Paul Streckfus, Editor
1 – IRS Releases Proposed Regs — All for Naught?
2 – June 22 Remarks of IRS’s Holly Paz
3 – EO’s Recent Work Product (Denials, Revocations, Rulings)
4 – Who Knew Accountants Were So Green? So Buff?
5 – Tax Update for Churches and Religious Organizations (Part 1)
1 – Mitch McConnell’s Views of the IRS’s EO Function
2 – Summer Reading
3 – Does Federal Law Always Trump State Law?
1 – More on PRIs
2 – Comments on PLR 201221031
3 – EO’s Recent Work Product (Denials, Revocations, Rulings)
4 – Latest ACT Report
1 – Weekend Reading
2 – EO’s Recent Work Product (Denials, Revocations, Rulings)
3 – Has IRS Sown Confusion re Rental Income under Section 512(b)(3)?
1 – Free Tele-Forum on TEB Exam Process
2 – The EOTJ Mailbag (Massachusetts Salary Cap)
3 – AHA and HFMA Continue Assault on Schedule H, Say IRS Not Complying with Paperwork Reduction Act
4 – Emerge America Revocations Join Emerge America Denials
1 – ACT Committee’s Annual Public Meeting
2 – Sandy Deja’s Latest Auto-Rev Report
3 – Exempt Organizations Committee Wish List
4 – EO’s Recent Work Product (Denials, Revocations, Rulings)
5 – Many Nonprofits Incorrectly Claim No Expense for Fund-Raising
6 – New York’s $199,000 Salary Cap
7 – Heritage Foundation Fellow Seeks Investigation of IRS
1 – Witness List for Wednesday’s Hearing
1 – Holly Paz’s Mailbag
2 — More on Denial 201214035
3 – EO’s Recent Work Product (Denials, Revocations, Rulings)
1 – Board Engagement in Form 990 Preparation
2 – Charity Care in North Carolina
3 – Ideological Battle Continues, IRS Caught in Middle
4 – How Not to Apply for Exemption (Denial 201216040)
1 – Federal and State Views on Nonprofit Governance
2 – The EOTJ Mailbag
3 – Another Republican Seeks to Defend Tea Parties against IRS ‘Harassment’
4 – Too Close to Call (Denial 201211025)
1 – How to Keep Your Tax-Exempt Bonds from Bombing
2 – Let’s Call This the Never Mind Ruling in Memory of Gilda Radner
1 – TIGTA’s EO Work Plan
2 – K-1 Reporting Has Been Made Optional for 2011
3 – Identity of Organization Denied 501(c)(4) Status due to Primary Purpose of Intervening in Foreign Elections Now Known?
When Does Private Benefit Trump Public Benefit?
1 – One Less Voice
2 – The IRS Is Hearing It from Both Sides
3 – When Applying for Exemption, Don’t Say You Are No Different from a For-Profit
1 – Two March Programs on CHNAs and ACOs
2 – Latest SOI Bulletin Contains EO Data
3 – Latest Commingling Ruling, and It Only Took Three Years
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – Lawyer Referral Service
3 – Latest Denial Letters
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COP Interview of House Oversight Subcommittee Chairman3 – Mess of a 1023 Gets a Deserved Denial?
1 – House Republicans Still Pushing for IRS Audit of AARP
2 – IRS Defines an Exclusive Island as a “Community,” Ignores Obvious Private Benefit?
1 – A Lump of Coal from EO?
2 – Left Wondering (Denial 201149031)
3 – Professorial Comments on Recent Litigation
4 – Group Exemption Procedures Discussed (Part 2)
Is the IRS Abandoning Old Principles in PLR 201147035?
1 – More Commentary on NCPL’s Annual Conference
2 – IRS Releases Two Favorable Private Letter Rulings
1 – The EOTJ Mailbag
2 – IRS And Franchise Tax Board Asked To Investigate Way Out Ministries For Campaign Violations
3 – IRS Rationale in Revoking Organization Shows Some Confusion
1 – Old Business
2 – Networking Group Denied Exemption
3 – 43 AGs Seek Legislation Allowing States “To More Freely Obtain and Use” EO Information from the IRS
1 – IRS Seeks ACT Applications/Nominations
With all due respect to past and present ACT members, I think the ACT needs more levity. This year I’m nominating Roseanne Barr, Stephen Colbert, Kathy Griffin, Steve Martin, Bette Midler, Eddie Murphy, and Jon Stewart. Surely one of the them can pass the FBI check.
2 – Health Facility Denied Exemption Based on Inurement and Commerciality