UK drops plan to let volunteering shorten migrants' wait for settlement after charity objections
The Home Office cited safeguarding and verification concerns. NCVO calls it a win; Asylum Matters says the wider settlement plan remains damaging.
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Twenty attorneys general ask IRS to withdraw private school rule, warning of court fights over donors' gifts
Comments closed November 3 on a rule the IRS says may affect 18,000 schools. States say rewriting race-based scholarships needs their assent and often a court.
FinCEN lists 22 red flags for nonprofit abuse and asks banks to judge each charity on its own
A Treasury notice gives banks a reporting code for sham charities, fraud and embezzlement at nonprofits, and says most U.S. nonprofits present a low risk.
Scotland names Pauline Radcliffe to chair its charity regulator from December
The former SCQF Partnership chief will lead OSCR's board for four years from December 1, after the current chair's term was extended to allow the search.
IRS puts its new group exemption form online as nonprofit networks face a January 2027 deadline
Central organizations can now file Form 15644 online. Groups that predate the 2026 rules must meet several of them by January 22, 2027.
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What changed for charitable deductions in 2026: the new rules for donors who itemize and those who don’t
The 2025 tax law gave non-itemizers a deduction of up to $1,000 or $2,000 and set a 0.5% floor for itemizers. Here is how the 2026 rules work for donors.
Thirty states have opted into the new federal scholarship tax credit for 2027, IRS list shows
Kansas, Kentucky and North Carolina joined after June 8. Donors to listed scholarship charities may claim up to $1,700 for gifts made from January 1, 2027.
UK Budget 2026 brings VAT relief on donated medicines and a handful of smaller changes for charities
The Budget set a VAT zero rate for donated medicines, a vehicle tax exemption for search and rescue charities and changes to tax relief on gifts of art.
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What charities and churches can and cannot do in the 2026 midterm elections
Tax law bars 501(c)(3) groups from backing or opposing candidates but allows nonpartisan voter drives, forums and issue advocacy. Here is where the lines fall.
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- Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request Concerning Procedures for Requesting Competent Authority Assistance Under Tax TreatiesFederal Register: Internal Revenue Service ·
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- DCMS Sector Economic Estimates: EmploymentGOV.UK: Charities and social enterprises ·
- DCMS Sectors Economic EstimatesGOV.UK: Charities and social enterprises ·
- DCMS Sector Economic Estimates: Gross Value AddedGOV.UK: Charities and social enterprises ·
- 'First Dates' maître d's charity unveils new restaurant in Staffordshire women's prisonGOV.UK: Charities and social enterprises ·
- Guidance on Eligible Investments for Trump Accounts; HearingFederal Register: Internal Revenue Service ·
- Appointment of Members of the Legal Division to the Performance Review Board, Internal Revenue ServiceFederal Register: Internal Revenue Service ·