February 25, 1999

Excerpts From Ruling on Charity's Loss of Tax Exemption

Following are excerpts from a ruling by the the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in a case known as United Cancer Council v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. The decision, written by Chief Judge Richard A. Posner, said the U.S. Tax Court was wrong to endorse the service's explanation for revoking the tax-exempt status of the cancer charity. The I.R.S. had argued that the organization's fund-raising consulting company had seized control of

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