AARP debate raises concerns.(American Association of Retired Persons' tax-exempt status)

From: Folio: the Magazine for Magazine Management | Date: September 15, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

The US Congress is investigating the financial well-being of nonprofit organizations as a possible source of taxes. The American Assn of Retired Persons keeps its publishing sector separate from its other functions and publications director Charles Allen does not believe a change in tax status for the organization will affect its publishing functions. Nonprofit organizations have already had changes made in their postal rates.

Recent congressional scrutiny of the monolithic American Association of Retired Persons, which publishes the 22.2 million-circulation Modern Maturity, has put other ...

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