SOI Tax Stats - What's New

SOI Tax Stats - What's New: 2012 Spring SOI Bulletin—Statistics of Income (SOI) has released the 2012 Spring SOI Bulletin. Articles included in the publication provide the most recent data available from various tax and information returns filed by U.S. taxpayers.

Pittsburgh urged to examine nonprofit donations - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh urged to examine nonprofit donations - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: As Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl rolled out a no-tax-increase budget for 2013, state overseers Monday suggested that city council establish a task force to study the contentious issue of nonprofit contributions.

White House Philanthropy Event Was a Closed-Door Affair - Government & Politics Watch - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

White House Philanthropy Event Was a Closed-Door Affair - Government & Politics Watch - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: The event—hosted by the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation and attended by philanthropists, nonprofit leaders, government officials, and others—was not announced publicly and was closed to the news media.

There were no news releases, White House blog mentions, or Webcasts.

A few participants blew the event’s cover, however. One nonprofit group sent out a news release about its founder’s plans to attend

Donors to nonprofit campaign groups can remain secret - Washington Times

Donors to nonprofit campaign groups can remain secret - Washington Times: With the presidential campaign now entering in its final phase, a federal appeals court Tuesday overturned a ruling that could have curbed the ability of secret-money outside groups from running advertisements during that critical time.

The court said that nonprofit groups such as Crossroads GPS, the Republican group helmed by Karl Rove, do not have to disclose their donors, even if they run ads that clearly name a political candidate in the two months before an election.

Ottawa strips tax-exempt status from 67 charities, including B.C. food bank

Ottawa strips tax-exempt status from 67 charities, including B.C. food bank: OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency has stripped the tax-exempt status from 67 charities, including a B.C. food bank that used a higher chunk of its donations to cover the president’s wages and expenses than it did buying food for clients.

The Small Charitable Donations Bill should be index-linked | Third Sector blog | Third Sector blogs

The Small Charitable Donations Bill should be index-linked | Third Sector blog | Third Sector blogs: he GASDS, and the Small Charitable Donations Bill that will bring it into existence, have been criticised because of the bureaucracy involved, particularly the need for a good Gift Aid record before you can take part, and the need to collect at least �1 in Gift Aid for every �2 raised under GASDS.

But the scheme actually has another, perhaps more serious flaw: it’s not index-linked.

This issue is the kind of detail that doesn’t sound exciting, but has the potential to mess up the whole thing.

Charity Regulator Start Date In Doubt | Pro Bono Australia

Charity Regulator Start Date In Doubt | Pro Bono Australia: The start date of Australia’s first charity regulator on October 1st is in doubt after the Greens announced their intention not to pass the establishing legislation without amendment and until the concerns raised by the Not for Profit sector have been addressed.

National charity regulator gets the nod | The Australian

National charity regulator gets the nod | The Australian: National charity regulator gets the nod

From: AAP
September 12, 2012 6:59PM



A FEDERAL parliamentary committee has given the tick of approval to plans for a national regulator for the charities and not-for-profits sector.

The joint committee on corporations and financial services has released its report on the government's Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Bill 2012 and two related bills.

Labor wants to establish a national regulator for the charities and not-for-profits sector.

No need for new charities regulator: Coalition

No need for new charities regulator: Coalition: The Coalition will oppose the Gillard government's proposed charities regulator, and would dismantle it if elected to government.

Labor says its proposed Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission will reduce the administrative burden on the not-for-profit sector by harmonising and centralising regulation.

Gessler drops nonprofits' filing fee to $1 - Denver Business Journal

Gessler drops nonprofits' filing fee to $1 - Denver Business Journal: Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler will drop most filing fees for nonprofit organizations to $1 as of Oct. 1, he announced Tuesday — which is expected to cost his office $1.1 million in annual revenue but that he hopes will help nonprofits.

FRSB to be fundraising regulation’s public face - Charity fundraising news - News - Civil Society

FRSB to be fundraising regulation’s public face - Charity fundraising news - News - Civil Society: he Institute of Fundraising, PFRA and Fundraising Standards Board have agreed that the FRSB will be put forward as the official public face for fundraising complaints following a challenge set forth by Lord Hodgson to simplify the system.

The chief executives and chairs of the fundraising umbrella body troika met yesterday in the first of a series of gatherings to discuss how to respond to Lord Hodgson’s challenge, in his Charities Act Review, to remove confusion from the present system.

Legislative focus on philanthropy in China set to accelerate | philanthropy-managment.com

Legislative focus on philanthropy in China set to accelerate | philanthropy-managment.com: According to a report in China Daily, China is speeding up legislation for the philanthropic sector, including setting clear rules for foreign NGOs. A report published in April by the China Charity and Donation Information Centre, affiliated with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, showed that less than 3% of 1,000 US-based non-profit organisations operating in China had registered with Chinese civil affairs authorities.

Crowdsourcing The Audit & Accounting Guide For Nonprofits � Sage Words

Crowdsourcing The Audit & Accounting Guide For Nonprofits � Sage Words: AICPA wants your input and perspective on changes to the Audit & Accounting Guide for Not-for-Profit Entities. They are currently seeking feedback and comments from “preparers, auditors and users of not-for profit entity financial statements and other interested parties”. You can find a notice of their intent and copy of the draft on their website here.

NPOs marred by legal loopholes |Highlights |chinadaily.com.cn

NPOs marred by legal loopholes |Highlights |chinadaily.com.cn: China is speeding up legislation for the rapidly growing philanthropic sector, including setting clear rules for foreign organizations, an expert from the legislation team said in Beijing on Saturday.

There are loopholes in the existing legal system, which has failed to set do's and don'ts for international non-profit organizations and provided only sketchy information for foundations' operations, Jin Jinping, director of the non-profit Organization Law Research Center at Peking University, said at an internati

Northern Irish regulator receives daily emails about charity misconduct - Charity governance and trustee news - News - Civil Society

Northern Irish regulator receives daily emails about charity misconduct - Charity governance and trustee news - News - Civil Society: The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland receives concerns about suspected charity misconduct and mismanagement on a daily basis from members of the public, says its annual report released this week.

The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland (CCNI) gained the power to investigate Northern Ireland charities last year and has conducted well over 100 investigations since.