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AFP eWire November 8, 2011	Take Action-- Write to Your Member of Congress Take action today to urge your Members of Congress to oppose any tax reforms that would harm charitable giving.
AFP eWire September 27, 2011	Action Alert: Charitable Deduction Will the deficit reduction super committee, composed of six House members and six Senators, consider the cap on itemized deductions?
AFP eWire September 20, 2011	AFP Opposes Capping Itemized Deductions, Including Charitable, to Pay for President's Jobs Bill AFP is chairing a coalition of groups to oppose any caps that would negatively affect charities.
AFP eWire December 20, 2011	AFP, Nonprofit Coalition Urge Congress to Preserve Charitable Tax Deduction The Association of Fundraising Professionals recently circulated a letter urging the Senate Finance Committee and the Members of Congress who were members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to preserve the current charitable deduction.
AFP eWire May 9, 2005	Legislative Update: Finance Committee Presses Forward with Reforms The Senate Finance Committee is now seeking to attach its proposed charitable reforms to completely unrelated legislation.
AFP eWire February 4, 2015	AFP Statement on President Obama's FY 2016 Budget AFP is pleased that the Obama Administration recognizes the importance of charities, and the critical part the charitable deduction plays in our society, in its FY 2016 Budget.
AFP eWire November 30, 2010	Proposed Deficit Reduction Measures Could Curb Charitable Giving Two organizations tasked with confronting the U.S. federal deficit have issued draft proposals to reduce the deficit.
AFP eWire June 30, 2009	Help AFP Fight Proposals That Would Limit Charitable Deductions The White House continues to press for harmful limits on charitable deductions to fund healthcare reforms. AFP urges you to contact members of Congress immediately to oppose these measures.
AFP eWire May 7, 2013	Taxation Committee Releases List of Reform Proposals for Charities, Philanthropy The IRA Rollover, the non-itemizer deduction and the conversion of the charitable deduction into a tax credit are just some of the proposals included in the Joint Committee on Taxation's report on the House Ways and Means Committee's Tax Reform Working Groups.
AFP eWire April 18, 2005	U.S. House Ways and Means Committee to Hold Hearing on the Tax-Exempt Sector Following in the footsteps of the Senate Finance Committee's April 5, 2005, hearing on the charitable sector, the House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing titled "An Overview of the Tax-Exempt Sector."
AFP eWire May 19, 2009	Obama Administration Continues to Push Proposal to Limit Charitable Deduction for the Wealthy The Obama Administration indicates it is interested in using the limitation on charitable deductions to help foot the bill for reforms.
AFP eWire March 5, 2014	Limiting Charitable Deductions Is Not The Way to Position U.S. for the 21st Century A budget proposal that would cap all itemized deductions -- including the charitable deduction -- at 28 percent for certain taxpayers would hurt charities' ability to help our citizens prepare for the 21 st century.
AFP eWire April 22, 2015	AFP Submits Comments to Senate on Tax Reform, Charitable Incentives Comments were offered to the Individual Income Tax and Business Income Tax Working Groups of the Senate Finance Committee, calling on the Senate to keep the charitable deduction in its current form.
AFP eWire November 8, 2004	Bush, Congress at Odds Over Charities? At his first press conference since being reelected, President Bush indicated that tax reform will be a priority in his second term and stated that tax incentives for charitable giving are very important and should not reduced.
AFP eWire April 11, 2005	Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on Charitable Reforms The April 5, 2005 hearing addressed proposals designed to curb abuses involving tax-exempt organizations.
AFP eWire March 27, 2006	New Non-itemizer Deduction Penalizes Donors Who Itemize The non-itemizer deduction in the Senate-passed tax reconciliation bill contains an unprecedented floor for charitable contributions that effectively taxes donors who itemize their gifts.
AFP eWire February 28, 2014	Charities, Fundraisers Call New Tax Plan a "Mixed Bag"--Appreciate Simplification, Concerned About Impact on Giving The Association of Fundraising Professionals today expressed its appreciation to Rep. Dave Camp (R-Minn.) for recognizing the unique value of the charitable deduction in his new plan that seeks to simplify the tax code.
