Why You Should Hire a Professional Parliamentarian for Your Annual Meeting –...
If you hear the words “professional parliamentarian,” and your first thought isn’t, “parli…what?” – then you’re likely thinking, “Wait, there are people who actually do that willingly, even for money?”...
View ArticleMaking Gender-Affirming Surgeries a Possibility for Low-Income Transgender...
For many transgender people, undergoing gender-affirming surgery is a crucial step toward a healthy gender transition. While not all transgender people need or want gender-affirming surgeries to be...
View ArticleWhy You Should Hire a Professional Parliamentarian for Your Annual Meeting –...
Last week’s post was intended to make you think. . . . Think about getting professional help from a Robert’s Rules of Order guru instead of winging it. Think about securing the real deal to run (or...
View ArticleSC Torts Claims Act Increases Liability Limits
South Carolina lawmakers are debating legislation that, if passed, would greatly affect liability burdens on government-run healthcare providers as well as affecting the limits recoverable against...
View ArticleIncrease in HSR Reportability Thresholds and Other HSR Developments
On February 15, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the annual adjustment of the thresholds that trigger premerger reporting obligations (and the mandatory waiting period) under the...
View ArticleDon’t Risk Losing Your Property Tax-Exempt Status - File Affidavit by March 1
Arizona’s ad valorem property tax exemptions that are granted to many categories of exempt organizations (e.g., healthcare centers and institutions, arts and science organizations, and charitable...
View ArticleHow to Draft a Tellers Report
It shouldn’t come as any surprise that Robert’s Rules says when something’s official, it needs to be official. Which means, the tellers report—we’re talking about the on-paper vote count—can’t just...
View ArticleMay 15 Tax Deadline And ‘Start Of The Year’ Review – Part I
For most nonprofit organizations, the IRS Form 990/990-PF deadline is fast approaching. This Form 990/990-PF deadline should also prompt nonprofits to engage in a start-of-the-year review of its state...
View ArticleSenate Finance Committee Begins Review of Nonprofit Hospitals
• Based on a new review of nonprofit hospitals by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), a congressional investigation is expected that directly requests a number of specific...
View ArticleTaxation & Representation, February 2019 #3
MEET THE MEMBERS - Now that everyone is familiar with the new House Ways and Means Committee members, it’s time to meet the newbies in the upper chamber’s tax writing committee: the Senate Finance...
View ArticleHeath Care in the Minnesota Legislature: Update
Things are heating up in the Minnesota legislature for nonprofit health care entities. Here are breakdowns of local bills that may affect these types of businesses should they become law....By: Nilan...
View ArticleLaws, Bylaws, & Robert’s Rules
I’ve talked before about how to know whether the law, your bylaws, or Robert’s Rules apply in a given situation. Here’s an infographic that helps explain the priority of rules in an...
View ArticleSenator Grassley Renews Probe into Non-Profit, Tax Exempt Hospitals
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) renewed his focus on charitable hospitals by asking the IRS on February 19, 2019, for data on hospital compliance with § 501(r) of the Internal...
View ArticleProskauer Partners with HSBC Bank in Chicago to Host DACA Renewal Clinic
Last week, Proskauer’s Chicago office, in partnership with HSBC Bank (HSBC), hosted a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) clinic to assist 12 pro bono clients with preparing their DACA...
View ArticleChanges in Executive Compensation
In a presentation at McDermott’s Employment and Employee Benefits Forum, Andrew Liazos discussed areas of focus for Section 162(m) and third-party loan funding for employee stock purchase plans...
View ArticleThe Vote Was 21 to 20; So Why Didn't This Motion Pass?
San Francisco's Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) was formed during California's Gold Rush. At the time, China was ruled by an emperor. After the abdication of the Emperor Pu Yi in...
View ArticleAddition of UBTI Siloing Rules Creates New Challenges for Tax-Exempt...
Tax-exempt organizations that have unrelated business taxable income (UBTI) may need to calculate their UBTI differently as a result of a change in the tax law made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017...
View ArticleIs Your Organization Tax-Exempt in D.C.? Act Soon to Retain the Exemption!
Organizations wishing to apply for or retain an exemption from the District of Columbia on income and franchise tax, sales and use tax, or personal property tax are subject to some new filing...
View ArticleHealth Care Group News: OIG Allows Hospital to Provide Free In-Home Patient Care
In an Advisory Opinion published March 6, 2019, the Office of Inspector General (the “OIG”) declined to impose sanctions on a nonprofit medical center for a program to provide free, in-home follow-up...
View ArticleNonprofits Seeking to Avoid New Parking Tax Must Make Changes Soon
Thousands of nonprofits that provide parking benefits for their employees are subject to a new income tax on those benefits and have only weeks to avoid or minimize that tax liability for 2018....By:...
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