Nonprofit Issues

Congress to Consider Tax-Related Typhoon Haiyan Legislation

Later today the House of Representatives will begin consideration of a bill seeking to boost charitable giving for recovery efforts related to Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the Philippines last November. H.R. 3771, the Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act, is sponsored by Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and would allow contributions for Typhoon Haiyan recovery efforts made […]

Photos from the 2014 ACR Summit for Leaders

Suzy DeFrancis, chief public affairs officer for the American Red Cross, participates in a panel discussion at the 2014 ACR Summit for Leaders. To see other photos from the 2014 ACR Summit for Leaders, click here.

Live Blog: 2014 ACR Summit for Leaders

This is a live blog providing updates from the 2014 ACR Summit for Leaders. We’re just a few minutes from starting. We’ll have a few opening remarks followed by the congressional panel, which is off the record. Some comments from Adam Meyerson’s opening remarks: “A vibrant private sector generates the wealth and income that makes […]

Camp Tax Reform Bill to be Unveiled

House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) will release his tax reform bill next week, according to a report from Politico. “The Michigan Republican wrote his party’s tax panel members to make it official: He is moving forward with a proposal, the product of several years’ work,” the Politico article stated. Although many believe […]

ACR BLOG: With Malice Toward None

Today marks the 205th birthday of Abraham Lincoln, our country’s 16th president. On this occasion, we take a moment to highlight one of Lincoln’s most well-known passages from his second inaugural address. With the Civil War winding down, Lincoln offered this plea to the nation to mend the divisiveness that had resulted from the war: […]

Philanthropy and the State of the Union Address

Courtesy of Whitehouse.gov President Barack Obama gave the annual State of the Union address last night and touched upon several issues facing our nation, such as immigration and health care to name a few. The core of his speech and the impetus behind the proposals he offered, however, revolved around the concept of addressing income […]

The Twitter Conversation Regarding the Wyden/Thune Letter

A look at the the conversation on Twitter surrounding the submission of a letter by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and John Thune (R-SD) that was signed by 33 total senators calling for the protection of the full value and scope of the charitable deduction during comprehensive tax reform consideration. .@RonWyden & I led a bipartisan […]

An Early Look at the Next Expected Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee

With the nomination of current Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) to be ambassador to China, attention is moving to the man expected to take his place as the leader of the Senate’s tax-writing committee: Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon. We’ve compiled a few excerpts from profiles written about Wyden that offer a […]

Friday Deadline for Signatories of Wyden/Thune Letter

You may recall that Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and John Thune (R-SD) – both members of the Senate Finance Committee that oversees tax policy – authored a letter to fellow congressional members urging them to support protecting the “full value” of the charitable deduction. The deadline for other Senators to sign-on to this letter is […]