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Bill would shield volunteer nonprofit board members from personal liability for brief payroll tax lapses, advocates say
Summary
House Bill 665 would shield volunteer officers of small nonprofits from personal liability for certain unpaid employment withholding taxes, proponents said, to encourage volunteer service and reduce barriers to board membership.
Representative Bill Mercer and the Montana Nonprofit Association offered proponent testimony on House Bill 665, which would exempt certain volunteer officers of small nonprofit organizations from personal liability for unpaid employment (trust) taxes in narrowly defined cases.
Lorraine Burhop, policy director for the Montana Nonprofit Association, told the committee Montana has more than 8,000 charitable nonprofits and that a large share are small…
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