TAX WATCH

Tax Agency Investigates Nonprofit Hospitals

By Elizabeth Schwinn

The Internal Revenue Service has begun looking into how well nonprofit hospitals are complying with federal law requiring them to provide social benefits, such as free or low-cost health care for the poor, in exchange for their tax-exempt status.

The tax agency has sent "compliance check" surveys to 550 nonprofit hospitals, asking them...

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