Conservatives and nonprofit groups Thursday slammed a proposed IRS rule that could require charities to collect and report Social Security numbers for donors who contribute $250 or more, with Washington attorney Cleta Mitchell expressing "shock and dismay" over the potential repercussions of such a requirement.
"I think about every little church, every charity that anybody gives money to," Mitchell told Newsmax in an interview. "How does any donor know whether a charity is going to be able to protect that information?"
Tim Delaney, president and CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits, said the proposal "would be devastating for nonprofits and the general public.
"Nonprofits will be hurt because people will be reluctant to make a donation if it means they have to share their private Social Security number, plus it will divert limited resources away from missions to invest instead in costly new data security," Delaney said.
"Likewise, the general public will be hurt when scam artists call up claiming to be nonprofits to get Social Security numbers so they can then steal identities and commit fraud."
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If this actually happens, I will throw away before I donate anything else.
ReplyDeleteNPR/PBS/liberal progressive cause du jour to be excused from this stupid rule in 3...2..1..
ReplyDeleteanother reason to abolish the IRS and, therefore, NON-PROFITS!
ReplyDeleteWHAT ABOUT THE MARCH OF DIMES?? They pay their CEOS big bucks and the last thing I read was that the dime they send out every time only helps one person. We contacted them 2 yrs. ago told them to keep the dime and not send it to us. They did so. Now we get mail today with the dime enclosed and we are returning it so the CEOS can get a raise. One of the biggest rip offs yet. You don't think so? Check their profile.
ReplyDeleteRelax 11:26-keep doing what you have been doing and make up a social security number like the muslim in chief did. I feed the system phony info every chance I get. If it's good enough for the "president", then it's good enough for me.
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