Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations

Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations

2020 Cumulative Supplement

John Wiley & Sons Inc

06/2020

304

Mole

Inglês

9781119639213

474

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About the Author xiii Preface xv About the Online Resources xvii Book Citations xix Part One: Introduction to the Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations 1 Definition of and Rationales for Tax-Exempt Organizations 3 1.1 Definition of Nonprofit Organization 3 (a) Nonprofit Organization Defined 3 2 Overview of Nonprofit Sector and Tax-Exempt Organizations 5 2.1 Profile of Nonprofit Sector 5 2.2 Organization of IRS 6 (a) IRS in General 6 (b) Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division 8 Part Two: Fundamentals of the Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations 3 Tax Exemption: Source and Recognition 11 3.2 Recognition of Tax Exemption 11 (a) General Rules 11 3.3 Recognition of Public Charity, Private Foundation Status 11 4 Organizational, Operational, and Related Tests and Doctrines 13 4.7 Commensurate Test 13 4.9 Commerciality Doctrine 13 (e) Other Applications of Doctrine 13 (f) Elements of Commerciality 13 (h) Contemporary Perspective on Doctrine 14 5 Nonprofit Governance 15 5.3 Board Duties and Responsibilities 15 (a) Duty of Care 15 (b) Duty of Loyalty 16 (c) Duty of Obedience 16 Part Three: Tax-Exempt Charitable Organizations 6 Concept of Charitable 19 6.2 Public Policy Doctrine 19 (b) Race-Based Discrimination 19 6.3 Collateral Concepts 19 (a) Requirement of Charitable Class 19 (i) Illegal Activities 20 7 Charitable Organizations 21 7.4 Provision of Housing 21 7.6 Promotion of Health 21 (a) Hospital Law in General 21 (b) Additional Statutory Requirements for Hospitals 21 7.8 Advancement of Education 22 7.17 Qualified Opportunity Zones 22 8 Educational Organizations 25 8.3 Educational Institutions 25 (a) Schools, Colleges, and Universities 25 8.4 Instruction of Individuals 26 8.5 Instruction of Public 26 9 Scientific Organizations 27 9.2 Concept of Research 27 10 Religious Organizations 29 10.1 Constitutional Law Framework 29 (a) General Constitutional Law Purposes 29 (c) Internal Revenue Code Provisions 29 10.5 Integrated Auxiliaries of Churches 29 10.7 Religious Orders 29 11 Other Types of Charitable Organizations 31 11.2 Amateur Sports Organizations 31 11.9 Endowment Funds 31 (b) College and University Endowment Tax 31 12 Public Charities and Private Foundations 33 12.1 Federal Tax Law Definition of Private Foundation 33 (a) Private Foundation Defined 33 12.3 Categories of Public Charities 33 (b) Publicly Supported Charities 33 (c) Supporting Organizations 33 Part Four: Other Tax-Exempt Organizations 13 Social Welfare Organizations 37 13.1 Concept of Social Welfare 37 (b) Benefits to Members 37 13.3 Conduct of Business 37 14 Business Leagues and Similar Organizations 39 14.1 Concept of Business League 39 (a) General Principles 39 (g) Certification Programs 39 14.2 Disqualifying Activities 40 (c) Performance of Particular Services 40 (d-1) Private Benefit 40 15 Social Clubs 41 15.1 Social Clubs in General 41 (b) Club Functions 41 15.5 Taxation of Social Clubs 41 16 Labor, Agricultural, and Horticultural Organizations 43 16.2 Agricultural Organizations 43 17 Political Organizations 45 17.4 Public Policy Advocacy Activities 45 18 Employee Benefit Funds 47 18.3 Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Associations 