have to disclose on annual forms to the IRS.
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If we take away this tax-exempt status, investors will demand a higher rate of interest resulting in higher state and local taxes or fewer state and local investments.
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Treasury and the IRS in July released guidance that eliminates a requirement for certain tax-exempt groups to provide the names and addresses of major donors on annual forms.
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Advocate Aurora Health, a tax-exempt hospital system in Illinois and Wisconsin, spent more than $1 million on lobbying last quarter — five times more than in any previous quarter.
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Retirees in Puerto Rico receive tax benefits unavailable in the United States, such as that the first $15,000 in pension benefits and social security income are both tax exempt.
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Under federal law, charitable organizations that are tax-exempt under section 2628(c)(28503) have to provide to the IRS information about the names and addresses of substantial donors.
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The new IRS guidance ends the requirement for tax-exempt groups such as issue-advocacy organizations to provide the agency with information about the names and addresses of donors.
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A provision in the new law allows pro sports leagues and team owners to continue using tax-exempt municipal bonds to fund projects like sports stadium construction and renovation.
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Frances Hill, a professor at the University of Miami School of Law, said during the hearing that "students can do almost anything" without jeopardizing a college's tax-exempt status.
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Tea Party leaders applying for tax-exempt status were asked prying, personal questions and threatened with prison time for application mistakes or for failing to comply with IRS requests.
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Unlike a campaign committee, these tax-exempt groups have no limits on how much money they may receive, and no requirement to publicly disclose their donors under state law.
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The total tax-exempt muni supply is estimated at just above $9 billion, compared with a year-to-date weekly average of $6.5 billion, according to Thomson Reuters data.
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The state agency had agreed to borrow the money in the tax-exempt municipal market and lend the proceeds to 38 Studios, the now defunct video game start-up.
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A cap on tax-exempt employer benefits effectively means that the tax break only covers up to a certain amount, and then the employees pay taxes on the rest.
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It also outlines measures that will go into effect in the post bailout period such as extra pension cuts in 2019 and a lower tax exempt threshold in 2020.
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Here's how ex-NFL stars avoid going brokeSenate bill strips professional sports leagues of tax-exempt statusYour holiday shopping is ruining your marriageSmart behaviors to shore up your cybersecurity
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Behind it is a legal battle between the N.R.A. and its advertising agency, and now an investigation by the New York attorney general into the group's tax-exempt status.
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Leaders from some states, like Utah, have shot down efforts to eliminate the tampon tax on grounds that they don't want to pick and choose what is tax exempt.
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Yields on top-rated, tax-exempt U.S. municipal bonds hit record lows of 13% for 21-year debt and 21.19% on 252.14-year debt, according to Municipal Market Data.
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Yields on top-rated, tax-exempt U.S. municipal bonds hit record lows of 13% for 21-year debt and 21.19% on 252.14-year debt, according to Municipal Market Data.
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Yields on top-rated, tax-exempt U.S. municipal bonds hit record lows of 252.14% for 10-year debt and 1.80% on 30-year debt, according to Municipal Market Data.
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Trump hammered the former congressman over his recent proposals to confiscate certain types of firearms and suggestion that churches lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose gay marriage.
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Beyond individuals, their institutional clients include tax-exempt charitable organizations and retirement plans, which have their own set of requirements, involving capital preservation, appreciation and income to fund operations.
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But in the meantime, pastors could feel freer to participate in coming elections without fear of being investigated and having their tax-exempt status revoked by the federal government.
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Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are fighting to save tax-exempt bonds in the GOP tax bill that are used to finance infrastructure projects around the country.
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On the plus side, the legislation preserved tax-exempt private activity bonds, which are used to finance a slew of local projects including infrastructure and nonprofit entities including hospitals.