AFP eWire September 6, 2005	Charity Reform: Overview of Finance Committee Giving Reform Proposals This month, the Senate Finance Committee is expected to finally introduce legislation that will dramatically affect numerous tax incentives for charitable giving.
AFP eWire February 15, 2011	White House Again Proposes Cap on Charitable Deductions President Obama's FY2012 Budget includes a cap on itemized deductions, including charitable deductions, for high-income taxpayers to pay for an Alternative Minimum Tax fix.
AFP eWire June 6, 2005	Senators Caution Finance Committee on Impact of Charitable Reforms A bi-partisan group of U.S. Senators, led by Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) and Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), have sent a letter to the leaders of the Finance Committee, urging them to ensure that their proposed charitable reforms do not adversely affect legitimate nonprofit organizations.
AFP eWire April 25, 2005	House Ways and Means Committee Holds Hearing on the Tax-Exempt Sector The hearing examined the legal history of the tax-exempt sector, its size, scope and impact on the economy, the need for congressional oversight, IRS oversight of the sector and what the IRS is doing to improve compliance with the law.
AFP eWire July 8, 2015	Senate Working Groups Highlight Charitable Giving Incentives in Tax Reform "Exploration" Charitable giving incentives, including the IRA Rollover Provision, were featured prominently in the reports of the Senate Finance Committee working groups that identified key areas for future consideration during the tax reform debate.
AFP eWire May 16, 2005	Legislative Update: Interim Nonprofit Panel Comments Due May 19 The Panel on the Nonprofit Sector has invited the nonprofit community to comment on a new set of draft recommendations designed to strengthen the governance, transparency, and ethical conduct of charitable organizations.
AFP eWire June 7, 2004	Senate Hearings on Charities & Charitable Gifts Set for June 22 The U.S. Senate Finance Committee has announced a hearing that will focus on a number of issues related to charitable giving abuses, governance and best practices.
AFP eWire February 14, 2005	Congressional Committee Proposes New Limits on Charitable Deductions A new report by the Joint Committee on Taxation in Congress includes proposals to limit or eliminate certain types of deductions for charitable giving.
AFP eWire May 2, 2005	Passage of Major Charitable Reforms by Memorial Day? According to Capitol Hill staff, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, is seeking to have his charitable reform measures passed by Memorial Day.
AFP eWire November 21, 2005	U.S. Senate Passes Tax Reconciliation Bill Containing Giving Incentives and New Taxes on Certain Contributions In general, the Senate bill appears to be a mixed bag for the sector, containing a number of provisions that appear likely to boost charitable giving.
AFP eWire March 2, 2009	New Obama Plan Would Reduce Charitable Deductions for Wealthy By limiting the size of charitable tax breaks for the wealthy, this measure would reduce by as much as 20 percent the amount wealthy taxpayers could get in tax breaks.
AFP eWire December 19, 2005	House Passes Tax Reconciliation Bill Without Charitable Giving Incentives or Reforms The House approved H.R. 4297, the Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act of 2005, by a vote of 234 -- 197 without any of the charitable giving incentives found in the Senate approved companion legislation. However, there does appear to be some negotiating room for the future.
AFP eWire December 8, 2009	Decreasing Value of Charitable Deduction Would Have Negative Impact, Many Charities Say More than half of charitable fundraisers surveyed indicated their organizations would be hurt by a White House proposal to decrease the value of the charitable deduction.
AFP eWire November 26, 2013	The Second Annual "Protect Giving Day" Invites You to Be the Charitable Deduction On Nov. 20, over 140 organizations participated in the Charitable Giving Coalition's Protect Giving - DC Day to continue the fight to preserve the full value of the charitable deduction
AFP eWire January 21, 2015	Tax Reform Efforts Starting in Congress The Charitable Giving Coalition has sent a letter to new members of Congress encouraging them to preserve the full scope and value of the charitable deduction.
AFP eWire January 2, 2013	Charitable Deduction Not Taken Down by the Fiscal Cliff The charitable deduction was left mostly unscathed by the fiscal cliff negotiations and the recently passed bill.
