State rep takes another crack at taxing nonprofits
Don’t harm soup kitchens and homeless shelters!
That’s the feedback state Representative David Nangle got last year when he proposed that some Massachusetts nonprofits be forced to pay property taxes.
Despite complaints that some tax-exempt groups aren’t paying for their fair share of municipal services, his plan was derailed by concerns it would hurt small, low-budget charities.
Now the Lowell Democrat is back with a new proposal that addresses those fears: It targets only nonprofits that pay their executives hundreds of thousands — and sometimes millions — of dollars each year.
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