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Republicans created the tax to provide parity between tax-exempt organizations and for-profit companies, which lost their ability to deduct employee transportation benefit expenses under the 2017 law.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $50 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Management Services Department, $2257.5 million of revenue bonds. Competitive.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $50 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Management Services Department, $187.8 million of revenue bonds. Competitive.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $50 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Management Services Department, $310.43 million of revenue bonds. Competitive.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $269.6 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Management Services Department, $2800 million of revenue bonds. Competitive.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $2370 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Management Services Department, $2250 million of revenue bonds. Competitive.
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Demand for debt was fueled by the upward creep of tax rates on the mainland and, in the 2100s, the advent of single-state tax-exempt bond mutual funds.
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Thursday is the National Day of Prayer, and President Trump plans to mark the day with an executive order easing limits on political action by tax-exempt religious groups.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $148.13 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Boston, $150 million of unlimited tax general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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The struggle over gay rights is what is threatening religious liberty, putting Christian merchants out of business, threatening the tax-exempt status and accreditation of Christian schools and colleges.
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He also advises clients to be mindful that Social Security could be taxable depending on certain combinations of modified adjusted gross income, Social Security and tax-exempt interest received.
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About $2.6 trillion in profits are being held tax-exempt abroad by U.S. multinationals under a rule that says they are only taxable if brought into the United States.
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Additionally, the House bill would scale back the "Johnson amendment" that prevents churches and other organizations with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status from endorsing or opposing political candidates.
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The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it has reached settlements with conservative groups over lawsuits relating to the IRS's scrutiny over the groups' applications for tax-exempt status.
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Another rider would repeal the Johnson Amendment, a 85033-year-old law that bans charities and religious organizations from engaging in partisan politics while retaining their tax-exempt status.
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Professor Ellen P. Aprill is the John E. Anderson Chair in Tax Law at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, where she founded the Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations.
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"It aims ... to restructure the banking sector, rationalise government spending, address the state's financial burden and review tax exemptions, because 60% of economic activity is tax exempt," Elbadawi said.
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While turmoil in the stock market has recently led investors to safety in the form of Treasurys and muni bonds, the outlook for the tax-exempt market remains murky.
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"$5,250 is the same amount that Section 127 of the tax code now treats as tax-exempt for employer-provided tuition assistance," Galia Slayen, Bullock's communications director told POLITICO.
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The sale effectively stripped the Western Center of its most valuable asset, built with tax-exempt contributions, and transferred it to a for-profit company owned by the Browns.
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The sale effectively stripped the Western Center of its most valuable asset, built with tax-exempt contributions, and transferred it to a for-profit company owned by the Browns.
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The American Hospital Association estimates that tax-exempt hospitals provide $95 billion per year in total community benefits around the country, far exceeding the value of the tax exemption.
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This was an official trip undertaken so NRA insiders could get rich -- a clear violation of the principle that tax-exempt resources should not be used for personal benefit.
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Some tax experts said the transactions were unusual given the organization's tax-exempt status as a nonprofit organization, and that the connections could create conflicts of interest, the Post said.
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During an LGBTQ town hall in October, O'Rourke whipped up more controversy when he argued that religious institutions that oppose same-sex marriage ought to lose their tax-exempt status.
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The judge will hold a hearing in April, when the church is to make its case as a tax-exempt institution, Stuart F. Shaw, a lawyer for the church, said.
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Donors to tax-exempt organizations are usually kept secret, but BuzzFeed News used Citizen Audit, a service that digitizes nonprofit financial filings, to identify additional donations between 2014 and 2016.
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The latest: His resignation comes as the New York attorney general's office announced it had launched an investigation into the NRA's tax-exempt status, The New York Times first reported.
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"The rules are clear: a tax-exempt charitable foundation cannot support a political group," its executive director Noah Bookbinder said in a news release at the time of the complaint.
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One unintended consequence removed the ability of these funds to provide"sweep" functionality and that impact exacerbated the shift out of tax-exempt money funds, especially in August and September.
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The federal tax-exempt bonds, which reduce borrowing costs and leverage other funding sources, pay for nearly half of the affordable units built and preserved in the city, officials said.
