tax-exempt
adjective
tax-ex·empt
ˌtaks-ig-ˈzem(p)t 
1
: exempted from a tax
2
: bearing interest that is free from federal or state income tax
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The decision before the commissioners Tuesday was to approve a $13 million tax-exempt revenue bond for Republic Services.
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Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2024
The mailers were paid with $550,000 that was funneled through the dark-money group Grow United, a tax-exempt Delaware corporation.
—Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
Founded in 2005 as a kind of facilitator for tax-exempt organizations and charitable donors, Arabella provides back-office functions for nonprofits, including legal advice, human resources, accounting and the like.
—Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 4 June 2024
But that doesn’t help many health professionals, because the FTC Act gives the agency authority over companies organized to operate for profit but not over nonprofit, charitable organizations, which are also tax-exempt.
—Harris Meyer, Fortune, 27 May 2024
Kulkarni said the approval of the bankruptcy plan will allow the school to address its delinquency in registering as a charity with the Maryland Secretary of State and filing its IRS Form 990 for a tax-exempt organization.
—Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2024
The Conservative Partnership Institute applied to the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt nonprofit, and the agency approved.
—David A. Fahrenthold, New York Times, 6 May 2024
Last month, Brightline West broke ground on the 218-mile Las Vegas to Southern California system, bolstered by $3 billion from the Biden administration, along with access to $3.5 billion in tax-exempt bonds.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
The letter also calls for ethnic and community-specific media to receive a larger share of the money, and to expand the funding option for nonprofits, which as tax-exempt organizations would otherwise be ineligible to receive the credit.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 2 May 2024
Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2024
The mailers were paid with $550,000 that was funneled through the dark-money group Grow United, a tax-exempt Delaware corporation.
—Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
Founded in 2005 as a kind of facilitator for tax-exempt organizations and charitable donors, Arabella provides back-office functions for nonprofits, including legal advice, human resources, accounting and the like.
—Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 4 June 2024
But that doesn’t help many health professionals, because the FTC Act gives the agency authority over companies organized to operate for profit but not over nonprofit, charitable organizations, which are also tax-exempt.
—Harris Meyer, Fortune, 27 May 2024
Kulkarni said the approval of the bankruptcy plan will allow the school to address its delinquency in registering as a charity with the Maryland Secretary of State and filing its IRS Form 990 for a tax-exempt organization.
—Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2024
The Conservative Partnership Institute applied to the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt nonprofit, and the agency approved.
—David A. Fahrenthold, New York Times, 6 May 2024
Last month, Brightline West broke ground on the 218-mile Las Vegas to Southern California system, bolstered by $3 billion from the Biden administration, along with access to $3.5 billion in tax-exempt bonds.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
The letter also calls for ethnic and community-specific media to receive a larger share of the money, and to expand the funding option for nonprofits, which as tax-exempt organizations would otherwise be ineligible to receive the credit.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 2 May 2024
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