Calif. church ordered to give IRS info
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The Internal Revenue Service has ordered a prominent liberal church to turn over documents and e-mails it produced during the 2004 election year that contain references to political candidates.
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An IRS move will prove taxing for H&R Block and Jackson Hewitt.
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The U.S. Senate Finance Committee said on Wednesday it asked the Internal Revenue Service to update it on the latest and greatest tax avoidance schemes including those using nonprofit groups.
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A judge Monday unsealed the details of a record &#36;100 million settlement with a Southern California diocese over sex abuse allegations against clergy. Alleged victims sobbed as they spoke publicly about a deal that was nearly two years in the making.
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This election year has seen unprecedented outreach to churches by the Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns, and intensified political activity by the religious groups themselves. But some watchdogs for separation of church and state are concerned that congregations are violating the federal tax code, which restricts the political activities of certain nonprofits, including churches.
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By Sue Nowicki, The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Sep. 9--The First Congregational Church of Ripon has hired a new pastor to replace the one who sold the church building and parsonage without the congregation's knowledge.   The Rev.
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By Chuck Mueller, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Feb.
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With the campaign season in full swing, a liberal church is locked in an escalating dispute with the IRS over an anti-war sermon &#151; delivered two days before the 2004 presidential election &#151; that could cost the congregation its tax-exempt status.
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By David Pollak, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb.
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The charitable world is about to get a taste of the type of scrutiny over pay and governance that has become typical in corporate America -- courtesy of the Internal Revenue Service.
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BARTOW, Fla. - When a church group put a nativity scene on public property, officials warned it might open the door to other religious - and not-so-religious - displays. They were right.
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By Therese Poletti and Nicole C. Wo, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep.
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Roman Catholic Church officials asked for an investigation Thursday of two U.S. lawyers and an activist they claim are trying to extort money from the Mexican church with a lawsuit alleging Cardinal Norberto Rivera protected a pedophile priest.
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WASHINGTON -- The IRS has more than $73 million in tax refunds for thousands of taxpayers whose checks were returned to the tax agency as undeliverable.
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Beginning in the 2007 tax year, taxpayers must provide bank records or other information when claiming deductions for charitable donations of money, the Internal Revenue Service said in newly released guidelines.
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By Dave Downey, North County Times, Escondido, Calif.  Dec.
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By Bruce Gerstman, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep.