Charities Helping Americans Regularly Throughout the Year Act of 2019

To amend the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify certain charitable tax provisions. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Charities Helping Americans Regularly Throughout the Year Act of 2019 2. Determination of standard mileage rate for charitable contributions deduction (a) Determination of standard mileage rate for charitable contributions deduction Subsection (i) of section 170 (i) Standard mileage rate for use of passenger automobile For purposes of computing the deduction under this section for use of a passenger automobile, the standard mileage rate shall be the rate determined by the Secretary, which rate shall not be less than the standard mileage rate used for purposes of section 213. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to miles traveled after the date of the enactment of this Act. 3. Mandatory e-filing by exempt organizations (a) In general Section 6033 (n) Mandatory electronic filing Any organization required to file a return under this section shall file such return in electronic form. . (b) Conforming amendment Paragraph (7) of section 527(j) of such Code is amended by striking if the organization has such calendar year (c) Inspection of electronically filed annual returns Subsection (b) of section 6104 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following: Any annual return required to be filed electronically under section 6033(n) shall be made available by the Secretary to the public as soon as practicable in a machine readable format. (d) Effective date (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Transitional relief (A) Small organizations (i) In general In the case of any small organizations, or any other organizations for which the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary’s delegate (hereafter referred to in this paragraph as the Secretary (ii) Small organization For purposes of clause (i), the term small organization (I) the gross receipts of which for the taxable year are less than $200,000; and (II) the aggregate gross assets of which at the end of the taxable year are less than $500,000. (B) Organizations filing form 990–T In the case of any organization described in section 511(a)(2) 4. Modification of rules relating to donor advised funds (a) Allowance of tax-Free charitable distributions from individual retirement accounts (1) In general Clause (i) of section 408(d)(8)(B) or any fund or account described in section 4966(d)(2) (2) Effective date The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to distributions made in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018. (b) Return disclosures (1) Distributions Subsection (k) of section 6033 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking and (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting a comma; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (4) list the total number of such funds which were in existence for the 36-month period ending at the close of such taxable year, (5) list the total number of funds described in paragraph (4) which made at least 1 grant during the period described in such paragraph, and (6) set forth— (A) whether such organization has a publicly available policy with respect to funds which are inactive, dormant, or do not make distributions during the period described in paragraph (4), (B) a description of the organization's policy for responding to funds described in subparagraph (A) or a statement that no such policy is in effect, and (C) whether such organization regularly and consistently monitors and enforces compliance with the policy described in subparagraph (A) with respect to such funds. . (2) Effective date The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to returns for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019. 5. Modification of the tax rate for the excise tax on investment income of private foundations (a) In general Section 4940(a) 2 percent 1 percent (b) Elimination of reduced tax where foundation meets certain distribution requirements Section 4940 of such Code is amended by striking subsection (e). (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Charities Helping Americans Regularly Throughout the Year Act of 2019 This bill modifies several tax provisions in the Internal Revenue Code affecting charitable contributions and tax-exempt organizations. The Internal Revenue Service may determine the standard mileage rate for deducting the cost of using a passenger automobile for charitable purposes (currently set by statute at 14 cents per mile), and that rate may not be less than the rate for medical purposes (20 cents per mile in 2019). The bill requires tax-exempt organizations to file their returns in electronic form. The bill excludes from the gross income of an individual who is at least 70-1/2 years of age up to $100,000 in distributions from an individual retirement plan to a donor advised fund (DAF). The bill also modifies disclosure requires for DAFs. (A DAF is a fund or account that is separately identified by reference to contributions of a donor or donors. The account is owned and controlled by a sponsoring charitable organization, while the donor retains advisory privileges with respect to the distribution and investment of funds in the account.) The bill reduces from 2% to 1% the excise tax on the investment income of private foundations and eliminates a provision that reduces the rate to 1% if a foundation meets certain distribution requirements.