+The tax applies to things such as as free parking, employer-subsidized transit fares and even flexible spending accounts such as the pre-tax deductions for mass transportation expenses, said Linda Czipo, president and chief executive of the...
+But the nonprofit sector is increasingly worried that no such bill will become law before the filing season comes to an end.
+David Thompson predicts that designated parking spots for pastors in Charleston, the so-called “Holy City,” may soon disappear as churches realize they can’t afford a new tax on employee parking.
+“It will impact organizations that never had to file these forms. Now they have to,” said David L. Thompson, vice president of public policy for the National Council of Nonprofits in Washington.
+Meanwhile, the National Council of Nonprofits in late November urged members of Congress to repeal ...
+It’s not all good news.
+But the move didn't satisfy a major nonprofit association, which said repealing the tax is "the only reasonable response."
+David L. Thompson, Vice President of Public Policy of the National Council of Nonprofits, was critical of the IRS’s notice and said that it demonstrates that the tax on nonprofits’ expenses for transportation benefits needs to be repealed.
+Nonprofits were not overly impressed with the new guidance and are hoping for a full repeal of the provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
+"We're encouraged by the bipartisan recognition of the damage that a new 21 percent tax would have on nonprofits' ability to serve their communities," said David Thompson, vice president of public policy at the National Council of Nonprofits.
