Storms Brewing on Legislative Front

But despite what has been a dubious effort at the state and local level, the Senate Finance Committee, led by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), its chairman and driving force, is preparing to foist a new set of federal laws and regulations on nonprofit organizations.

Believe me, the heavy arm of the federal government will be quite a different experience compared to what state and local jurisdictions have been trying to do. Some already have suggested that, at a minimum, the majority of nonprofit organizations — and there are 1.2 million charities, churches and social welfare groups in our country (about 85,000 new ones each year) — will have to add accounting or legal staff to handle compliance.