Accounting Today The Internal Revenue Service issued a revised Form 1024-A application Tuesday for tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)4 of the Tax Code, along with instructions permitting it to be filed electronically. The move is part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to expand the range of forms that can be filed electronically.

 The Lawton Constitution State Sen. George Burns, R-Pollard, has filed a measure that would modify the Oklahoma Religious Freedom Act to ensure government entities cannot close churches, religious institutions or houses of worship. The measure is a response to the closure of churches and houses of worship across the nation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New Mexico In Depth After a decade-long effort, New Mexico lawmakers passed new campaign reporting requirements in 2019 to force nonprofit groups, which can spend money on political campaigns without registering as political committees, to disclose their spending as well as the names, addresses, and contribution amounts of their donors who fund such “independent expenditures.” 

YourObserver.com After years of being exempt from local property taxes, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is facing nearly $1 million in taxes and assessments on its bayfront campus near downtown Sarasota.