AFP eWire August 11, 2015	AFP News Release: Clinton College Plan Damaging to Philanthropy Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's college tuition plan would limit the value of the charitable deduction for gifts made by certain taxpayers.
AFP eWire December 5, 2012	Hundreds of Charitable Leaders Descend on Capitol Hill to Make Case for Charitable Tax Deduction "The message was clear. The crucial work of the charitable sector in our communities is at risk when any proposals to limit or cap the charitable tax deduction are considered," said Rhett Butler from the American Association of Gospel Rescue Missions.
AFP eWire February 16, 2010	AFP Joins Coalition to Urge Obama Not to Limit Charitable Tax Deduction President Obama has included in the FY2011 budget a proposal to limit the value of itemized deductions for charitable contributions.
AFP eWire February 4, 2015	Charitable Giving Coalition Letter to the President The Charitable Giving Coalition, a diverse group representing private and community foundations, supports the language included in the Buffett rule proposal in the Administration's FY 2016 Budget that specifically protects the full value of charitable deduction.
AFP eWire June 28, 2004	Will U.S. Senate Hearing on Charity Abuses Spark Additional Legislation? The Senate Finance Committee is planning to introduce new legislation later this year in response to the hearing that focused on abuses in the charitable sector.
AFP eWire March 29, 2011	Policy Update: AFP Urges Senate Committee to Support Tax Incentives for Giving The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing titled "How Do Complexity, Uncertainty and Other Factors Impact Responses to Tax Incentives" to determine whether tax incentives actually work, or whether they reward behavior that would have occurred anyway.
AFP eWire September 10, 2015	Bush Tax Plan Preserves Charitable Deduction Governor Jeb Bush has proposed a tax reform structure that protects America's long-standing commitment to charitable giving and philanthropy by keeping the value of the charitable deduction intact.
AFP eWire March 5, 2009	Obama Administration Might Abandon Plan to Reduce Charitable Deductions for Wealthy Obama's current plan would limit the value of the tax break for itemized deductions, including donations to charity, to 28 percent for families making more than $250,000.
AFP eWire February 14, 2013	Fundraising Chief Watt Calls on Congress to Preserve Charitable Deduction, Look at New Ways to Invest in Communities Andrew Watt, the president and CEO of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, called the charitable deduction a "powerful symbol of American philanthropy" and urged Congress to preserve the deduction.
AFP eWire March 27, 2006	Grassley to Investigate Nonprofit Hospitals The chair of the Senate Finance Committee and the lead critic of nonprofits in Congress, is now expanding his investigation of the sector into nonprofit hospitals.
AFP eWire October 3, 2005	Care Act Introduced in House and Senate The Charity Aid, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act, S.1780, was reintroduced by Sens. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) and Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) on Sept. 28, 2005.
AFP eWire May 31, 2005	U.S. Finance Committee Turns Its Attention to Hospitals Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, requested detailed information from the nation's largest nonprofit hospitals to account for their charitable activities and validate the tax-exempt status they receive.
AFP eWire September 30, 2015	Trump Tax Plan Mixed on Charitable Giving Andrew Watt, the president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, released a statement in response to Donald Trump's tax reform plan.
AFP eWire November 5, 2007	Senate Considering Nonprofit Hospital Reforms Republican staff for the Senate Finance Committee has developed a series of proposed reforms related to governance, meeting community needs and levels of charitable care.
AFP eWire March 14, 2005	Bush Nixes Non-Itemizer Despite New Study About Its Impact The Bush Administration has indicated it will no longer push for passage of the non-itemizer deduction, even as a new study shows the provision would increase giving for the United Way of America (UWA) and other organizations.
Financial Planning November 1, 2011 Martin Shenkman	Outcome Pending Many clients won't move forward on tax and estate planning now because of the tremendous uncertainty in Washington over tax laws.
AFP eWire November 6, 2012	Help Protect the Charitable Deduction: Attend the Charitable Giving Coalition's Capitol Hill Event AFP, as chair of the Charitable Giving Coalition, invites its U.S. members to attend the Charitable Giving Coalition's inaugural Capitol Hill fly-in event, "Protect Giving-DC Days," on Dec. 4 and 5.