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AFP eWire
July 26, 2004
U.S. Charities Now Closer to Fax Rule Exemptions The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation (H.R. 4600) that would restore the "established business relationship" provision in the Federal Communications Commissions' (FCC) regulations. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
July 5, 2005
Congress Passes Do-Not-Fax Exemption for Charities Congress has approved legislation that will allow companies and nonprofits to send commercial faxes to customers, donors and members without a recipient's written consent. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
September 6, 2005
Letters Needed Now on Finance Committee Proposals! Numerous charitable giving tax incentives are at stake. It is critical that members take action now and contact their U.S. senators! mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
May 16, 2005
Legislative Update: Interim Nonprofit Panel Comments Due May 19 The Panel on the Nonprofit Sector has invited the nonprofit community to comment on a new set of draft recommendations designed to strengthen the governance, transparency, and ethical conduct of charitable organizations. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
June 14, 2004
Canadian Charities Asked to Contact CRTC by June 18! This is the deadline for submitting comments to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) regarding the impact that its new telemarketing regulations will have on fundraising. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
March 8, 2004
Care Act Given New Life as Amendment to Jobs Bill The Charity Aid, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act has been offered as an amendment to the Manufacturing Jobs Creation Act, giving the charitable incentives bill new life and an opportunity for approval in Congress. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
May 30, 2006
AFP Submits Additional Comments on Do-Not-Call List In response to continuing concerns from the Canada Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, AFP has submitted additional testimony regarding the implementation of a national do-not-call list and how it will impact charities. mark for My Articles similar articles
Geotimes
July 2007
Allyson K. Anderson
A Political Comment on ... The Life of a Bill A brief primer on bills originating in the Senate using S. 1321, the Energy Savings Act of 2007, a bill that the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources recently proposed. mark for My Articles similar articles
Inc.
December 2004
Darren Dahl
Fax Regs Rethought An effort is under way on Capitol Hill to roll back new Do Not Fax regulations that are set to take effect in January. The fear is that the new rules will hurt small businesses more than they will rein in overzealous faxers, so business groups are fighting back. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
October 12, 2004
California Registration Bill Signed Into Law California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law the Nonprofit Integrity Act (Senate Bill 1262), legislation that creates new registration and administrative requirements for fundraiser and charities. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
January 20, 2004
Anti-Spam Law Expected to Have Little Impact on Charities While some questions remain regarding its implementation, the Can-Spam bill (S. 877) signed by President Bush late last year should have little impact on most charities. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
August 26, 2004
California Assembly Approves Nonprofit Regulatory Bill The legislation increases certain reporting and disclosure requirements and incorporates some of the standards in the federal Sarbanes-Oxley law regarding corporate accountability. Other states may use it as a model for their own legislation. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
January 9, 2016
IRS Withdraws Substantiation Proposal Thanks to Thousands of Nonprofit Comments The Internal Revenue Service has dropped its proposal to create a new substantiation form that could have had charities asking for donor's Social Security numbers. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
March 27, 2006
New Non-itemizer Deduction Penalizes Donors Who Itemize The non-itemizer deduction in the Senate-passed tax reconciliation bill contains an unprecedented floor for charitable contributions that effectively taxes donors who itemize their gifts. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
March 31, 2006
Roy Mark
Senate Passes Phone Data Confidentiality Bill A U.S. Senate panel pushed out legislation yesterday that makes it illegal to acquire, use or sell a person's confidential phone records without affirmative written consent. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
December 11, 2015
Submit Your Comments NOW to the IRS on New Regulations Requiring Disclosure of Social Security Numbers The Internal Revenue Service is proposing regulations that would create a new donor disclosure form for donations over $250 that would require charities to collect their donors' social security numbers. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
April 18, 2005
U.S. House Ways and Means Committee to Hold Hearing on the Tax-Exempt Sector Following in the footsteps of the Senate Finance Committee's April 5, 2005, hearing on the charitable sector, the House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing titled "An Overview of the Tax-Exempt Sector." mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
March 20, 2012
Canadians Agree That Charities are Important to Society Canadians may be internationally known for our pleasant demeanour, but don't get us started on our national pastime of hockey or on how our nonprofits should be run; we have strong opinions about both. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
December 17, 2010
FCC Net Neutrality Plan in GOP Crosshairs House and Senate Republicans quicken drumbeat of opposition to Federal Communications Commission plan to enact net neutrality rules ahead of next week's vote. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
May 26, 2008
House Passes IRA Rollover The House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday, May 21, that included an extension of the IRA Rollover provision. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
September 20, 2011
AFP Opposes Capping Itemized Deductions, Including Charitable, to Pay for President's Jobs Bill AFP is chairing a coalition of groups to oppose any caps that would negatively affect charities. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
May 9, 2005
Legislative Update: Finance Committee Presses Forward with Reforms The Senate Finance Committee is now seeking to attach its proposed charitable reforms to completely unrelated legislation. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
June 2006
Melanie Waddell
Retirement Planning: The Healthcare Crisis How dire is the healthcare and retirement planning situation in America? A raft of proposals are floated to address the issue. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
May 12, 2008
AFP Seeks to Exempt Charities From Do-Not-Call List Fees The Canadian Parliament specifically exempted charities from the do-not-call list, and calls made by or on behalf of charities are not subject to the list and its accompanying regulations. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
June 21, 2004
House Passes Jobs Bill with New Vehicle Donation Rules The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a provision that would require donors to obtain an independent appraisal of their vehicle before donating it to charity. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
April 12, 2004
