Well, its competitors have a complaint: that its tax-exempt status gives it an unfair advantage.
Congress wrote the 501(c) code to provide tax-exempt status to a broad range of groups.
In the past, these groups would have claimed tax-exempt status as Sec. 527 organizations.
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The IRS has facilitated the tax-exempt status of journalism organizations for over 50 years.
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He points to longstanding liberal tax-exempt groups and says conservatives have been unfairly targeted.
On political oversight of tax-exempt groups, plenty of mischief can be made far from Washington.
Some tax-exempt organisations are allowed to conduct political activities, but it cannot be their primary mission.
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Ms. Ingram was in charge of tax-exempt and government entities until the end of 2010.
We have learned that some tea party groups had unduly long wait times for tax-exempt status.
Eventually, the IRS granted granted this group tax-exempt status -- after well over a year.
" The Sigar audit, the official added, "does not carefully distinguish between taxable and tax-exempt contracts.
Opponents claim these groups are abusively claiming tax-exempt status to keep their donor lists secret.
Additionally, most charitable organizations will post evidence of tax-exempt status on their web site.
Now 52, he pioneered a way of turning industrial development bonds into tax-exempt money market funds.
The assets are then sold, with most of the taxable gains attributed to the tax-exempt charity.
One can only hope that he owns some tax-exempt inflation-indexed bonds, just in case.
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Nor does the law prevent someone from prospering from the tax-exempt specialty of public broadcasting.
Indeed, any plan to tinker with the tax-exempt status for munis creates a double-edge sword situation.
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It would get more tax revenue from a retailer than from a tax-exempt church.
Returns on investment could vary from 3% on tax-exempt bonds to 8% for equity partners.
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The tax code would be cleaner, and our politics fairer, if no one enjoyed any tax-exempt advantages.
The targeted groups had tax-exempt status that allowed them to participate in certain kinds of political messaging.
It was designated as the central facility for processing applications for tax-exempt status that required further review.
Gift or no gift, tax-exempt organizations are not supposed to give large sums to select private individuals.
Alpha among active Fixed Income Managers (taxable and tax-exempt) has been improving over the past five years.
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Tax-exempt organizations which make money this way are supposed to turn the profit over to the government.
Interest from tax-exempt bonds will remain free of federal taxes and the Medicare tax on unearned income.
He could, of course, get the same tax benefit minus account fees by giving shares directly to tax-exempt groups.
The announcement came on yesterday, the same day the state began pricing the tax-exempt and taxable bonds.
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These categories have different requirements, and a few impose stricter rules if organizations want to claim tax-exempt status.
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