New York Attorney General Halts Donor Identity Disclosure Rules

New York is suspending a state requirement to collect unredacted donor disclosures in annual filings of nonprofits effective immediately.

The decision to halt collection of the tax form comes a month after the Supreme Court struck down California rules that allowed the state to obtain disclosure information from nonprofits that identified donors over constitutional issues.

• The New York Attorney General said in a notice: “Any notices that charities received regarding any deficiency due to missing or incomplete Schedule Bs are no longer operative as to such deficiency, and annual filings will no longer be considered deficient in such regard.” ...