Nonprofit Tax Exemption Status Articles

Amid Red Ink, Tax-Exempts Asked To Add To Coffers
State and local governments, eager to close their budget gaps, are increasingly going after charities and other tax-exempt groups. Government officials are proposing new fees on nonprofits to help pay for services. They're also challenging the exemptions these groups get from sales and property taxes. May 24, 2010

States Move to Revoke Charities' Tax
Faced with steep declines in tax revenue, an increasing number of states and localities are considering eliminating various tax exemptions for nonprofit groups. ... And last fall, Minneapolis made charities subject to the fees it charges businesses and residents for streetlights in hope of gaining an additional $155,000, an exercise Jon Pratt, executive director of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, describes as “looking under the sofa cushions.” In most cases, churches would be exempt from the tax measures, but all other nonprofit groups, including private schools and colleges, would be affected. Mar 6, 2010

USA: Removing tax exemptions for non-profit organisations
Calvin Say, speaker of the House in Hawaii, is in favor of removing tax exemptions for non-profit groups – including charities, colleges and universities. A bill currently before the Hawaii Legislature would require charities to pay a 1 percent tax. Kansas is also considering making charities subject to sales tax. Similar non-profit organizations’ exemptions from property taxes are also under scrutiny in several counties in Pennsylvania, Kansas and Rhode Island. Mar 5, 2010

States Move to Revoke Charities’ Tax Exemptions
Faced with steep declines in tax revenue, an increasing number of states and localities are considering eliminating various tax exemptions for nonprofit groups. Feb 27, 2010