47 19 Other Categories of Tax-Exempt Organizations 49 19.12 Farmers' Cooperatives 49 19.18 Qualified Health Insurance Issuers 49 Part Five: Principal Exempt Organization Laws 20 Private Inurement and Private Benefit Doctrines 53 20.4 Compensation Issues 53 (b) Determining Reasonableness of Compensation 53 20.5 Executive Compensation Tax 53 20.6 Other Forms of Private Inurement 56 (a) Rental Arrangements 56 (e) Equity Distributions 56 (h) Tax Avoidance Schemes 56 (i) Services Rendered 56 (j) Business Referral Operations 56 (m-1) Successors to For-Profit Companies 56 20.12 Private Inurement and Other Categories of Exempt Organizations 57 20.13 Private Benefit Doctrine 58 (a) General Rules 58 (d) Perspective 58 21 Intermediate Sanctions 61 21.16 Interrelationship with Private Inurement Doctrine 61 22 Legislative Activities by Tax-Exempt Organizations 63 22.3 Lobbying by Charitable Organizations 63 (b) Concept of Lobbying 63 (c) Substantial Part Test 63 23 Political Campaign Activities by Tax-Exempt Organizations 65 23.3 Political Campaign Expenditures and Tax Sanctions 65 23.6 Political Activities of Social Welfare Organizations 65 (a) Allowable Campaign Activity 65 24 Unrelated Business: Basic Rules 67 24.2 Definition of Trade or Business 67 (j) Concept of Investment Plus 67 24.3 Definition of Regularly Carried On 67 (b) Determining Regularity 67 24.4A Deemed Unrelated Business Income 67 24.5 Contemporary Applications of Unrelated Business Rules 68 (q) Other Organizations' Exempt Functions 68 24.9 Unrelated Debt-Financed Income 68 (c) Acquisition Indebtedness 68 25 Unrelated Business: Modifications, Exceptions, Special Rules, and Taxation 69 25.1 Modifications 69 (g) Royalties 69 (h) Rent 69 (l-1) Income from Subsidiaries 70 (n-1) Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income 70 25.2 Exceptions 70 (a) Volunteer-Conducted Businesses 70 (b) Convenience Businesses 71 (c) Sales of Gift Items 71 25.3 Special Rules 71 25.4 Fringe Benefit Rules 72 (a) Statutory Law 72 (b) Interim Guidance 72 25.5 "Bucketing" Rule 73 (a) Statutory Law 73 (b) Interim Guidance 74 (c) Medical Marijuana Dispensary Cases 76 Part Six: Acquisition and Maintenance of Tax Exemption 26 Exemption Recognition and Notice Processes 81 26.1 Recognition Application Procedure 81 (a) Introduction 81 (b) General Procedures 82 (c) Completed Application 83 (d) User Fees 83 (e) Penalties for Perjury 84 (g) Streamlined Application 84 (h) Reliance on Determination Letters 84 (i) Post-Determination Review 85 26.3 Nonprivate Foundation Status 85 (a) Notice Requirement 85 26.4 Requirements for Social Welfare Organizations 85 26.10 Rules for Other Categories of Organizations 85 26.10A Determination Letter Requests on Form 8940 86 (a) General Rules 86 (b) Changes in Public Charity/Private Foundation Status 86 26.10B Withdrawal of Request for Determination Letter 87 26.11 Group Exemption Rules 88 (a) General Rules 88 (b) Advantages and Disadvantages of Group Exemption 88 (c) Import of Questionnaire 88 26.12 Suspension of Tax Exemption 91 26.13 Notice Requirements for Social Welfare Organizations 91 26.14 Notice Requirements for Political Organizations 91 26.16 Forfeiture of Tax Exemption 91 26.17 Constitutional Law Aspects of Process 91 27 Administrative and Litigation Procedures 93 27.1 Administrative Procedures Where Recognition Denied 93 (a) Requests Receiving Appeals Office Consideration 93 (b) Matters Not Receiving Appeals Office Consideration 94 27.3 