Article: Nonprofits are under the Congress microscope

WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers are taking a close look at charities and tax-exempt organizations such as universities and hospitals to assess claims that nonprofit groups are using their legal status as a cover for criminal behavior.

Millions of groups that claim nonprofit motives use the tax- exempt status. It can apply charities, foundations, credit unions, civic leagues, political associations, farmers' cooperatives, mutual insurance associations and religious orders.

In the House, the pricing practices of tax-exempt and other hospitals is the subject of a Ways and Means subcommittee hearing Tuesday.

Witnesses set to appear Tuesday before the Senate Finance Committee intend to say that state and ...

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