Nonprofit Opposes Charitable Donation Substantiation Regs

We also believe this rule will discourage giving by donors already wary from many fraudulent schemes that take advantage of people via phone calls, direct mail, and the internet. Donors are also shoppers who have experienced an increase in hacks and identity thefts of their information from banks, large stores, etc.

We have many older adults in our community who fall prey to scammers, and like the IRS, we encourage them to never give out their social security number. This rule will be confusing and counterproductive for them and for us.

It simply makes now sense to subject nonprofits with limited capacity (we have no it department) to these rules, nor does it make sense to subject taxpayers to greater exposure and risk.