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Feb. 19, 2009
Nonsense for Nonprofits
A controversial IRS decision could reflect a sea change in the government’s approach to determining whether health care nonprofits deserve tax exemptions, writes Brietta Clark.
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By Brietta Clark Last week, the Internal Revenue Service published results from a study of nonprofit hospitals that are already generating questions about whether these hospitals deserve billions of dollars in tax exemptions. This report follows a controversial IRS decision to revoke a tax exemption for Vision Service Plan, a nonprofit eye-care insurance plan. This decision was challenged unsuccessfully in Vision Service Plan v. Un...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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