Practice Areas
Foundations, Non-Profits, and Exempt Organizations
ScottHulse PC lawyers have extensive experience helping clients navigate the complex guidelines governing non-profits and tax-exempt organizations. The creation, operation, and dissolution of these organizations differs greatly from for-profit entities, particularly with regard to taxes. Our attorneys provide critical guidance to these organizations through all phases of a non-profit’s life.
Our experienced attorneys assist clients by offering guidance on:
- The preparation and submission of tax-exemption applications
- Compliance with federal and state laws and regulations that pertain to non-taxable entities
- Compliance with an IRS audit and representation throughout the process
- The creation of multiple entity structures in order to safeguard a non-profit’s exempt status as they grow
Select Representations:
- Represented many tax-exempt charitable organizations with respect to their initial organization and obtaining from the Internal Revenue Service confirmation of tax-exempt status.
- Reorganization of tax-exempt hospital system, creating taxable and tax-exempt affiliate entities.
- Reorganization of western United States (Texas, New Mexico, and Montana) system of entities that treat traumatized children, including creating a holding company and various affiliates.
- Reorganization of a regional charitable organization, including creation of holding company, tax-exempt affiliates and taxable affiliates.
- Represented clients with respect to contested Internal Revenue Service audits, involving threats to the tax-exempt status of such organizations and/or possible intermediate sanctions.
- Participated in hearings on behalf of various tax-exempt organizations at various levels of the Internal Revenue Service, including the National Office.
- Represented a tax-exempt charitable foundation with respect to the largest historic renovation project in the history of the region.
