A federal appeals court affirmed the U.S. Department of Labor’s decades-old practice of using a salary threshold to help determine eligibility for an exemption from overtime pay. Still, legal challenges to the Biden administration’s 2024 rule remain.

ECFA told a federal court that a lawsuit filed against World Vision should be resolved in the ministry’s favor by a straightforward reading of civil rights law.

A “Super Bowl of Tax” is coming in 2025, and one senator is signaling that charitable giving incentives are going to be part of that conversation.

The IRS has issued several important updates about the Employee Retention Credit (ERC), a fully refundable payroll tax credit designed to assist employers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

An ECFA letter to Capitol Hill is getting attention as it warns of potentially life-threatening danger for Christian workers abroad if a foreign grants reporting bill advances unaltered.

In 2023, U.S. charitable giving reached a record-breaking $557.16 billion in current dollars, according to the annual report by Giving USA Foundation. Total giving remains above pre-pandemic levels, even when adjusted for inflation, but giving to religion was struck by the pandemic.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s overturn of a legal precedent that had required extensive deference to federal agency officials is likely to be significant in many court challenges to come, including religious liberty cases.

While upholding a 2017 tax on foreign earnings, the U.S. Supreme Court side-stepped a debate about the need for income to be realized before being directly taxed by the federal government. Recognizing the potential “blast radius” of the case, the court intentionally issued a narrow decision. 

The Protecting Charitable Giving Act would increase penalties and prosecutorial tools available to combat unlawful disclosure of Schedule B donor data. 

A federal appeals court recently upheld the rights of a religious school to employ teachers aligned with it on matters of faith. While ECFA celebrates this victory on constitutional grounds, we hope future challenges will be resolved by a straightforward reading of civil rights law.