In an unusual commitment to Washington, the tax-exempt foundation not only pledged to pay real estate taxes but said it also would require condominium buyers and other tenants eligible for tax exemptions to pay real-estate taxes as a condition of purchase.
In 1984, having bought the factory from NL for $10 in a deal that meant the firm was exempted from having to pay for its clean-up, the federal government began a massive decommissioning project, supervised by the Army Corps of Engineers.
A watchdog group on Friday asked the Federal Election Commission to investigate whether Herman Cain's campaign and his campaign manager, Mark Block, violated federal law by allowing a tax-exempt organization to pay some costs associated with Mr. Cain's presidential run.
In addition, as the country struggled with a recession, resentment over the royals' lifestyle mounted, and in 1992 Elizabeth, although personally exempt, agreed to pay taxes on her private income.
In 1997, Mr. Gingrich was rebuked by the House, in a 395-28 vote, for using tax-exempt groups to pay for a college course he taught, which investigators concluded promoted "a partisan, political message for the purpose of building the Republican Party".
PAGE B1 New York DEVELOPER OF NETS' ARENA Can Use Tax-Exempt Bonds Federal tax officials ruled that the developer of a billion-dollar basketball arena for the Nets at the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn can use tax-exempt bonds to pay for the building.
The use of tax-exempt bonds to pay for the New York stadiums is being investigated separately by Mr. Brodsky and a Congressional subcommittee led by Representative Dennis J. Kucinich of Ohio, whose panel is also examining the perks obtained by the city and has scheduled a hearing for Thursday.
Federal tax officials ruled this week that the developer of a billion-dollar basketball arena for the Nets at the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn can use tax-exempt bonds to pay for the building, providing some rare good news for the delay-plagued project.
The plan was for Gingrich to teach his RAC course at Georgia's Kennesaw State College and for the college to help manage tax-exempt donations to pay for it.
