We help nonprofits steer through the Internal Revenue Service’s tangle of statutes, laws, regulations, rulings, advice and informal practices. Our services range from obtaining tax exemptions for new organizations to advising on Form 990 reporting requirements to solving nonprofits’ most complicated tax problems. We have represented nonprofits in audits and at all levels of IRS proceedings. We have represented nonprofits in audits and at all levels of IRS proceedings, and have handled numerous examinations under the IRS’s Political Activities Compliance Initiative. We have secured numerous favorable private letter rulings, and firm partner Holly Schadler successfully argued the precedent-setting Sierra Club v. Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, 86 F.3d 1526 (9th Cir. 1996), which determined the royalty treatment of affinity credit cards under the unrelated business income tax. Every nonprofit group must be mindful of these complicated and evolving legal obligations. Institutional and individual funders and service providers must understand the tax rules in order to help organizations leverage their tax status to the greatest extent possible, without jeopardizing the organizations’ exemptions. Organizations must also consider the distinct but closely related requirements of federal and state election laws, and how tax law intersects with them. The firm’s lawyers regularly advise on these matters and have written widely about them. Follow the links below to see how we can help your organization:
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