The Act of November 3, 2022, No. 152, P.L. 2145, amends the Charitable Gift Annuity Exemption Act (No. 127 of 1996) to allow charities to purchase “de-risking annuity contracts” from insurance companies to make the payments required by charitable gift … Continue reading
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When a charitable nonprofit corporation did not agree to maintain a mosaic on the outside of the building it owns, the preservation of the mosaic would be expensive and is not within the charity’s exempt purposes, and the decision of … Continue reading
H.R. 2484 was signed into law by Governor Wolf on July 23, 2020, becoming Act 71 of 2020. The act amends Titles 15 and 20 to allow nonprofit corporations and charities to pay out more than 10% of their charitable … Continue reading
The Internal Revenue Service has introduced a new online service that can provide additional information about tax-exempt organizations. According to IR-2018-116, the new Tax Exempt Organization Search (TEOS) replaces EO Select Check (a more limited service available since 2012) and makes … Continue reading
There are several circumstances under which notice must be given to the Attorney General of Pennsylvania: When a will has been probated that includes gifts to charities of more than $25,000, or which will not be be paid in full, … Continue reading
The Commonwealth Court has affirmed a decision of the Orphans’ Court of Montgomery County that a donor to a foundation lacks standing to enforce the conditions of a loan made by the foundation to a church when there was no … Continue reading