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Nonprofits' Tax Exemptions Increasingly Under Fire.

Byline: Peter Blank, Joan Pryde

Tax breaks for nonprofit groups are facing heightened scrutiny from all levels of government because of concerns that some exempt organizations are primarily moneymaking operations that don't live up to the purposes for which they received their special tax status in the first place.

States and localities are combating the problem by denying property tax exemptions. This is a backdoor approach, since only the feds can yank a nonprofit's tax-exempt status. But it's a weapon that state and municipal governments are using more often when they believe exempt groups aren't toeing the line, especially when it comes to revenue producing ...

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