AFP Opposes FEC Rules on Political Activity, Advocacy The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) submitted comments to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) asking the commission to exempt 501(c) organizations from its proposed new rules on political committees and advocacy activities. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
June 14, 2004
Letters Needed on New Postal Service Regs---Write Now! The proposed USPS rule would change the guidelines for sending charitable solicitations and would no longer permit charities to distribute letters with dual purposes (education and fundraising). Deadline for letters to refute the exclusive purpose regulations is June 18, 2004. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
May 31, 2005
U.S. Finance Committee Turns Its Attention to Hospitals Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, requested detailed information from the nation's largest nonprofit hospitals to account for their charitable activities and validate the tax-exempt status they receive. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
April 16, 2013
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (April 16, 2013) Fundraisers, not just donors, are sick of endless appeals... Five questions every nonprofit donor should ask... 70% of charities forecast rise in donations in 2013... mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
November 5, 2009
Morgan Housel
Credit Card Regulation: Grasping at the Past The House of Representatives passed a bill to up the start date on credit card reform from February 22, 2010, to right away, to prevent customers being taken advantage of. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
February 16, 2011
GOP Reps Move to Topple Net Neutrality Rules Republican committee leaders introduce resolution of disapproval that would void FCC's net neutrality order, challenge commissioners on legality of rules. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
September 6, 2005
Charity Reform: Overview of Finance Committee Accountability Proposals This month, the committee is expected to finally introduce legislation that will cover a number of areas related to charity accountability and operations. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
November 8, 2004
New Postal Rule Eases Restrictions on Use of Personal Information Bowing to pressure from the nonprofit sector, the United States Postal Service has changed new regulations on the eligibility of nonprofit mail which contains personal information for Standard Mail rates. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
October 3, 2005
Care Act Introduced in House and Senate The Charity Aid, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act, S.1780, was reintroduced by Sens. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) and Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) on Sept. 28, 2005. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
October 6, 2004
Roy Mark
Lawmakers Urge FCC to Regulate VoIP House members write a letter to the commission, saying Voice over IP telephony issues are too important to await pending legislation. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
December 19, 2005
House Passes Tax Reconciliation Bill Without Charitable Giving Incentives or Reforms The House approved H.R. 4297, the Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act of 2005, by a vote of 234 -- 197 without any of the charitable giving incentives found in the Senate approved companion legislation. However, there does appear to be some negotiating room for the future. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
November 3, 2005
Roy Mark
Congress, VoIPs Move to Delay E911 VoIP industry goes to court, while lawmakers move to delay a Nov. 28 deadline for E911 compliance. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
January 9, 2007
Roy Mark
Sununu Wants to Squelch FCC Flag Raising U.S. Sen. John Sununu is working to prohibit the FCC's tech influence on electronics makers. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
June 3, 2014
The Long (and Continuing) Travels of the Charitable IRA Rollover Since being first approved in 2006, the IRA Rollover provision has expired -- and been reinstated -- several times in a process AFP and other charities have gotten used to. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
July 3, 2006
Charitable Reforms Tacked on to Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act The Senate Finance Committee has added numerous charitable reform provisions, including new disclosure requirements to S. 1321. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire New IRS Substantiation Proposal: More Paperwork The Internal Revenue Service has proposed new regulations that would modify its requirements that nonprofits obtain a "contemporaneous written acknowledgement" for contributions of $250 or more. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
April 29, 2015
Canada: Federal Budget Includes Key Giving, Charity Provisions Pushed by Charities, Fundraisers AFP will be discussing provisions with Members of Parliament and calling on its members, as well as all charities across Canada, to contact their MPs to support these important philanthropic proposals. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
April 25, 2005
House Ways and Means Committee Holds Hearing on the Tax-Exempt Sector The hearing examined the legal history of the tax-exempt sector, its size, scope and impact on the economy, the need for congressional oversight, IRS oversight of the sector and what the IRS is doing to improve compliance with the law. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
August 8, 2005
Car Donations Down at Many U.S. Charities The number of cars donated to charity has dramatically dipped since the beginning of 2005, and many of the charities experiencing downturns blame new laws passed by Congress to thwart tax fraud. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
June 30, 2009
Help AFP Fight Proposals That Would Limit Charitable Deductions The White House continues to press for harmful limits on charitable deductions to fund healthcare reforms. AFP urges you to contact members of Congress immediately to oppose these measures. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
May 21, 2004
Gifts of Patents, Intellectual Property Under Congressional Microscope A provision in the JOBS (Jumpstart our Business Strength) Act, recently passed by the Senate, would limit a donor's deduction for gifts of intellectual property. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
December 9, 2014
Take Action: Urge Your House Member of Congress to Pass Legislation That Includes a Permanent Extension of the IRA Rollover Provision The House plans to place the Supporting America's Charities Act (H.R. 5806) on the suspension calendar (a fast-track means of passing legislation) that would permanently extend three charitable provisions. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
May 2, 2005
Passage of Major Charitable Reforms by Memorial Day? According to Capitol Hill staff, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, is seeking to have his charitable reform measures passed by Memorial Day. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
October 18, 2011
Take Action Today to Oppose Any Tax Reforms That Would Harm Charitable Giving! The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing regarding the charitable deduction and discussed alternatives to the current itemized deduction. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
August 7, 2006
IRA Rollover Close to Final Approval The Senate passed a pension reform bill containing the IRA rollover provision and other charitable giving incentives, as well as a series of charitable reforms. mark for My Articles similar articles