Tax-Exempt Organizations

How much unrelated business activity is too much?

This item discusses the IRS position allowing the unrelated activities to be substantial so long as they are not the organization’s “primary purpose,” while also acknowledging the confusion and uncertainty on this point.

Sorting out tax exempts’ UBTI painlessly

To help exempt organizations “silo,” or separately compute, their unrelated business or trade income, three experts who will be giving a presentation on the topic at the upcoming Not-for-Profit Industry Conference offer their thoughts.

Sec. 403(b) retirement plans: A comparison with 401(k) plans

Tax-exempt Sec. 501(c)(3) charities, public schools, and certain other entities can generally adopt either Sec. 403(b) or Sec. 401(k) retirement plans. While the rules applying to these plans are often substantially the same, there are many significant differences.

Disallowed transportation fringe benefit rules proposed

The IRS issued proposed regulations implementing changes to Sec. 274 that disallow a deduction for the expense of any Sec. 132(f) qualified transportation fringe provided to an employee, effective for amounts paid or incurred after Dec. 31, 2017.

UBTI silo rule regs. are issued in proposed form

The IRS issued proposed regulations on how to identify separate trades or businesses to determine a tax-exempt organization’s unrelated business taxable income under new rules that require different trades or businesses to be reported separately or siloed.

Tax Insider Articles

DEDUCTIONS

Business meal deductions after the TCJA

This article discusses the history of the deduction of business meal expenses and the new rules under the TCJA and the regulations and provides a framework for documenting and substantiating the deduction.

TAX RELIEF

Quirks spurred by COVID-19 tax relief

This article discusses some procedural and administrative quirks that have emerged with the new tax legislative, regulatory, and procedural guidance related to COVID-19.