September 15, 2005

Tax Agency Offers Guidance to Disaster-Relief Charities

By Grant Williams

The Internal Revenue Service has taken steps to help disaster-relief charities and their donors in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

The IRS announced that it would speed the processing of requests for tax-exempt status from new organizations that will assist hurricane victims. New organizations should file Form 1023 and write at the top of the form "Disaster Relief, Hurricane Katrina."

However, the tax agency encouraged people to work with existing organizations already

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