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The IRS Cracks Down on Small Charities

By ADF Alliance Alert

Suzanne Garment writes at the Wall Street Journal full access via Google: "The IRS uses Form 990 to verify that charitable organizations meet the conditions for receiving tax-deductible contributions and qualifying for tax exemptions. Until now, the smallest charities did not have to file 990s. But thanks to a seemingly minor provision of the 2006 Pension Protection Act, more than 400,000 additional nonprofits?nearly half of public charities registered with the IRS?now have to do so. If not, the IRS will take steps to revoke their tax-exempt status . . . "

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on May 19, 2010 (boomark / email).