Posts Tagged: IRS

Lerner Pleads the Fifth – AGAIN

March 6, 2014 Posted by Jessica Shofler in IRS, News

The theme of this week’s blogs is déjà vu. Earlier today we told you that the charitable deduction is being threatened  – AGAIN. And Lois Lerner, former head of the IRS division on exempt organizations, refused to answer questions – AGAIN. Readers of this blog remember Lerner pleading the Fifth in May 2013 at a …

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The IRS Wants Your Responsible Party to Keep in Touch

March 4, 2014 Posted by Jessica Shofler in Accountability, IRS, News

Several times each year we receive letters form the IRS for former clients who failed to update the IRS of changes in their contact information. The result of failing to keep the IRS, or any other regulator, apprised of new contact information can be devastating – including loss of exemption. Perhaps as a result of …

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Tea Party Orgs Do NOT Forgive the IRS

February 26, 2014 Posted by Jessica Shofler in IRS, News

Last year we asked you whether you had forgiven the IRS yet for the 501(c)(4) social welfare “targeting” scandal. It is clear that many Tea Party groups have not. A class action lawsuit accuses the IRS of singling out Tea Party members and other conservative organizations for unfair and illegal “intensive and intrusive scrutiny.” The …

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Is Football an Unrelated Business?

February 19, 2014 Posted by Jessica Shofler in IRS, News

It was just about six months ago that the IRS decided that it would start looking into unrelated business income reporting on a large scale. So it is perfect timing that this week the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) is holding hearings to consider whether Northwestern’s football players can unionize. What does unionization have to …

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NO KIDDING!

November 18, 2013 Posted by Jessica Shofler in IRS, News

The IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service (“TAS”) is supposed to be “Your Voice” at the IRS. National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olsen’s recent speech is definitely reflecting our voice. She called the level of IRS customer service given to taxpayers “pitiful.” Olsen attributed the poor service to inadequate funding that has forced the IRS to automate many …

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Who's Protecting My Donation from a “Significant Diversion”?

Donors around the country are asking themselves that since The Washington Post published a series of articles reporting that more than 1,000 nonprofit organizations have reported a “significant diversion” of assets since 2008. A significant diversion is one that is more than the lesser of $250,000 or 5% of an organization’s gross receipts or total …

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