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Jordan's Monday statement blasted the IRS for issuing a proposed denial of the Albuquerque Tea Party's application for tax-exempt status almost seven years after the group submitted its application.
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After a campaign full of promises to dismantle the Johnson Amendment, which bans tax-exempt organizations like churches from political speech, the executive order relaxes IRS enforcement of the rule.
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If state governments can deem products like foot powder, dandruff shampoo, and Rogaine tax-exempt as "nonluxury" goods, I don't see any reason they shouldn't do the same for tampons.
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First, Apple's near tax-exempt status demonstrates (as if more proof were required) that U.S. and international tax norms are irredeemably broken, but not in the ways claimed by some.
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President Trump signed a new executive order Thursday targeting an IRS rule that says religious organizations and other non-profits that endorse political candidates risk losing their tax-exempt status.
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The IRS does not make public its investigations in such cases, but only one church is known to have lost its tax-exempt status as a result of the prohibition.
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"If colleges refuse to take this responsibility seriously, they will be held accountable, including by reconsidering whether those with huge endowments deserve to keep those endowments tax exempt," he said.
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Under the IRS guidance, issued in July, certain tax-exempt groups no longer are required to disclose to the agency the names and addresses of significant donors on annual forms.
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Another point worth clarifying about tax-exempt bonds is that the burden of taxing municipal bonds is borne by states, local governments and public power systems – not high-income investors.
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For decades, the Johnson Amendment has kept tax-exempt organizations focused on their charitable or religious missions, freeing charities of the political and financial pressures associated with partisan political campaigns.
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Republicans in recent years have been critical of the IRS, particularly following revelations in 2013 that the agency had subjected conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status to extra scrutiny.
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Perversely, the inversion rules are more likely to punish American investors and long-term investors to the benefit of senior executives, recent investors and tax-exempt investors, including those overseas.
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The same can be said about the Roman Catholic Church in sexual abuse cases; as a charitable organization, it is likewise unconcerned with deductions because of its tax-exempt status.
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Although it's rarely enforced, the rule could allow the IRS to revoke tax exempt status from a religious institution that is deemed to be overtly participating in a political campaign.
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Many House Republicans allege Koskinen lied under oath and did not comply with a subpoena during congressional investigations into the IRS's handling of conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status.
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Universal policies typically cost more, but the coverage never expires and the buyer gets both a fixed death benefit and a "cash value" account, designed to earn tax-exempt interest.
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Loans, however, are not restricted, and "treating the foundation like a piggy bank" could end up skirting laws designed to keep tax-exempt donations from funding political activity, Owens said.
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A Treasury Department watchdog in a new report said that it found some issues with the IRS's processing of complaints alleging that tax-exempt groups engaged in impermissible political activity.
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Forty years ago, the federal government recognized the local impacts due to the significant presence of tax-exempt federal lands and created the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program (PILT).
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The Senate on Wednesday approved a Democratic resolution that would overturn IRS guidance reducing the amount of donor information that certain tax-exempt groups have to provide to the agency.
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The total tax-exempt bond principal issued to fund those stadiums was about $13 billion and led to a federal tax revenue loss of about $3.7 billion, the study found.
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There is only one known instance of a church losing its tax-exempt status for running afoul of the law, despite ample documentation of churches explicitly endorsing or opposing candidates.
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It's a moment of solidarity for massive national for-profit and tax-exempt chains whose some executives rake in multi-million dollar salaries and small independent community and rural hospitals.
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Two months later, the Abington school board incorporated the Foundation for Abington School District, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that could manage the potential gift, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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"Eliminating the Johnson Amendment for churches will enable religious organizations use their tax exempt donations to support election campaigns," said Jason Lemieux, CFI's director of government affairs, in a statement.
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On Thursday, its leaders announced that they were rebranding it "the Exodus Movement," an initiative of Red Sea Rising, incorporated by Ms. Pipko as a tax-exempt "social welfare" organization.
