WP: Nonprofits Abused as Dodges, IRS Chief Says

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A26388-2005Apr4?language=printer

Charities and other nonprofits exempted from taxes because they serve a public purpose have become a hotbed of tax evasion and abuse, according to the head of the Internal Revenue Service.

"We can see that tax abuse is increasingly present in the sector," and unless the government takes effective steps to curb it, such organizations risk "the loss of the faith and support that the public has always given to this sector," Internal Revenue Commissioner Mark W. Everson said in a letter to the Senate Finance Committee detailing abuses his agency has found.

Everson said that the IRS is finding problems in virtually every type of tax-exempt organization. Nonprofits include not only charities, but colleges and universities, many hospitals, pension plans, trade associations and think tanks. In fact, eight of the 10 largest private employers in the District are nonprofits.

"Unfortunately, we have no precise way to gauge the revenue impact of these issues," Everson said, though he noted that the nonprofit sector, including pension plans and the like, now totals roughly 3 million entities controlling $8 trillion in assets.

[OneBlueSky]

1. uh oh . . . sounds like nonprofits are next on the neocon hit list . . .

any sector that controls $8 trillion in assets must have the corporatistas salivating . . .

[truthisfreedom]

2. hmm... Dems should keep this in mind when they find non-profits doing

politicking...