October 28, 2024
A Texas nonprofit corporation that coordinates healthcare mostly for privately insured patients does not qualify for tax-exempt status because its business fails to help the larger community, the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday in affirming a U.S. Tax Court decision.
September 05, 2024
The commissioner of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service told a Fifth Circuit panel Thursday that the U.S. Tax Court got it right when it barred a Texas company that coordinates healthcare for chronically ill patients from claiming tax-exempt status, telling the court that secondary social welfare effects of the company's business model aren't enough to establish tax-exempt status.
May 06, 2024
A Texas company that coordinates healthcare for chronically ill patients should not be barred from claiming tax-exempt status, it told the Fifth Circuit on Monday, arguing that the U.S. Tax Court applied an incorrect legal standard when it revoked the group's status.