How to Use tax-exempt in a Sentence

tax-exempt

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  • In exchange for the voluntary payments, the city agrees not to challenge the colleges’ tax-exempt status.
    Steph MacHado, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The suit was dropped, but Synanon could not regain public favor, closing down after the IRS revoked the group’s tax-exempt status in 1982.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Court records say the conversion was done solely to get the tax-exempt funding from the Arizona authority.
    Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2023
  • The land becomes tax-exempt and the developer agrees to reserve at least 50% of the apartment units for people making up to 80% of the area’s median income.
    Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2023
  • In 2019, the temple persuaded the IRS to recognize it not only as a tax-exempt religion but as a proper church.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The project also called for public support in the form of about $200 million in tax-exempt bond financing as well as a Brownfield future tax-capture.
    Detroit Free Press, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Ferguson’s fight drew media attention and even a threat to revoke the DAR’s tax-exempt status.
    Corinne Dorsey, Washington Post, 25 June 2023
  • The project mainly will be funded by tax-exempt municipal bonds.
    Audrey McAvoy, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2023
  • Then in 2019, Sanford Health — a not-for-profit, tax-exempt hospital system — acquired the nursing home.
    Harris Meyer, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Ptolemy declared the temples tax-exempt to curry their favor.
    Kate McMahon, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Under the statute, tax-exempt properties must fill out forms explaining their non-profit work.
    Yash Roy, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2023
  • Any income generated by the LLC would flow up to the charity, which being tax-exempt did not pay any taxes on that income.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Many items meet tax-exempt status — with certain price qualifiers.
    Ricardo Delgado, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The club, a nonprofit corporation, lost its tax-exempt status in 2010.
    Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 15 May 2023
  • The federal government is spending $3 billion on the project, as well as offering access to $3.5 billion in tax-exempt bonds.
    Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The tax-equivalent yield calculation provides a simple framework to compare a tax-exempt bond to a taxable bond.
    Chris Gunster, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The donors have not been released, and the organization, which has been tax-exempt just since January, has not yet filed documentation with the IRS that shows all of the people involved.
    Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Portable generators priced under $3,000 are the most expensive item on the tax-exempt list.
    Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Related: Hospitals need to earn their tax-exempt status The natural answer is their boards.
    Sanjay Kishore and Suhas Gondi, STAT, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Therefore, if the collectives aren’t tax-exempt, the donations collected wouldn’t be either.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The outlet compiled the list based on the Internal Revenue Service's Form 990 for tax-exempt organizations.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024
  • If accounting for the gains in investments made by charities themselves, which are also tax-exempt, the losses exceed $110 billion.
    Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Preserve Calavera is a grass-roots, tax-exempt local organization that works to protect open space in northern San Diego County.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The state statute in the middle of this controversy governs the procedure through which tax-exempt status is granted for any organization.
    Yash Roy, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2023
  • To preserve the gold’s tax-exempt status, it must be kept in a depository recognized by the Internal Revenue Service.
    Laxmi Corp, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The rest of the project will be privately funded, although taxpayers are contributing there as well; the Biden administration has enabled the project to borrow $3.5 billion through tax-exempt bonds.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Curtin said the group is in the process of applying for 501(c)3 tax-exempt status, launching a membership drive, and seeking sponsors for other events such as book discussions, coffee meetups, and wellness retreats.
    Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The Koch’s fundraising group was then fighting in court in California against a state regulation that required tax-exempt charities to disclose their major donors.
    David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Donors can verify a group’s status by using the IRS’ tax-exempt organization searching tool.
    The Arizona Republic, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The Times identified more than two dozen flood control and irrigation districts and tax-exempt water purveyors in the Tulare basin, although the exact number was difficult to come by.
    Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023

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