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How TIFs Impact Racial and Economic Justice at the Local Level

NonProfit Quarterly

When it comes to racial and economic justice and government taxation, federal policy tends to get the most attention. However, state and local taxation are far more damaging. However, state and local taxation are far more damaging shifting the tax burden from the well-to-do to the least well off.

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Legislative Update – March 22

MNA Association

in Senate Taxation. The bill was heard in House Taxation and we await their decision. The bill will be heard in House Taxation on 03/24/2023. We value your unique place in advancing Montana’s quality of life. MNA will oppose and we encourage you to reach out to committee members.

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Looking for Tax Money in All the Wrong Places: Structural Racism at the IRS

NonProfit Quarterly

For these reasons, if a Black household and a White household have the same income, the White household is more likely to benefit from the tax code because the White household is far more likely to have inheritance income, have a tax-preferred retirement savings plan, own their home, and realize a higher value for their home.

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The Taxman Cometh, Part 1: The Downside of the 2017 Tax Bill for Nonprofits

The Agitator

Specifically, the Joint Committee of Taxation estimates that 28 million fewer people will take a charitable deduction, falling from about 30% of taxpayers to about 5% of taxpayers. I believe (for what it’s worth) that charity is a value instilled from early in life. The exemption has been moved from $5.5 We’ll discuss that tomorrow.

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Effective Tips to Help Make Your Payroll Processing Easier

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Employers are required to withhold the income tax on the employee’s salary and the amount is based on the difference between the purchase price of the equity and the value of the stock at the time of exercising the payment. Benefits taxation. The stock plans that are offered to the employees are taxable when they take effect.

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Oppose HB 391: Fees on Nonprofit Property

MNA Association

in House Taxation, Room 172. All fees would be calculated based on square footage (sf) of property improvements, instead of assessed value. CALL TO ACTION Legislature Heats Up This week we are issuing our first call to action of the session. The hearing on HB391 takes place Wednesday, February 8 at 9:00 a.m.

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Of Myths and Markets: Moving Beyond the Capitalist God That Failed Us

NonProfit Quarterly

One initiative that the Foundation for Enterprise Education favored in the 1940s and early 1950s was called Spiritual Mobilization, an organization that sought to persuade Christian clergy “that unregulated capitalism was not merely compatible with Christian values but founded upon them” (7).