IRS Proposes Churches, Other Nonprofits Get Social Security Numbers from Donors

By Published on December 7, 2015

An Obama administration proposal to have some nonprofit charities report the Social Security numbers of donors giving at least $250 in one year is raising concerns about security, government overreach and another episode of IRS targeting.

“There’s a big caution here. There’s a big yellow light that should be flashing for a couple of reasons,” Illinois Republican Rep. Peter Roskam tells Fox News.

“Number one, the IRS has not demonstrated its capacity to hold this type of information from confidentiality and a security point of view.”

The change would impact organizations that fall into the 501 (c)(3) category, which includes churches and other religious or charitable groups.

Read the article “IRS Proposes Churches, Other Nonprofits Get Social Security Numbers from Donors” on foxnews.com.

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