Tax exemptions

Many Americans regard paying taxes as a necessary evil. If they want to worship Satan, now the IRS has officially given them a tax-exempt place to do so.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the Senate and House have teamed up to introduce bipartisan legislation to assist tax-exempt cooperative organizations.

The California charity at the center of the college-admissions scandal apparently never attracted attention from the IRS.

The recently issued notice on a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will have some organizations wondering what to do.

A provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act imposes a tax on excess payments and remuneration of top officials at tax-exempt organizations.

Changes in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act impose new taxes on groups like churches and charities that offer free parking to clergy and employees.

Many tax-exempt groups that participate in politics will no longer be required to disclose their donors to the Internal Revenue Service, the Treasury Department said.

The American Institute of CPAs suggested more than 30 changes to the Internal Revenue Service for the Form 990, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax, and its instructions, some of them marked as urgent.

A new online tool called TEOS replaces the old EO Select Check service with more details and filings from nonprofits and charities.

Organizations whose applications for tax-exempt status were delayed by the IRS could be getting $3.5 million.