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The role of the foundation is among the issues being examined in a new investigation into the N.R.A.'s tax-exempt status by the New York attorney general, Letitia James.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $50 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Board of Education, $242.1 million of lottery revenue bonds. Competitive.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $50 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Board of Education Lottery, $290 million of revenue bonds. Competitive.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $50 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, $75.5 million of debt securities. Competitive.
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Beto O'Rourke's (D-Texas), who is also running for president, to strip churches or other religious entities of their tax-exempt status if they decline to perform same-sex marriages.
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But the law ended a practice used by most muni issuers to refinance bonds on a tax-exempt basis beyond 90 days from their call date for interest rate savings.
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The bill includes a number of provisions to place limits on the IRS, including a prohibition on regulations concerning the tax-exempt status of 501(c)(85033) social welfare organizations.
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Some GOP lawmakers tried to impeach him last year, accusing him of improperly handling a congressional probe into the IRS's handling of Tea Party groups' applications for tax-exempt status.
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A tepid muni environment could threaten the program's success, particularly if Congress continues to tinker with the tax-exempt areas of fixed-income markets as a way to raise revenue.
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And he recommends depriving private schools and universities of their tax-exempt status unless they take at least half their students from the bottom two-thirds of the income distribution.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $50 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Department of Management Services, $187.8 million of revenue bonds. Competitive.
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" The Iowa FRW is a tax-exempt 527 organization made up of women whose mission is "to elect Republicans at all levels of government with Trump as our party's nominee.
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A version of the Senate bill included a subsection called "Repeal of Tax-Exempt Status for Professional Sports Leagues," which would have applied to the U.S. Tennis Association and others.
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But the Freedom From Religion Foundation and other groups continue to advocate for clear separation of church and state and argue such events may flout rules of tax-exempt status.
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They include the deduction for medical expenses, the deduction for student-loan interest, the exclusion for graduate students' tuition waivers and the ability to issue tax-exempt private-activity bonds.
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"This was an official trip undertaken so NRA insiders could get rich — a clear violation of the principle that tax-exempt resources should not be used for personal benefit," Sen.
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The most controversial of the measures, which passed on a party-line vote, would generally ban the Internal Revenue Service from collecting the identities of donors to tax-exempt organizations.
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If you think about it, there are billions of dollars every year that would be taken out of that system if you removed the tax-exempt status for college athletics.
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" Wyden called on the IRS to investigate further, as did Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who said the group's "status as a tax exempt entity needs to be thoroughly investigated.
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This Majority finds no wrongdoing by the NRA or its officials that would reasonably call into question the NRA's tax-exempt status, based on the documents provided to the Committee.
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He made the announcement as the N.R.A. faced a challenge from the New York attorney general, Letitia James, who had opened an investigation into the gun group's tax-exempt status.
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Cory Booker gave a much more dissembling answer, a seeming acknowledgment of the tricky constitutional issues involved in removing a group's tax-exempt status on the basis of views or beliefs.
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"For too long we have listened to the Trump administration threaten to remove common sense protections prohibiting tax exempt organizations from engaging in inappropriate political activities," Cuomo said in a statement.
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This means that the Internal Revenue Service, which is reviewing and soliciting comments on these tax-exempt political organizations, is barred from continuing these proceedings and from issuing any new rules.
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Section 6001, a little-known portion of the ACA, targets physician ownership of hospitals based on debunked myths spread by the associations representing the large tax-exempt and investor-owned hospitals.
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Bond backgrounder: A majority of new professional sports stadiums today are financed via tax-exempt bonds that actually are issued by state and local governments, rather than by the teams themselves.
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When the NFL was still tax-exempt, the Joint Committee on Taxation estimated that removing nonprofit status for all sports leagues would increase federal revenues by $109 million over ten years.
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Freedom Caucus members have argued that Koskinen should be impeached because he engaged in misconduct while the House was investigating the IRS's handling of conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status.
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According to the Public Religion Research Institute, 71 percent of Americans oppose letting tax-exempt churches and places of worship endorse political candidates, and only 22 percent support such a policy.