Retroactive Revocation of Tax-Exempt Status 94 27.5 Revocation of Tax-Exempt Status: Litigation Procedures 95 (a) General Rules 95 (b) Declaratory Judgment Rules 95 27.6 IRS Examination Procedures and Practices 96 (c) Church Audits 96 27.9 IRS Disclosure to State Officials 96 28 Operational Requirements 97 28.1 Changes in Operations or Form 97 (a) Changes in Operations 97 28.2 Annual Reporting Rules 97 (a) Overview of Annual Information Returns 98 (b) Exceptions to Reporting Requirements 99 (d) Group Returns 99 28.5 Filing Requirements and Tax-Exempt Status 100 28.5A Pre-revocation Notice by IRS 100 28.8 Electronic Filing Rules 100 (d) Law Revision in 2020 100 28.9 Unrelated Business Income Tax Returns 101 28.10 IRS Document Disclosure Rules 101 (a) Federal Tax Law Disclosure Requirements 101 28.11 Document Disclosure Obligations of Exempt Organizations 101 (a) General Rules 101 (d) Failure to Comply 102 (i) Donor Information Disclosure 102 28.17 Tax-Exempt Organizations and Tax Shelters 105 28.17 International Grantmaking Requirements 105 (a) Charitable Organizations Generally 105 (b) Private Foundations 106 (c) Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines 106 28.18 Recordkeeping Requirements 106 28A Tax-Exempt Organizations and Tax Shelters 107 28A.1 Concept of Tax Shelter 108 28A.2 Judicial Doctrines 109 (a) Sham Transaction Doctrine 109 (b) Economic Substance Doctrine 110 (c) Business Purpose Doctrine 110 (d) Substance-over-Form Doctrine 110 (e) Step Transaction Doctrine 111 (f) Countervailing Case Law 112 28A.3 Tax Shelter Law in General 112 (a) IRS's Office of Tax Shelter Analysis 113 (b) Other IRS Initiatives 113 (c) Reportable Transactions 114 (d) Participation in Reportable Transactions 115 (e) Participant Disclosure Requirements 115 (f) Material Advisor Disclosures 116 (g) Material Advisors Lists Requirements 116 (h) Abusive Tax Shelter Promotion Penalty 117 (i) Other Tax Shelter Penalties 117 28A.4 Exempt Organizations and Tax Shelter Penalties 118 28A.5 Exempt Organizations' Involvement in Shelters 120 (a) Transfers of Incidence of Taxation 120 (b) Abuse of Corporations Sole 122 (c) A Disputed Tax Shelter 122 (d) Overvaluation is Often Key Issue 124 (e) "Charitable Giving" Plan Failed 125 (f) Syndicated Conservation Easements 126 (g) Donor-Advised Funds 127 (h) Patient Assistance Programs 128 (i) Other Tax Shelters in Exempt Organizations Context 128 28A.6 GAO Findings and Recommendations 129 28A.7 "Dirty Dozen" Listings 131 Part Seven: Interorganizational Structures and Operational Forms 29 Tax-Exempt Organizations and Exempt Subsidiaries 135 29.3 Tax-Exempt Subsidiaries of Charitable Organizations 135 29.7 Revenue from Tax-Exempt Subsidiary 135 30 Tax-Exempt Organizations and For-Profit Subsidiaries 137 30.2 Potential of Attribution to Parent 137 32 Tax-Exempt Organizations: Other Operations and Restructuring 139 32.1 Mergers 139 32.7 Conversions from Nonexempt to Exempt Status 139 (b) Federal Tax Law 139 Table of Cases 141 Cumulative Table of IRS Revenue Rulings 171 Cumulative Table of IRS Revenue Procedures 181 Cumulative Table of IRS Private Determinations Cited in Text 183 Table of IRS Private Letter Rulings, Technical Advice Memoranda, and Counsel Memoranda 197 Cumulative Table of Cases Discussed in Bruce R. Hopkins' Nonprofit Counsel 227 Cumulative Table of IRS Private Determinations Discussed in Bruce R. Hopkins' Nonprofit Counsel 241 Index 263
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