Paul Streckfus, Editor
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – Whistleblower Addendum
3 – Gov. Scott Renews Call for Connecticut Business to Move to Florida – Including Yale University
4 – New York AG Announces Settlement with Two Sham Cancer Charities
5 – French v. Comm’r – Conservation Easement Deduction Denied for Lack of Contemporaneous Written Acknowledgment
1 – Quote of the Week
2 – Recent Commingling Rulings (PLRs 201613014 and 201613015)
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – TEGE Commissioner on Current EO Efforts
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – Double Check Your Work: IRS to Step Up Section 501(r) Hospital Examinations This Year
3 – The Intersection of Exempt Organizations and the Whistleblower Office
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – Editor’s Notebook
3 – EO Committee to Meet May 6 in Washington
4 – IRS Updates 29 Year Old Revenue Procedure (Rev. Proc. 2016-22)
5 – Sixth Circuit Blasts IRS’s Delaying Tactics (NorCal Tea Party Patriots)
1 – Yesterday’s DC Bar Program
2 – The EOTJ Mailbag
3 – View from the Treasury (Part 2)
4 – Answer in American Friends of Yeshiva Shaare Chaim v. Commissioner
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – Editor’s Notebook
3 – View from the Treasury (Part 1)
4 – Grassley Seeks Information from Wounded Warrior Project
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – Editor’s Notebook
3 – CREW Files Complaint Against Trump Foundation
1 – My Visit to Washington
2 – Editor’s Notebook (A Most Ridiculous Issue)
3 – Latest Issue Snapshot (reprinted from www.irs.gov)
4 – Annual Cattle Call for Guidance Input
1 – Are Congressional Republicans Guilty of Trying to Destroy the IRS?
2 – EO Technical Update from the Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (TE/GE) (Part 2)
EO Technical Update from the Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (TE/GE) (Part 1)
1 – Book Announcement
2 – So Who at IRS Signed Off on a Church Tax Inquiry?
3 – Lawyer Calls for More Revenue Rulings
4 – Impact of Zoning Violation on Exempt Status in New York: Fatal Only If Violation Incompatible with Exempt Use
5 – Grants to Support Martial Arts Training Approved (PLR 201610022)
1 – This Week’s EO Program
2 – More on Moving EO out of IRS
3 – Marc Owens’ Review of IRS Audit Plans
1 – Editor’s Notebook
2 – Surprise: House Speaker No Friend of IRS or Lois Lerner
3 – Hot Issues in EO Exams (Part 2)
1 – Editor’s Notebook
2 – Hot Issues in EO Exams (Part 1)
1 – Editor’s Notebook
2 – The IRS Is Part of the Disclosure Problem
3 – Interim Guidance on Procedures for Appealed Adverse Determination Cases (TEGE-07-0316-0007)
4 – CREW Again Calls for NRA Audit
1 – Zuckerberg and Chan Face Down the Philanthropy Industrial Complex
2 – Statement of Professor Frances Hill Prepared for House Hearing
1 – DC Bar Program on Current Issues Relating to Section 501(c)(6) Business Leagues
2 – IRS Extends Its Industry Issue Resolution Program to TE/GE
3 – Public Interest Groups Call Crossroads GPS’ Exemption ‘Inexplicable and Indefensible’
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – Another Stipulated Tax Court Decision (Academy of America)
3 – Remarks of TE/GE Deputy Commissioner Donna Hansberry
1 – Editor’s Notebook
2 – Koskinen Awarded Excellence in Public Service Prize, Conservative Media Apoplectic
3 – Declaratory Judgment Processing Procedures Now Apply to All Revoked EOs as a Result of PATH Act Changes (TEGE-04-0216-0003)
4 – Coverage of the January 29, 2016 Meeting of the Exempt Organizations Committee of the ABA’s Tax Section Completed
5 – Investing in the Future: What Does Mission Have to Do with It? (Part 2)
1 – Yesterday’s Oversight Subcommittee Hearing
2 – Roskam Opening Statement at Oversight Hearing on Protecting the Free Exchange of Ideas on College Campuses
3 – Investing in the Future: What Does Mission Have to Do with It? (Part 1)
1 – Hearing Today on Protecting the Free Exchange of Ideas on College Campuses
2 – Trump Pledges To Eliminate Ban on Churches Endorsing Candidates
3 – Excerpt from “Nonprofit Charitable Organizations and Donor-Advised Funds, 2012”
4 – Cautionary Guidance for the Tax-Exempt Organizations that Wish to Influence the Supreme Court Nomination Process
5 – IRS Approves Scholarship Grant Procedures (PLR 201609009)
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – IRS Seeks Millions in Excise Taxes for Foundation’s Failure to Distribute Income
3 – Another Family Squabble Ruling (PLR 201609001)