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Republican lawmakers slashed funding to the IRS during much of the Obama administration, in part because they were upset with the agency's scrutiny of conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status.
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Conservatives have also sought cuts to the IRS after it was accused of targeting conservative groups that had applied for tax-exempt status with undue scrutiny because of their political affiliation.
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It strengthens disclosure requirements for lobbyists and for tax-exempt nonprofits that lobby the state to disclose financial support from other nonprofits that are not supposed to engage in political activity.
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The new system tightens some loopholes: it will no longer be possible to move the family Van Gogh from the living room to the business's offices and declare it tax-exempt.
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Twenty-nine states (including the District of Columbia) that have a broad-based income tax exempt all Social Security from tax, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP).
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The agency harassed many applicants and kneecapped others by refusing to grant them tax-exempt status, restricting their members and supporters from exercising their rights to free speech and free association.
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In 2013, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration released a report finding that the IRS had subjected Tea Party groups' applications for tax-exempt status to extra scrutiny and delays.
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Investigations in recent years have focused on topics ranging from how the IRS handled applications from conservative groups for tax-exempt status to conservation easement donations and universities with large endowments.
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It would not affect the vast majority of private equity profits, which are earned by third-party investors ― including many tax-exempt organizations like university endowments, public pensions and charitable foundations.
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Professional sports franchises have been able to take advantage of tax exempt-municipal bonds issued by local governments, often in an effort to entice the teams to stay in their cities.
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Koskinen became IRS commissioner several months after a Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report found that the IRS was subjecting conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status to extra scrutiny.
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Some House Republicans have pushed for Koskinen's ouster for more than a year, accusing him of impeding congressional investigations into the IRS's handling of conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status.
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The Johnson Amendment simply says, if you want to be able to receive tax-exempt status and the ability to receive tax-deductible contributions, then you must refrain from partisan politics.
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The N.R.A. is facing a number of challenges, including the New York attorney general's investigation into the group's tax-exempt status and the new financial strength of the gun control movement.
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" Muni analysts at Barclays noted in a report on Monday: "This is likely to help to start unfreezing tax-exempt money markets; however, outright purchases of munis might still be needed.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $2184 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Board of Education, $22017 million of lottery revenue refinancing bonds. Competitive.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $50 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, $75.5 million of tax allocation bonds. Competitive.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $2500 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, $2157 million of tax allocation bonds. Competitive.
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One of them, David Schnare, has been accused by his former allies of botching the group's tax-exempt status and of attempting to extort a quarter-million dollars from its coffers.
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Since 1954, the Johnson Amendment, promoted by Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, has threatened religious organizations and charities with loss of their tax-exempt status if they endorse or oppose political candidates.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $50 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Atlantic University Board of Governors, $54.5 million of revenue bonds. Competitive.
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Essentially, if an asset has unpaid tax-exempt debt when a private sector company acquires it, that company must pay back that debt even if it is otherwise not yet due.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $125 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Forsyth County, N.C., $267 million of unlimited tax general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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It will also present a serious legal question as to whether the president can hold a massive political rally at a tax-exempt church that's federally prohibited from engaging in politics.
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On Monday, he touted the steps he's taken to promote religious liberty, such as loosening restrictions on political speech from the pulpit, which previously could jeopardize religious institutions' tax-exempt status.
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President Trump is set to sign an executive order Thursday to make it easier to for churches and other religious groups to participate in politics without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status.
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WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order on religious liberties designed to ease a ban on political activity by churches and other tax-exempt institutions.
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And it is also important to ensure that non-profit medical centers are held accountable in fulfilling their charitable — and tax exempt — missions to see that no patient is left behind.
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There's also a rider that stops the IRS from developing a new definition of nonprofit political activity to clarify what tax-exempt entities can and cannot do in the political process.
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Op-Ed Contributor President Trump just reiterated his campaign promise to "get rid of and totally destroy" the law prohibiting churches and other nonprofit tax-exempt institutions from endorsing political candidates.
