Tax Policy Center

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Business Taxes: TaxVox
House Ways & Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO) has questioned the tax-exempt status of universities that, in his opinion, are anti-Israel. Whatever your views...
October 25, 2023Howard Gleckman
Business Taxes: TaxVox
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 BornAdam Looney
Business Taxes: TaxVox
Should the federal government prevent a tax-exempt nonprofit organization from advocating a policy position? Should a state government collect information on who donates to tax-exempt nonprofit organizations?
August 4, 2021Renu Zaretsky
Business Taxes: TaxVox
In recent weeks, we’ve seen four different stories that raise questions about the state of tax-exempt organizations.
March 29, 2019Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox
Is feeling good, for goodness’ sake, the only reason we give to charities?
December 5, 2018Renu Zaretsky
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
My daughter just finished the fifth grade, and loved learning about the American Revolution. Over the July 4th holiday she explained why the colonists wanted independence: “People didn’t want to have to pay taxes without having a say in their government.” I asked her if the opposite were ever true: Should organizations that enjoy tax-free status, such as churches, lose their political voice?
July 6, 2016Renu Zaretsky
: TaxVox
Congress is in recess through the mid-term elections. The Daily Deduction will post each Monday until then. In Oregon, Comcast’s cable service is ruled a “communication” service, and its tax bill could be huge. So said the Oregon Supreme Court late last week: Property that Comcast uses to provide
October 6, 2014Renu Zaretsky