Benesch Partner Kevin Frankel Quoted in The Wall Street Journal on Potential Terrorist Designations for Nonprofits

The Wall Street Journal recently quoted Kevin Frankel, a partner at Benesch and lead of the firm’s State Attorneys General Practice Group, in the article “White House Weighs Executive Order Attaching Terrorist Label to Some Nonprofits.” The article examines the Trump administration’s consideration of an executive order that could designate certain nonprofit organizations as having terrorist ties, immediately suspending their tax-exempt status.

Throughout the article, Frankel provides insight into the potential use of Section 501(p) of the tax code and the scrutiny that could arise from its application to designated organizations.

Frankel noted that using the provision would allow the administration to reach organizations outside existing foreign-terrorism and sanctions systems, which in practice could include domestic groups.

Read the full article here.