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At the Judiciary Committee's first hearing, two Republican lawmakers testified that Koskinen engaged in misconduct while Congress investigated revelations that Tea Party groups' seeking tax-exempt status received extra IRS scrutiny.
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"I think what these guys are basically saying is that mosques in America or nonprofits affiliated with them shouldn't be tax exempt and I don't see any constitutional basis for that."
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Mr. North and his allies have said he was trying to seek a needed review of allegations in recent news reports that the group had potentially violated its tax-exempt status.
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Sports teams began talking local governments into financing stadiums with tax-exempt general-purpose bonds that ultimately shifted more costs onto the public, producing the $3.7 billion price tag estimated by Brookings.
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Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton's opponent runs a foundation that is very clearly a scam, which used tax-exempt funds to purchase an autographed Tim Tebow helmet and a giant portrait of Donald Trump.
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Booker said he would call on the IRS to investigate the National Rifle Association's actions to see if the organization's tax status as federal tax-exempt 501(c)(4) should be revoked.
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FAIR recently escalated its war with SPLC; earlier this month, it filed a lawsuit accusing the Alabama-based organization of engaging in improper political activity in violation of its tax-exempt status.
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The grants are open to both domestic and foreign companies in any currency, provided the sukuk are issued in Malaysia, with grants being tax-exempt provided applications are received before December 2020.
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In 1954, Johnson was a senator, and he proposed this change to the tax code in part to keep certain tax-exempt organizations from endorsing or opposing candidates during the McCarthy era.
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Half of the capital city's property is tax-exempt because of its high concentration of state, nonprofit, university or hospital-related property, making it hard to raise money from its tax base.
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The Republican tax overhaul bill also includes a small section that would levy a 20% excise tax on any wages of more $1 million for executives who work at tax-exempt organizations.
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch beat out eight other bidders for Illinois' $300 million of taxable bonds and 13 other bidders for $140 million of tax-exempt bonds, according to the state.
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Since Puerto Rico's bonds have been tax exempt since 1917, U.S. investors and mutual funds have flocked to them through the years, and are now at risk of losing billions of dollars.
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Her employment at the White House raises questions about whether she may be putting her church's tax-exempt status in question, as churches are not allowed to engage in overt political activity.
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Her employment at the White House raises questions about whether she may be putting her church's tax-exempt status in question, as churches are not allowed to engage in overt political activity.
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The case against Mr. Koskinen focuses on testimony that he gave to Congress as part of inquiries into whether the I.R.S. improperly scrutinized applications for tax-exempt status by conservative political groups.
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For almost 200 years, the religious, educational, and charitable work of 85033(c)(3) organizations, and their tax exempt status, did not compromise their ability to engage on political candidates and issues.
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However, a practice used by most issuers to refinance bonds on a tax-exempt basis beyond 90 days from their call date for interest rate savings was ended in the final legislation.
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Bennett (D-Colo.) and Portman (R-Ohio) authored legislation to allow businesses to use tax-exempt private activity bonds to finance the high upfront capital costs associated with installing carbon capture equipment.
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Under the new guidance, social-welfare groups and other tax-exempt organizations, besides charitable and political organizations, will no longer have to provide the IRS with the names and addresses of donors.
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In contrast to crowdfunding campaigns, Borochoff said, tax-exempt nonprofits are subjected to oversight by a board of directors and by regulators, and must submit annual filings to the Internal Revenue Service.
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Callanan said he was aware of a public letter from a number of tax-exempt groups, and that there were a number of lawmakers who had asked about the issue, including Sen.
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The city, which postponed an $898 million tax-exempt bond issue by the corporation scheduled to price last week, downsized and restructured the deal to include about $300 million of taxable bonds.
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In October, he called for the IRS to revoke the tax-exempt status of the Council on Islamic-American Relations after the group said that Carson should drop out of the race.
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The IRS itself lacks the institutional clout of the FBI, having been widely targeted by conservative lawmakers for attempting to apply scrutiny to the tax exempt bona fides of political advocacy groups.
