Mayor Gainey’s office challenges several Pittsburgh nonprofits over tax-exempt status

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Mayor Ed Gainey’s workplace introduced on Tuesday additional motion in reviewing the tax-exempt standing of Pittsburgh-area nonprofits.

Mayor Gainey introduced that he and his workplace have accomplished a assessment of 10% of all non-government properties. Gainey’s workplace hopes to complete the assessment by 2024.

Twenty-six properties in and round Pittsburgh have been challenged by the mayor’s workplace, together with parking heaps, vacant heaps, housing complexes, and workplace areas, Gainey mentioned.

Organizations reminiscent of UPMC, Highmark, and Carnegie Mellon College might be topic to this assessment to find out whether or not they meet the factors to be labeled as purely public charities.

“We’re right here to guard the taxpayer and to verify everybody pays their fair proportion,” Gainey added.

The Allegheny County Board of Property Evaluation Appeals and Assessment will assessment the listing of properties to find out which organizations classify as purely public charities.

“The folks on this metropolis have a proper; our taxpayers mustn’t have to hold the burden,” Gainey mentioned.