Archive for September, 2015

EO Tax Journal 2015-180

Paul Streckfus, September 16, 2015 at 4:55 am

1 – Investments Made for Charitable Purposes (Notice 2015-62)

2 – The EOTJ Mailbag

3 – Editor’s Notebook

4 – The Philanthropy Roundtable Files an Amicus Brief Supporting the Center for Competitive Politics’ Cert Petition Continue…

EO Tax Journal 2015-179

Paul Streckfus, September 15, 2015 at 4:46 am

1 – BDO Offering Free Webinar

2 – Editor’s Notebook

3 – Ninth Circuit Holds California’s Disclosure Requirements Do Not Injure First Amendment Rights Nor Are Preempted by Federal Law

4 – Cert Petition: California’s Compelled Disclosure Constitutes a First Amendment Injury, Which Is Not Justified under the ‘Strict Test’ of Exacting Scrutiny Continue…

EO Tax Journal 2015-178

Paul Streckfus, September 14, 2015 at 5:10 am

1 – News from Elsewhere

2 – Sports Report

3 – Art Advisory Panel’s Latest Valuations

4 – Should the IRS Change or Surrender Its Oversight of Tax-Exempt Organizations?

5 – Income of Trust Benefitting Retired Employees of Participating Public Agency Employers Is Excludable from Gross Income under Section 115 (PLR 201537019) Continue…

EO Tax Journal 2015-177

Paul Streckfus, September 11, 2015 at 5:01 am

1 – Mark Scott: IRS Office of Chief Counsel Used to Promote an Abusive Arbitrage Scheme

2 – Weekend Reading (Future Oversight of Tax-Exempt Organizations)

3 – IRS Issues Updated Procedures for Requesting Additional Information

4 – Groups Say New IRS Regulations Must Limit to an ‘Insubstantial’ Amount the Campaign-Related Expenditures of ‘Social Welfare’ Organizations

5 – Appeals Arbitration Program Eliminated Due to Lack of Interest (Rev. Proc. 2015-44) Continue…

EO Tax Journal 2015-176

Paul Streckfus, September 10, 2015 at 5:06 am

1 – 27th Annual GWSCPA Nonprofit Symposium

2 – Amicus Brief Asks Supreme Court to Grant Cert to EO Petitioner Continue…