The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021 passed in March is the second largest COVID-19 stimulus measure to date and brought significant benefits to individuals, organizations, and benefits offerings. Among the individual rebate checks and expansion to tax credits for parents, there are a handful of provisions of particular interest for not-for-profit organizations. A brief recap of the most notable changes follows.
Topics: not-for-profit, NFP, Employee Benefits, Paid Family and Medical Leave, COVID-19, Paycheck Protection Program, PPP, PPP Loan, Stimulus, Employee Retention Tax Credit, ERTC, American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act, ARP Act, American Rescue Plan
In late July, Senate Republicans released a proposal for the fourth round of coronavirus relief legislation. The collective of bills involved are being referred to as the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools (HEALS) Act. The $1 trillion proposal contains nine separate bills that cover everything from expansions of existing coronavirus relief measures to additional funding for educational institutions. Below are five key proposals that could affect not-for-profit organizations..
Topics: not-for-profit, NFP, university, tax credit, COVID-19, Paycheck Protection Program, Employee Retention Credits, PPP, PPP Loan, Heals Act, Senate Republican, Stimulus, Republican Party
Rules requiring certain not-for-profits to report the names and addresses of major donors will remain in place for the time being. A recent ruling from the U.S. District Court of Montana set aside and declared unlawful the Revenue Procedure that would have exempted some types of not-for-profits from the requirement to report the names of their major donors in their annual information filings.
Topics: not-for-profit, Taxes, Donations, donors
The 2017 tax reform law gives donors more of an incentive to make charitable contributions, increasing the deduction allowed for cash contributions to public charities from 50 to 60 percent of adjusted gross income. Substantiating that deduction, however, may be more challenging due to recently finalized IRS regulations.
Topics: not-for-profit, Taxes, Tax Reform, charitable giving, Charitable contribution planning, Charitable Contribution Deductions