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In addition, Ms. Olson reiterated previously expressed worries that the expedited process of approving organizations' tax-exempt status was resulting in rubber-stamp approvals of groups that had not established their qualifications.
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House Republicans wanted to substantially weaken the Johnson Amendment in their original tax bill, which would have effectively ended the prohibition on tax-exempt and religious organizations from endorsing or supporting candidates.
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The probe may also examine whether any tax-exempt assets were converted for personal or political use and whether the foundation complied with tax laws, the newspaper cited the officials as saying.
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And the plan calls for the I.R.S. to investigate the N.R.A.'s tax-exempt status, an issue the New York attorney general is also exploring, causing considerable turmoil among the group's leadership.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $2500 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Department of Transportation, $2375 million of unlimited tax general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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The impact of private wealth on public policy through tax-exempt organizations has garnered much attention of late, with recent scandals involving the Sacklers, Jeffrey Epstein, and a number of prestigious universities.
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Our thought bubble: The giant tax-exempt hedge funds known as Harvard and Yale lose about 5% of their assets every year, in the form of donations to their venerable educational subsidiaries.
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But Mr. Racine said that under local law, he can try to collect funds misspent by tax-exempt organizations from the recipients of the money — in this case, the Trump family business.
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In fact, it has always been legal for foreign citizens to contribute to non-profits, and there is simply no evidence that foreigners are using tax-exempt organizations to influence our politics.
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Mr. Trump said his administration would "totally destroy" the Johnson Amendment, a 1954 law that prohibits churches from endorsing or opposing political candidates at the risk of losing their tax-exempt status.
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Buck criticized the IRS for subjecting conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status to extra scrutiny and for destroying evidence that was subject to a congressional investigation on the political-targeting scandal.
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Ellen P. Aprill is the John E. Anderson Chair in Tax Law at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, where she teaches Nonprofit Organizations and founded the Western Conference on Tax-Exempt Organizations.
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Charity medical care is what most people think of when it comes to a community benefit, and before 1969 that was the legal requirement for hospitals to qualify for tax-exempt status.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $50 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Department of Transportation, $1.03.2 million of unlimited tax general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $50 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Board of Education, $92.5 million of unlimited tax general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $50 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Florida Board of Education, $250 million of unlimited tax general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration's report, made public Thursday, found that the IRS had subjected progressive groups' applications for tax-exempt status to heightened scrutiny in addition to conservative groups.
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The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues, valued at $2172.8 million or more, are scheduled for pricing this week: Polk County, Iowa, $2100 million of unlimited tax general obligation refinancing bonds. Competitive.
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Charities that have tax-exempt status under section 22019(c)(3) of the tax code, as well as political organizations, would still be required to report the names and addresses of donors.
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These include the elimination of tax-exempt private-activity bonds, the elimination of a lifetime learning credit for part-time students and the elimination of the deduction for student loan interest payments.
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As a tax-exempt nonprofit group, America First Policies is permitted to keep its donors secret as long as it doesn't get too political, and it doesn't coordinate with candidates or campaigns.
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In New York City, $22019 billion in tax-exempt bonds over a four-year period leveraged over $27 billion in investment in affordable housing, supporting 140,000 jobs and housing for 170,000 people.
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But should it lose its tax-exempt status — whether through an IRS investigation or due to the work of the attorneys general — the NRA could find itself without any agency at all.
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The qualified plan not only provides a mechanism for saving, it also allows the money in the account to compound tax-deferred (or in the case of a Roth plan, tax-exempt).
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The inability of states, cities, schools, hospitals and other issuers to advance refund their debt on a tax-exempt basis due to federal tax law changes has put a damper on issuance.
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The organization — known by various names, but usually called the J. Epstein Virgin Islands Foundation — wasn't officially a charity for much of its existence, having lost its tax-exempt status in 20083.
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Before regulators closed their inquiry, Mr. Indyke provided them with a copy of a letter the foundation received from the I.R.S. in 2000 verifying its status as a charitable tax-exempt organization.
