April 15, 2005

Senate Told of Abuses by Nonprofits

By BRAD WOLVERTON

Abuses by nonprofit groups and donors are costing the federal government more than $15-billion a year in lost revenue, the Internal Revenue Service's commissioner, Mark W. Everson, told a U.S. Senate committee last week.

Mr. Everson's remarks came at a Finance Committee hearing on nonprofit organizations that is expected to serve as a prelude to a legislative package that key lawmakers say they plan to introduce this year.

At the hearing, senators took aim at charities and

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