CHAPTER 7
Exempt Organizations as Accommodating Parties in Tax Shelter Transactions

  1. § 7.2 Prevention of Abusive Tax Shelters
  2. § 7.3 Excise Taxes and Penalties

§ 7.2 PREVENTION OF ABUSIVE TAX SHELTERS

(b) Reportable Transactions

(ii) Listed Transactions  p. 568. Add footnote 32.1 at the end of the second sentence in the first paragraph:

32.1 In 2015 the Treasury Department issued final regulations that address the proper tax treatment of the transaction described in Notice 2008-99. Consequently, transactions that are the same as, or substantially similar to, transactions described in Notice 2008-99 are no longer considered “transactions of interest,” effective for transactions entered into on or after January 16, 2014. 2015-35 I.R.B. 221 (Aug. 11, 2015).

p. 568. Add the following to the end of the first paragraph:

In IRS Notice 2017-1036.1 the IRS now treats as a listed transaction a conservation easement arrangement involving the syndication of conservation easements that purport to give investors charitable deductions significantly greater than the amounts invested. The notice identifies certain conservation easement arrangements as taxable in this transaction and designates them as listed transactions for purposes of Treas. §§ 1.6011-4(b)(2), 6111, and 6112.36.2

(vii) Reporting Requirements  p. 570. In the second paragraph of this subsection, add the following before the last sentence:

In 2014 the Form 990's Schedule A was expanded to require Type III organizations to complete a list of questions related to compliance with the detailed rules pertinent to supporting organizations, and the instructions to Schedule R, “Related Organizations and Unrelated Partnerships,” were amended to clarify that transactions with disregarded entities do not need to be reported on Part V, “Transactions with Related Organizations.”

§ 7.3 EXCISE TAXES AND PENALTIES

(c) Disclosure Requirements

p. 573. Delete the last sentence (and footnote) of the first full paragraph and replace it with the following:

If the exempt organization fails to do so, the IRS imposes a further penalty of $100 for each day of nondisclosure, up to a maximum penalty of $50,000 for any one disclosure.67

NOTES

  1. 36.1 IRS Notice 2017-10, I.R.B. 2017-4 (Jan. 23, 2017) (https://www.irs.gov/irb/2017-04_IRB/ar12.html).
  2. 36.2 For more detailed discussion, see subsection 16.3(g).
  3. 67 IRS Publication 557, “Tax-Exempt Status for Your Organization,” 21 (Feb. 2015).
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