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Volume 77, Number 4 ■ April 2016 News and Analysis TE/GE to Revise Document Request Approach During Exams ........................ 247 No Material Form 990 Changes in 2015; Some for 2016 ............................. 248 Exam Agents Cannot Reclassify EOs ............................................. 249 501(c)(4) Notification Regs in the Works ......................................... 249 Whistleblowers Should Be Specific, IRS Official Says ............................... 250 No Stopping Political Nonprofits Now, Some Say ................................... 250 Hearing Looks at Use of Tax Code to Stifle Campus Speech .......................... 253 Watchdog Renews Call for IRS Probe of NRA ..................................... 253 Ways and Means Tax Counsel Sees Window for Tax Reform in 2017 .................... 254 IRS Political Subdivision Proposal Could Be Controversial ........................... 254 Political Subdivision Proposal Gets Frosty Reception ............................... 255 As Staff Levels Fall, IRS Bonds Team Streamlines ................................. 256 CREW Still Wants Investigation Despite Trump Group’s Admission .................... 257 Special Reports The 21st Century Fight Over Who Sets the Terms of the Charity Property Tax Exemption, by Evelyn Brody ............................................................ 259 Why Your Organization Should Care About the Final Allocation and Accounting Regulations for Bond-Financed Facilities, by Vicky Tsilas and Lauren K. Mack ............................................ 279 The Missing Tax Benefit of Donor-Advised Funds, by John R. Brooks .......................................................... 283 Focus on the IRS REG-129067-15; 2016-10 IRB 421, IRS Publishes Proposed Regs Defining Political Subdivision ............................................................... 299 IRS Amends Applicability Dates of Political Subdivision Regs ........................ 304 Court Opinions IRS Must Comply With Discovery Orders in Exempt Org Suit ........................ 310 For more Exempt Organization Tax Review content, please visit www.taxnotes.com. Table of Contents (C) Tax Analysts 2016. All rights reserved. does not claim copyright in any public domain or third party content. April 2016 The Exempt Organization Tax Review FROM THE EDITOR .......................243 The Missing Tax Benefit of Donor-Advised Funds, by John R. Brooks ..................... 283 CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS ...........245 IRS CHIEF COUNSEL ADVICE NEWS AND ANALYSIS IRS Letter Rulings ..................... 295 IRS E-Mail Chief Counsel Advice .......... 296 TE/GE to Revise Document Request Approach During Exams ....................... 247 FOCUS ON THE IRS IRS News ........................... 297 No Material Form 990 Changes in 2015; Some for 2016 ....................... 248 IRS Tax Correspondence ................. 297 Internal Revenue Bulletin ................ 297 Exam Agents Cannot Reclassify EOs .......... 249 IRS Publications ....................... 298 501(c)(4) Notification Regs in the Works ....... 249 Other IRS Documents ................... 298 Whistleblowers Should Be Specific, IRS News Releases ..................... 299 IRS Official Says ..................... 250 Treasury Tax Correspondence ............. 299 No Stopping Political Nonprofits Now, Some Say . 250 Full Text Guidance REG-129067-15; 2016-10 IRB 421, Hearing Looks at Use of Tax Code to IRS Publishes Proposed Regs Defining Stifle Campus Speech .................. 253 Political Subdivision ................ 299 Watchdog Renews Call for IRS Probe of NRA . 253 IRS Amends Applicability Dates of Political Ways and Means Tax Counsel Sees Window Subdivision Regs ................... 304 for Tax Reform in 2017 ................. 254 FOCUS ON CONGRESS IRS Political Subdivision Proposal Could Be Summaries ...........................307 Controversial ....................... 254 Congressional News Releases .............. 307 Political Subdivision Proposal Gets Frosty Congressional Tax Correspondence .......... 307 Reception .......................... 255 Testimony Other Than IRS and Treasury ...... 308 Washington Roundup ................... 308 As Staff Levels Fall, IRS Bonds Team Streamlines . 256 COURT OPINIONS CREW Still Wants Investigation Despite Trump Group’s Admission .............. 257 Summaries ...........................309 Washington Roundup ................... 309 SPECIAL REPORTS Full Text Court Opinions IRS Must Comply With Discovery Orders in The 21st Century Fight Over Who Sets the Terms of the Exempt Org Suit ...................310 Charity Property Tax Exemption, by Evelyn Brody ...................... 259 CURRENT LITIGATION STATUS REPORT ....... 317 Why Your Organization Should Care About the Final STATE TAX NEWS ........................319 Allocation and Accounting Regulations for EO TAX LAW WORLDWIDE ..................323 Bond-Financed Facilities, by Vicky Tsilas and Lauren K. 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