December 12, 2018 - NPCC is supporting the Strong Nonprofits for a Better New York’s campaign to sign on to this letter encouraging the New York City Charter Revision Commission to include procurement reform as a key issue in their work this year. We encourage NPCC members, particularly those with government funding, to sign on.

December 10, 2018 - Congratulations NPCC members! You did it! Because of your advocacy, late Friday night, Governor Cuomo signed the law that decouples the state and federal tax law so that New York State will NOT tax nonprofits on commuter benefits.

Nov 28, 2018 - Thanks to your good work, the UBIT bill (S8831/A11051), which will eliminate the state Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) on commuter benefits, including Buffalo NFTA Metro Pass, NYC Metrocard, Rochester RTS Pass, or employee parking, has been called up by the Governor.

Sept 27, 2018 - The Daily News published an op-ed in September by the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York (NPCC), Human Services Council (HSC) and the New York Council Of Nonprofits (NYCON) regarding the UBIT/commuter benefits issues. You can read the full op-ed on the Daily News website.

Sept. 21, 2018 – The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service have issued a Request for Comments on proposed interim and transition rules (Notice 2018-67) for interpreting they way that nonprofits calculate UBIT payments. The new Section 512(a)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code changes the way nonprofits calculate UBIT; instead of aggregating all of their profits and losses from unrelated business activities, nonprofits must now "silo" their revenues and expenses for each "separate" "trade or business" and pay UBIT on each.

Sept. 21, 2018 – The U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service announced draft regulations designed to change how the federal government will treat donations to charitable organizations that generate state or local tax credits. The proposal would address New York’s new tax laws that seek to convert some state and local tax (SALT) payments (that are capped at $10,000 under the 2017 federal tax law) into uncapped charitable deductions.

Aug. 13, 2018 – As a result of the new federal tax law, nonprofit employers must now pay Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) on commuter benefits, including Buffalo NFTA Metro Pass, NYC Metrocard, Rochester RTS Pass, or employee parking. Because of your advocacy, the New York legislature recently passed S8831 and A11051 to decouple the federal and state tax law to eliminate the New York State tax.

June 21, 2018 – Thanks to your great advocacy, the nonprofit sector has had a great – and cost-saving – victory! The bills to fix the unintended consequences of an additional 9% unrelated business income tax (UBIT) on commuter benefits passed this week.

June 11, 2018 – A recent memo from NPCC and some members of a larger coalition calls for legislation to pass bill S.88831. We need your help in making this happen. We need to pass this legislation in this session – so time is of the essence! Use the coalition's call script and sample letter to contact your state legislators today.

June 6, 2018 - NPCC is part of a coalition that is advocating with New York State to reform our state tax law and reduce the cost to nonprofits by decoupling the federal and state law, therefore keeping New York from charging the 9% tax on these benefits.