Editor's Notebook PLRs, TAMs, and Denial Letters The EOTJ Mailbag

EO Tax Journal 2017-82

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2 – Editor’s Notebook

3 – Section 501(c)(3) Exemption of Organization Renting Apartments to Members of the General Public Who Are Not of a Charitable Class Revoked (Revocation 201716048)

4 – Applicant Denied (c)(5) Status Based on Member Benefit (Denial 201716049)

5 – Section 501(c)(3) Status of Organization Operating an Electronic Waste Disposal Facility Revoked (Revocation 201716052)

PLRs, TAMs, and Denial Letters The EOTJ Mailbag

EO Tax Journal 2017-81

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2 – Applicant Denied (c)(6) Status Because Organization’s Activities Benefit Insurance Agents of a Specific Company (Denial 201715003)

3 – Section 501(c)(3) Status of Organization Revoked for Primarily Pursuing Social Welfare and Recreational Purposes, But May Qualify under Section 501(c)(4) (Revocation 201715004)

Current News and Developments Focus on Courts Focus on IRS and Treasury PLRs, TAMs, and Denial Letters

EO Tax Journal 2017-80

1 –  Trump Orders Review of Significant Tax Regulations Issued Since 2016

2 Ways and Means Chair Supports Review of ‘Damaging’ Tax Regulations

3 Public Comment Invited on Recommendations for 2017-2018 Priority Guidance Plan (Notice 2017-28)

4 True the Vote Wins Ruling Against IRS in US District Court, Says IRS Forced to Turn Over Evidence of Targeting Seven Years After It Began

5 Applicant Staging Annual Record and CD Show Denied (c)(3) Status Since Primarily Benefitting Buyers and Sellers (Denial 201714030)

Current News and Developments Focus on IRS and Treasury PLRs, TAMs, and Denial Letters The EOTJ Mailbag

EO Tax Journal 2017-70

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2 Now You See It, Now You Don’t

3 – Judicial Watch Obtains 695 Pages of Obama IRS Scandal Documents – Records Not Produced in Initial Congressional Investigation

4 – Lots of Bad News for Trust that Failed to Qualify as CRUT (PLR 201714002)

Current News and Developments Focus on IRS and Treasury The EOTJ Mailbag

EO Tax Journal 2017-69

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2 It’s All in the Eye of the Beholder

3 – Defending Place-Based Philanthropy by Defining the Community Foundation

4 – Former Treasury Secretary Supports Listing Notice for Syndicated Conservation Easements

5 – FAIR Files Formal Exhaustive Complaint with the IRS: SPLC Violated Its Tax-Exempt Status Repeatedly in the Last Election Cycle Alleges FAIR

6 – Community Letter in Support of Nonpartisanship

7 Religious and Denominational Organizations Oppose Weakening Ban on 501(c)(3) Politicking

Current News and Developments The EOTJ Mailbag Transcripts (Other)

EO Tax Journal 2017-65

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2 – Nonprofit Governance Regulation Subject of Bruce Hopkins’ Latest Book

3 – Addenda to Last Week’s Transcript on “Private Foundation Hot Topics”

A Council on Foundations’ Policy Update: “Johnson Amendment” in the 115thCongress

B – Council on Foundations on Need for Guidance on Economic Development