Hospital Loses State Tax Exemption

A ruling last month to remove the tax-exempt status of a nonprofit hospital could lead to similar challenges at other hospitals, according to the American Hospital Association.

An Illinois state tax panel last month stripped a Catholic hospital of its tax-exempt status. The Champaign County Board of Review, which recommended that the hospital's tax exemption be revoked, had argued that much of the hospital is used by outside for-profit groups and questioned whether it provides charity

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