tax-exempt organizations

How Much Do Tax-Exempt Organizations Benefit from Tax Exemption on Their Income?

A relatively small number of non-profit organizations where revenues exceed expenses save as much as $21 billion in taxes annually, new research by Nathan Born...

July 27, 2022Nathan Born Adam Looney

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Balancing Hate, The First Amendment, And Tax-Exempt Status

Is hate speech constitutionally protected? Do groups that express hate in their words and deeds deserve tax-exempt status? Is the IRS equipped to judge what...

September 25, 2019Robert A. Weinberger

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Why Is The US Olympic Committee Tax-Exempt?

Why is the US Olympic Committee (USOC) a tax-exempt organization? It looks more like a business than a charity.

March 29, 2018Howard Gleckman

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The Dangerous Road Towards A Political Litmus Test For The Tax Code

This week two law professors and President Trump agreed: The tax code should include a political litmus test. They came at the issue from vastly...

August 31, 2017Howard Gleckman

Business Taxes: TaxVox

How Much Politicking Could Churches Do If Trump "Destroys" The Johnson Amendment?

Last week President Trump vowed to “get rid of and totally destroy” the Johnson amendment —a law that bars 501(c)(3) organizations including houses of worship...

February 9, 2017Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

If Banning Negligent Low-Income Households From Taking Tax Credits Is Such a Great Idea, Why Stop With Them?

Congress has banned more low-income families who file erroneous tax returns from receiving refundable credits. If lawmakers think this is such a terrific idea, why stop at low-income households? For instance, why shouldn’t Congress bar trade associations from claiming tax-exempt status if they file

January 7, 2016Howard Gleckman

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Why is the U.S. Olympic Committee Tax Exempt?

Every two years, I sit in front of my TV watching the Olympics. Like clockwork, in the midst of some competition I can’t understand, my...

February 13, 2014Howard Gleckman

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The IRS and the Tea Party: Treasury Report Finds Big Bungling but Small Scandal

The IRS’s botched processing of requests for tax-exempt status by political groups isn’t the new Watergate. In fact, as scandals go, it is barely the...

May 15, 2013Howard Gleckman