#Harvard is among the vast majority of public & private #universities & #colleges that are #TaxExempt.

Under the #law, the #IRS initiates investigations based on established criteria & procedures, not based on presidential directives. The IRS is expected to operate independently & without political pressure.

If the IRS found that Harvard’s tax-exempt status should be revoked, Harvard would be given notice & an opportunity to contest the finding in court.

In recent weeks & days, the #Trump admin began a review of $9B in federal contracts & grants to #Harvard; called for restrictions including a #MaskBan & *#DEI* removal; threatened to strip Harvard of its #TaxExempt status; & demanded info on some #visa holders at Harvard w/ a threat to take away its ability to enroll #foreign #students.
Harvard on Monday rejected numerous demands that it said would cede control to the govt. The Trump admin subsequently said it was freezing $2.3B in funding.
#law

#IRS Is Actually Said to Be Considering Whether to Revoke #Harvard’s #TaxExempt Status — Cuz #USA Is An #Autocracy Now

The move would be a major violation of the law upon orders from the #Trump admin as it attempts to choke off federal money & support for #research & #academia in US #universities.

[Jiminy Cricket am I editorializing & cursing in print more & more now that muther f⁕⚠︎er is in office!]

#law #AntiIntellectualism #RevengePolitics #extortion #MafiaState
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/trump-irs-harvard.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=45189BD7-601D-485A-8FE9-6A8489FF334F

The #authority to investigate & change #TaxExempt statuses rests solely w/ #IRS, & the president is BARRED from directly or indirectly requesting that the agency exercise that #power against taxpayers [including #universities].
Andrew De Mello, the IRS’s acting chief counsel, received the request Wed from ofcls in the #Treasury Dept…
The Trump admin has displaced numerous IRS leaders to empower political allies…
Trump on Tues [YESTERDAY] appointed Gary Shapley the agency’s acting commissioner….

#TaxExempt status is available to charitable, religious & #educational orgs, as well as social welfare groups. But the organizations must strictly adhere to tax laws that prohibit them from engaging in certain political activity. There is NO proof that #Harvard violated any of those guardrails.

“The #IRS is supposed to administer the tax rules impartially, not pursue political #vendettas against exempt organizations,”said Steve Rosenthal, who served as snr fellow at the #TaxPolicy Center.