Federal Court Applies Charitable Organization Exemption in Telephone Consumer...
The Situation: A federal court recently weighed in on some of the considerations involved in applying the Telephone Consumer Protection Act's ("TCPA") exemption for charities and the third-party...
View ArticleNonprofit Fundraiser Escapes TCPA Case
An Illinois federal judge has ruled that a fundraising company working for a nonprofit, tax exempt organization did not violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) when it called a number...
View ArticleData Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2017 #4
Energy and Critical Infrastructure Industries Warned of Increased Attacks by FBI and DHS - The FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued a joint statement on October 20, 2017 warning of an...
View ArticleMembers of Berkshire Museum File Suit Seeking Injunction Against Sale of Art...
Forty Masterpieces of American and European Art Scheduled for Auction - (Boston, MA, October 26, 2017) Sullivan & Worcester LLP has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Berkshire County residents and...
View ArticleStop “Partnering” And Begin “Strategically Allying”
Tax exempt organizations often enter into relationships with other organizations that are collaborative in nature rather than merely quid pro quo. These relationships are frequently referred to as...
View ArticleRopes & Gray, The Boston Foundation and Boston College Present Leading By...
The following article is authored by Jean Whitney, a philanthropic advisor at Ropes & Gray. She works with families, charitable trusts and private foundations to implement best practices in...
View ArticleHandy Tips for Keeping Discussion under Control
To let the pros have the floor or the cons.... That is the question. And in America, the home of all things democratic, who gets to speak in an organized meeting is an especially important question:...
View ArticlePotential Elimination of Future Private Activity Bonds (including Qualified...
On November 2, 2017, the House Committee on Ways and Means released a draft of its Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Bill”). The Tax Bill proposes to eliminate the federal tax exemption of interest...
View ArticleNew Rules for Tax-Exempt Organizations in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
House Republican Tax Bill Imposes Excise Tax on Wealthy Private Universities and Excess Compensation of Highly Paid Employees; Subjects State Pension Plans to UBTI Rules - On Thursday, November 2,...
View ArticleProposed Tax Reform Bill Impacts Philanthropy and Tax-Exempt Organizations
On November 2, 2017, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) introduced H.R. 1, the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Bill”). At over four hundred pages, the Bill promises substantial...
View ArticleProposed House tax bill eliminates tax-exempt financing for 501(c)(3)...
On November 2, 2017, the House Republican leadership announced a tax reform proposal that would directly impact the not-for-profit sector. If enacted in its present form, the proposal, effective for...
View ArticleNew Tax Bill Eliminates Many Popular Individual Deductions/Exclusions, Adds...
On November 2, 2017, House Republicans released their highly anticipated tax reform proposal formally named the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Act"). The Act must be approved by both the House and the...
View ArticleElectric Power Supply/Service Agreements: Federal Court Addresses Procedural...
Washington-St. Tammany Electric Cooperative, Inc. and other non-profit electric cooperative corporations (collectively “Co-ops”) filed a breach of contract action (“Complaint”) on June 28th against...
View ArticleAre Big Changes To The Tax Code In Store For Tax Exempt Organizations?
Deep within the 429 page Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Act") reside some proposed changes that would have significant ramifications for tax exempt organizations. If the Act were to be enacted "as is"...
View ArticleSpecific Issues for Consideration by Banks, Financial Advisors and 501(c)(3)...
Some of the potential impacts of the proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), as currently drafted and described in our prior alert are summarized below for consideration. Draw-down bonds with an...
View Article5 Basics for Successfully Navigating Your Next Meeting
I’d be a rich woman if had a dollar for every time I’ve heard the parliamentary procedure query, “Why all these rules, anyway?!” Well, I didn’t make them up, and they weren’t hatched recently at all –...
View ArticleSenate Tax Overhaul Bill Slaps Tax-Exempt Organizations
In what can only be described as a brutal attack on the nonprofit sector, the Senate has proposed sweeping changes that would have dramatic adverse effects on all tax-exempt organizations. Whereas the...
View ArticleSenate, House Tax Reform Bills at Odds on Tax Exempt Bonds for Nonprofit...
On November 9, the Senate released the Joint Committee on Taxation, Description of the Chairman’s Mark of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” which summarizes the Senate’s version of a “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”...
View ArticleSenate Tax Proposal Hits Hospitals, Other Exempt Organizations
On November 9, 2017, Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee announced their plan for reforming the Federal tax code, including several provisions that target charitable hospitals and other...
View ArticleCongressional Tax Bills Threaten Tax-Exempt Bonds for Non-Profit Hospitals
As the Senate continues to work to modify the House version of a sweeping tax reform bill, non-profit hospitals face having to pay higher interest rates to borrow if certain types of tax-exempt bonds...
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