Nonprofits Under Fire: How the IRS Can — and Cannot — Revoke Federal Tax-Exempt Status
While ... announcements have sent a wave of fear, apprehension, and alarm through wide swaths of the nonprofit sector, it is important to note that neither the President, the Justice Department, the Treasury Department, or the IRS have the ability to revoke the federal tax-exempt status of any entity through Executive Order or with the mere stroke of a pen ... There are well-established procedures for revoking federal tax exemption.