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Nonprofits recount six-figure penalties as Senate hears House Bill 426 to allow retroactive relief for late filings
Summary
Nonprofit leaders told the Senate committee that late administrative filings cost their organizations tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars; House Bill 426 would allow select boards to excuse late filings for filings due in specific prior periods, with appeal rights to the Board of Tax and Land Appeals or superior court.
Representative John McDonald introduced House Bill 426 as a narrowly targeted, retroactive measure to give nonprofits relief for certain late A-9/A-12 tax-exemption filings. He said the bill is intended as a “bridge” for organizations that were late filing between specified dates and to allow select boards to consider appeals based on “accident, mistake, [or] misfortune.”
Nonprofit leaders described severe consequences after late filings. Peggy Henley Maniatas, executive director of the Wright Museum of World War…
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