Washington Snapshot
Friday, February 26, 2016 - 3:58pm
In this week's Washington Snapshot: This Week in Tax Reform...; Congress Grows More Skeptical of Universities; FASB Seeks Foundation Input; Single Portal Filing Project Seeks Information; Accepting Promissory Notes and Other Debt Instruments; Giving Incentives on State Legislative Agendas; and more!
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 4:00pm
In this week's Washington Snapshot: News from the Hill; IRS Releases Proposed Rules for Supporting Organizations; Philanthropy Weighs in on Pennsylvania Budget Impasse; South Carolina, Connecticut Announce New Pay for Success Deals; and more!
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 4:00pm
In this week's Washington Snapshot: POTUS Sends FY 2017 Budget Proposal to Congress; Congress Requests Endowment Information from Universities; Crossroads GPS Group Granted (c)(4) Status; Borrowing from One's Agency Endowment; State Budget Challenges Raising Tensions, Anxiety for Nonprofits; FASB Outreach on Proposed Change to Nonprofit Accounting Standards; and more!
Friday, February 5, 2016 - 4:20pm
In this week's Washington Snapshot: Ways & Means Working Toward Tax Reform; Primary Season is Officially Underway; Adding Scholarship Restriction for Renewal Purposes; Emerging State Issue: Turning to States to Solve the Impasse Over Obamacare; and more!
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 4:33pm
In this week's Washington Snapshot: Hatch's Tax Reform Plan Could Impact Nonprofits; First Ways & Means Hearing of the Year Rescheduled; Contributing Trustee Compensation to a DAF; The Year Opens with State Budget Challenges and Opportunities; Op-Ed Calls for the Sector to Strive for Increased Charitable Giving; and more!
Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 2:03pm
In this week's Washington Snapshot: Upcoming Ways & Means Hearing Will Address Tax Reform; New Changes to IRS Advisory Committee on Exempt Organizations; Update: New Jersey Hospital Property Tax Remains in Flux; Illinois Leading Efforts to Implement Federal Grants Reform; Philanthropy is Projected to Increase in 2016 and 2017; and more!
Friday, January 15, 2016 - 4:02pm
In this week's Washington Snapshot: POTUS Delivers his Final State of the Union Address; Brady Expresses Intent to Take on Tax Reform; Reed to Introduce Bill on University Endowment Spending; Property Tax Exemptions in Flux; and more!
Friday, January 8, 2016 - 2:59pm
In this week's Washington Snapshot: Treasury, IRS Withdraw Proposed Rule for Gift Substantiation; DAFs & Child Sponsorship to Charities; State Policy Action in 2015 Predicts Focus Areas in 2016; Update on Financial Action Task Force (FATF); National Taxpayer Advocate Names 1023-EZ Third Most Serious Problem; and more!
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 1:58pm
In this week's Washington Snapshot: Senate Passes Permanent IRA Charitable Rollover; Council Submits Comments on IRS Gift Substantiation Proposal; Omnibus Blocks IRS Political Activity Rulemaking; FASB votes to Revise Nonprofit Presentation of Cash Flows; DAFs, IRAs, & BFFs; Pay For Success Programs Offer "No Free Lunch"; and more!
Friday, December 11, 2015 - 2:31pm
In this week's Washington Snapshot: Extender Negotiations Coming Down to the Wire; CRS Releases New Report on Endowments; Comments for IRS Gift Substantiation Proposal Due Soon; New Jersey Tax Challenge Heard 'Round the Country; Oregon Op-Ed Explains Why Charitable Giving Incentives are Important; and more!