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Learn about why tax-exempt financing is critical for universities to advance their mission of educating and innovating for the public good.
Taxation & Finance | Endowments and Charitable Giving | Nonprofit Tax Compliance | Issue BriefUnrelated business taxable income (UBIT) is income from a trade or business that is regularly carried on by a tax-exempt organization and is not substantially related to the organization's exempt purpose.
Taxation & Finance | Nonprofit Tax Compliance | Issue BriefThe vast majority of public and private universities and colleges are tax-exempt entities as defined by IRC Section 501(c)(3) because of their educational purposes—purposes that the federal government has long recognized as fundamental to fostering the productive and civic capacity of its citizens—…
Taxation & Finance | Nonprofit Tax Compliance | Issue BriefAAU joined 17 other higher education organizations on a letter to House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committee leaders to pass legislation to address issues in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, including the “kiddie,” parking, and endowment taxes, and to extend the above-the-line deduction for…
Taxation & Finance | Student Aid Tax Issues | Nonprofit Tax Compliance | LettersAAU joined APLU in filing an amicus brief in Allen v. Cooper, a case that will be argued before the Supreme Court on November 5.
Patents | Intellectual Property | Legal BriefAAU, APLU, and COGR submitted comments to the U.S. Patent and Trademark office expressing support for their 2019 Revised Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance, which revises the procedures officials use to determine patentability under Section 101 of the patent law.
Intellectual Property | Patents | CommentsLearn how the President's FY19 Budget Request will impact AAU's funding priorities.
FY19 | Federal Budget | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative | Department of Defense | Department of Education | Department of Energy | National Endowment for the Humanities | National Institutes of Health | National Science Foundation | NASA | Appropriations Tables | Fact SheetsStatus of FY19 appropriations including the President’s FY19 Budget Request for AAU’s funding priorities at NASA including Science, Aeronautics, Space Technology and Education Mission Directorates.
FY19 | Appropriations Tables | Agency Budgets | Federal Budget | NASA | Fact SheetsStatus of FY19 appropriations including the President’s FY19 Budget Request for AAU’s funding priorities at the National Science Foundation including Research and Related Activities, Education and Human Resources, and Major Research Equipment & Facilities Construction.
FY19 | Appropriations Tables | Agency Budgets | Federal Budget | National Science Foundation | Fact SheetsIn the wake of an unprecedented 35-day partial government shutdown, AAU President Mary Sue Coleman wrote to House and Senate leadership urging Congress to pass the unfinished FY19 appropriations bills before the current continuing resolution expires February 15.
Federal Budget | FY19 | Letters