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Ubit Me!, Thomas E. Simmons Dec 2016

Ubit Me!, Thomas E. Simmons

Thomas E. Simmons

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Algunas Reflexiones Sobre El Régimen De Prevención Del Lavado De Activos Para Las Personas Jurídicas Que Reciben Donaciones O Aportes De Terceros, Tadeo Leandro Fernandez Apr 2016

Algunas Reflexiones Sobre El Régimen De Prevención Del Lavado De Activos Para Las Personas Jurídicas Que Reciben Donaciones O Aportes De Terceros, Tadeo Leandro Fernandez

Tadeo Leandro Fernandez

El objetivo de esta colaboración es describir y analizar algunos de los problemas que enfrentan las organizaciones sin fines de lucro (“OSFL”) en lo que respecta al cumplimiento de las normas de prevención del lavado de dinero y financiamiento del terrorismo (“PLA/FT”) frente a la Unidad de Información Financiera (“UIF”).

Adelantamos nuestra posición en cuanto debería suprimirse la condición de sujetos obligados (“SO”) para estas entidades toda vez que su regulación excede el marco de las Recomendaciones del Grupo de Acción Financiera (“GAFI”), que dan origen a todo el sistema internacional PLA/FT.


The 21st Century Fight Over Who Sets The Terms Of The Charity Property Tax Exemption, Evelyn Brody Mar 2016

The 21st Century Fight Over Who Sets The Terms Of The Charity Property Tax Exemption, Evelyn Brody

Evelyn Brody

Turning from the substantive issue of defining charity, this article considers the “who” question by examining the roles of the courts, legislatures, municipalities, and charities in determining exemption and payments in lieu of taxes.  The three covered topics – constitutional power, statutory interpretation, and the “intermediate sanctions” of user fees and PILOTs – braid together to form the procedural framework for the financial relationship between nonprofit property owners and the taxing jurisdictions that host them.  Change the parameters of one, and you change the others. 

Staying off the rolls or minimizing the tax bite often results from compromise – whether …


Commercializing And Protecting Intellectual Property In An Increasingly Open And Fluid World, Terri Lynn Helge, Deborah L. Lively Mar 2016

Commercializing And Protecting Intellectual Property In An Increasingly Open And Fluid World, Terri Lynn Helge, Deborah L. Lively

Terri L. Helge

For all non-profit organizations, intellectual property is important whether it is intellectual property created by the organization or instead is intellectual property used by the organization in the operation of its business.


Joint Ventures Of Nonprofits And For-Profits, Terri Lynn Helge Mar 2016

Joint Ventures Of Nonprofits And For-Profits, Terri Lynn Helge

Terri L. Helge

This article summarizes special tax considerations that should be taken into account when for-profit parties seek to engage in joint ventures with charitable organizations. In particular, there are two areas of concern unique to charitable organizations with respect to joint ventures with for-profit parties. First, certain rules restrict or prohibit a charitable organization's ability to enter into transactions with insiders. Second, a charitable organizations' participation in a joint venture with a taxable party may cause the charitable organization to incur unrelated business taxable income or lose its tax-exempt status. Underlying both of these areas of concern is the overriding concern …


Nuts And Bolts Of Unrelated Business Income Tax, Terri Lynn Helge Mar 2016

Nuts And Bolts Of Unrelated Business Income Tax, Terri Lynn Helge

Terri L. Helge

This paper summarizes the unrelated business income tax rules as they apply to tax-exempt charitable organizations described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code. Since the 1950s, the unrelated business income tax has been imposed on a charity’s net income from a regularly carried on trade or business that is unrelated to the charity’s tax-exempt purposes. Often times, the justification for imposing this tax on a charity’s net income from unrelated business activities is that such activities involve unfair competition with the charity’s for-profit counterparts.


Legal Aspects Of Special Events, Terri Helge Mar 2016

Legal Aspects Of Special Events, Terri Helge

Terri L. Helge

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Then You Need To Keep It: Complex Ubit Issues And Strategies For Coping, Terri Helge Jan 2016

Then You Need To Keep It: Complex Ubit Issues And Strategies For Coping, Terri Helge

Terri L. Helge

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Fragmented Oversight Of Nonprofits In The United States: Does It Work? Can It Work?, Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer Dec 2015

Fragmented Oversight Of Nonprofits In The United States: Does It Work? Can It Work?, Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer

Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer

The United States is well known for its distinctive although not unique division of political authority between the federal government and the various states. This division is particularly evident when it comes to oversight of nonprofit organizations. The historical focus of federal government oversight has been limited primarily to qualification for tax exemption and other tax benefits, with more plenary power resting with state authorities. Over time, however, the federal government’s role has come to overlap significantly with that of the states, and many nonprofits have become subject to regulation by multiple states as their operations and donor bases expand …