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Businessman Richard Ebers bought almost $1.9 million worth of goods and services from Trump or his businesses, but he was told to pay Trump's tax-exempt foundation instead, according to Fahrenthold's sources.
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And the organization, incorporated in New York, may have a potent foe in Letitia James, the state's recently elected attorney general, who has vowed to investigate the N.R.A.'s tax-exempt status.
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It could be even tougher now that the governor has proposed placing new layers of state control over the city's use of federal tax-exempt bonds to build and preserve affordable rental apartments.
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Their recent tax-code rewrite requires churches, hospitals, colleges, orchestras and other historically tax-exempt organizations to begin paying a 21 percent tax on some types of fringe benefits they provide their employees.
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House conservatives are pushing for impeachment, saying Koskinen failed to comply with a congressional investigation into IRS actions applying extra scrutiny to conservative groups' applications for tax exempt status between 2010 and 2012.
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First Amendment issues Lemon's question, however, was whether O'Rourke would be in favor of denying tax-exempt status if a religious organization "opposed same sex marriage," not if they took broader discriminatory action.
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A provision in both the House and Senate bills would disallow all muni issuers from refinancing bonds on a tax-exempt basis beyond 90 days from their call date for interest rate savings.
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This lack of transparency is occurring thanks to a ruse that permits political advocacy groups to claim that they are principally social welfare agencies and thus tax exempt and not subject to disclosure.
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Booker proposed a federal gun licensing program, an end to the "boyfriend loophole," and called for an IRS investigation into the NRA to determine whether the group should retain its tax exempt status.
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Washington (CNN)A federal appeals court says the Internal Revenue Service has not proven it has ended discriminatory practices against conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, reinstating a lawsuit against the troubled agency.
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Koskinen said that the agency is not still targeting conservative groups and that a few groups have not had their applications for tax-exempt status completed because they are involved in litigation. Rep.
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Rather than deal with the growing public and congressional scrutiny over its nonprofit classification and 501(c)(6) filings requiring executive salary disclosure, the NFL voluntarily relinquished its tax-exempt status in 2015.
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The movement was actually galvanized in the 1970s and early '80s, when the IRS revoked the tax-exempt status of Bob Jones University and other conservative Christian schools that refused to admit nonwhites.
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Additionally, the IRS said that it is providing tax-penalty relief for tax-exempt groups that offer fringe benefits and that did not have to file a business income tax return last year.
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The roots of the case against him go back to May 2013, when Republicans alleged that a politically motivated I.R.S. subjected Tea Party groups to unfair scrutiny as they sought tax-exempt status.
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This year, he wrote a decision ordering the Internal Revenue Service to provide information about tax-exempt applications as part of a Tea Party lawsuit that accused the agency of unfairly targeting conservatives.
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Paul J. Gessing is the president of New Mexico's Rio Grande Foundation, an independent, nonpartisan, tax-exempt research and educational organization that promotes the principles of limited government, economic freedom and individual responsibility.
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The calls would falsely say the donations would be tax deductible when charities were fictitious and did not have a tax-exempt status, the FTC said in a complaint filed on July 10.
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The bill the House passed would largely do away with a requirement that organizations with tax-exempt status under section 2628(c) of the code report information about donations of $28503,22019 or more.
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Every Democrat on the committee voted against Rettig's nomination, despite saying he's qualified, because of concerns about new IRS guidance ending a requirement that certain tax-exempt groups disclose information about donor identities.
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Eligible employment in public service includes working for federal, state, local or tribal governments or a not-for-profit organization that is tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code.
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Specifically, they are calling on Congress not to upend the Johnson Amendment, which bans tax-exempt 501(c)3 organizations, including houses of worship, from endorsing candidates or explicitly engaging in electoral politics.
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Beyond those strategies, here are some tips to keep in mind while deciding where to direct your donations: For your generosity to count against your taxes, donations must go to tax-exempt organizations.
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