1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – Fishermen Reel in Fishy Ruling (PLR 201413012)
Month: March 2014
EO Tax Journal 2014-64
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – IRS Taking Steps to Retroactively Exempt Organizations Auto-Revoked While Exemption Applications Pending
3 – Tax Court Updates
A – Exegetical Institute Agrees It’s Not Exempt Per Stipulated Decision
B – Gone and Forgotten?
4 – Organization Helping Transfer Funds from Corporate Givers to Schools through Use of a Software Application Denied (c)(3) Exemption (Denial 201407014)
EO Tax Journal 2014-63
1 – Editor’s Notebook
2 – Prepared Testimony of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen
3 – Cummings: No Evidence to Support Wild Accusations
4 – House Counsel: Oversight Committee Can Hold Lerner in Contempt
5 – Cummings: Twenty Five Independent Legal Experts Now Agree That Issa Botched Contempt
EO Tax Journal 2014-62
1 — The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – IRS Commissioner to Testify Today at Oversight Hearing
3 – Issa Presses IRS Commissioner on Outstanding Targeting Scandal Document Requests Ahead of Wednesday Hearing
4 – News Report: House Republicans Plan to Hit Koskinen Hard Today
5 – Comments of Current Republican FEC Commissioners on Proposed (c)(4) Regs
6 – Comments of Eight Former Republican Commissioners of Federal Election Commission on Proposed (c)(4) Regs
EO Tax Journal 2014-61
1 – Issa Schedules Another Hearing
2 – For-Profit Formed to Engage in Political Activity in the News
3 – Current Developments Pertaining to Conservation and Facade Easements
4 – The Case of the Missing Self-Dealer — How $53,000 Ballooned to $461,000
EO Tax Journal 2014-60
1 – More on 50th Annual Washington Non-Profit & Tax Conference
2 – Update from the Hill (Panel Outline)
3 – A Special Prosecutor for the IRS Needed (Rep. Jim Jordan)
4 – Issa and Jordan to Holder: Provide Details on Lerner Interview
EO Tax Journal 2014-59
1 – In the News
2 – Where I Went Yesterday
3 – State of the IRS: Post-TIGTA Report
4 – Who Controls the Kochs’ Political Network?
EO Tax Journal 2014-58
1 – Quote of the Week
2 – IRS Wants to Keep Its Phone Numbers Secret (Forget Customer Service)
3 – Charities Regulation and Oversight Project Announces the Publication of “The Future of State Charities Regulation Conference” Papers
4 – Hide the Money While Getting Your Candidate Elected
5 – Retired IRSer: George Will Column on IRS Is Full of Half-Truths
6 – Comments of AICPA on Proposed (c)(4) Regs
7 – Comments of Colbert Super PAC SHH
EO Tax Journal 2014-57
ABA’s EO Committee’s January 24 Meeting – Panel 5 (Earmarking)
EO Tax Journal 2014-56
1 – Coming Attractions
2 – In the News
3 – ABA’s EO Committee’s January 24 Meeting – Panel 5 Materials
EO Tax Journal 2014-55
1 – Editor’s Notebook
2 – Issa: Cummings Acting as ‘Defense Counsel’ for Lois Lerner
3 – Cummings: Issa ‘In Violation of House Rules’
4 – New York Lawyers Say Proposed (c)(4) Regs Both Over-inclusive and Under-inclusive
EO Tax Journal 2014-54
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
A – Elvis Lives
B – They Lied
2 – Issa Botched Contempt, Experts Say
3 – More Experts Now Agree that Issa Botched Contempt
4 – Income From Charitable Organization’s Sale of Mitigation Bank Credits is not Unrelated Business Taxable Income (PLR 201408031)
EO Tax Journal 2014-53
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – Rebuttal of House Democrats to Oversight Committee Report
3 – ACLJ: House Report on Former IRS Official Lois Lerner Highlights Her ‘Maliciousness and Corruption’
4 – Why Discredited ‘Scandals’ Get Less Attention
EO Tax Journal 2014-52
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – House Oversight Committee Releases Its Tell-All Report
EO Tax Journal 2014-51
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – IRS Releases Sample Questions that Applicants May Expect
3 – Cleta Mitchell Trashes IRS at CPAC’s Annual Meeting
4 – ABA’s EO Committee’s January 24 Meeting – Panel 4 (Hot Topics in UBIT)
EO Tax Journal 2014-50
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – IRS Agrees to Turn Over Lerner Documents to Camp
3 – Current and Quotable (Why the I.R.S. Scandal Won’t Go Away)
4 – Review of EO Provisions of Camp’s Tax Reform Act of 2014 (Part 3)
EO Tax Journal 2014-49
1 – Quote of the Week
2 – Seven Questions Lois Lerner Wouldn’t Answer at [Wednesday’s] Hearing: Will House Democrats Answer Them Today?
3 – Top Democrats Call for End to House GOP’s Abuse of Power, Demand Vote to Condemn Issa’s Actions
4 – Review of EO Provisions of Camp’s Tax Reform Act of 2014 (Part 2) – Proposed UBIT Changes
EO Tax Journal 2014-48
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – Will She or Won’t She? (Part 4)
3 – Cummings Accuses Issa of ‘One-Sided Investigation’
4 – House Oversight Committee Democrats Accuse Issa of Being ‘Disrespectful and Abusive’ to Cummings
5 – House Oversight Committee Republicans Release Fact Sheet
6 – Review of EO Provisions of Camp’s Tax Reform Act of 2014 (Part 1)
A – EO Employer To Be Liable for 25% Excise Tax on Comp in Excess of $1 Million
B – Provisions in Reaction to ‘IRS Scandal’
EO Tax Journal 2014-47
1 – Will She or Won’t She? (Part 3)
2 – Nonprofits’ Failure to Report Political Activity to IRS Raises Questions
3 – Administration’s FY 2015 Revenue Proposals Include a Few of Interest to the EO Tax Community, Even if They Are Mostly Goldie Oldies
EO Tax Journal 2014-46
1 – Will She or Won’t She? (Part 2)
2 – Comments on News from Friday’s Joint Councils Meeting
3 – Suggestion Box Will Soon Be Open
4 – The Wit and Wisdom of Professor John Colombo — Latest Installment
5 – Introduction to Alternative Investments for EOs
EO Tax Journal 2014-45
1 – Will She or Won’t She?
2 – New TE/GE Commissioner Makes First Public Appearance
3 – Senators Urge IRS to Set Clear Rules for Political Activity by Dark Money Groups
4 – Standing Denied CREW in Suit Seeking (c)(4) Rulemaking