Pennsylvania Poised to Take More Money, in the Form of Fees and Taxes, from Nonprofit Coffers?

On March 10, 2008, we blogged about the growing wealth of nonprofit institutions in Pittsburgh.  Well, on March 15, 2008, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review published an article suggesting one way in which Pennsylvania and its local governments might reap a share of the increasing nonprofit wealth.  The article speaks of a combination of service fees charged to tax-exempt owners of buildings in excess of 5,000 square feet and a special property tax of 10% of assessed value for the first five years that a nonprofit owns newly-acquired real property in the state.  For the full story, see “Charges on nonprofits proposed as alternative to drink tax” in the March 15, 2008, issue of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.  For additional coverage of this story, see “State to weigh nonprofit service fees Legislation would allow county to levy charges on tax-exempt properties” in the March 15, 2008, issue of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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