Tax policy/IRS

Federal appeals panel vacates lower court's ruling that medical residents (and their institutions) must pay Social Security taxes.

Congress seems poised to expand tuition tax breaks for students, but will colleges be taxed more to pay for them?

The leaders of the Senate Finance Committee have urged the U.S. treasury secretary to change the federal tax form that many tax-exempt entities file each year, with the goal of ramping up scrutiny of the complex financial operations of private nonprofit colleges and hospitals. The letter from Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) offers some new insights -- worrisome to college tax experts -- into the senators' interest in the possibility of penalizing institutions that are perceived as spending too small a proportion of their endowment assets.

As campaign gears up, agency guides colleges and other nonprofits on avoiding inappropriate interaction with candidates and voters.

New IRS guidelines ease limits on federally sponsored research that institutions can conduct in facilities built with tax-exempt bonds.

New report chronicles the barriers experienced by an oft-ignored group and offers some solutions.

Federal regulations for 403(b) retirement programs will increase requirements on colleges and other employers that offer them.

Committee's hearing touches on how much of universities' holdings get spent each year, how they invest in hedge funds and other tax-related issues.

As IRS releases new tax form for nonprofits, agency plans survey of how institutions compensate presidents, spend from endowments, and pay (or don't pay) unrelated business tax.

Lawmakers ask 136 institutions with endowments of at least $500 million for information about how they set tuition, award financial aid, and spend from their funds.