Farah is a Past Chair of the Taxation Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association and is currently Chair of the Tax-Exempt Organizations Committee of the Taxation Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
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Farah N. Ansari is a partner with Schenck Price, where she is Co-Chair of the Nonprofit Practice Group and a member of the Tax Planning Practice Group. Farah acts as outside counsel to nonprofits and possesses significant experience counseling nonprofit organizations including charities, foundations, educational organizations, arts organizations, religious organizations, hospitals and other tax-exempt organizations in both New York and New Jersey. Farah’s practice includes counseling on issues relating to the formation of public charities and private foundations, including those with foreign operations. Farah also assists organizations with their transactions, contract negotiation and tax exemption compliance.
Farah routinely provides guidance on many nonprofit/tax-exempt related topics, including the following: supporting organization issues; the unrelated business income tax (including audits); private foundation excise taxes, including self-dealing and expenditure responsibility; issues relating to private operating foundations; corporate sponsorships; conflicts of interest; excess benefit transactions; cause-related marketing; making grants; excess executive compensation; nonprofit governance; the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act; fundraising; and real property tax exemption.
Farah is also well-versed in Federal and State tax laws, providing tax-related guidance to both businesses and individuals. She is experienced in handling federal and state tax controversies in relation to income, withholding, and sales and use tax issues. Farah represents clients before the taxing authorities, in audits and in negotiating settlements, and in New Jersey Tax Court.
A Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel and the American Bar Foundation, Farah is a past Chair of the Taxation Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association and is currently Chair of the Tax-Exempt Organizations Committee of the Taxation Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. She is a member of the Legal, Wealth & Tax Advisory Committee of the Community Foundation of New Jersey. Farah is also a member of the Government Relations Council of Nonprofit New York and the New York City Bar, Non-Profit Organizations Committee. Farah is a Board Member of Women@NJPAC and the JBWS (Jersey Battered Women's Service). She is also a member of the TEGE Exempt Organizations Council. Farah lectures frequently on tax and nonprofit-related topics. Farah was ranked Band 2 in Tax Law in Chambers USA 2024.
Farah is a member of Schenck Price's Management Committee.Farah chairs Schenck Price's Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
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- January 16, 2024Farah N. Ansari Speaks at the New York City Bar Association's Non-Profit Organizations Committee Meeting
- September 20, 2023Farah N. Ansari Presents at PLI's "Nonprofit Organizations 2023: Governance, Reporting, Compensation, and Ethics" Program
- September 7, 2023Farah N. Ansari Attends ABA Business Law Fall 2023 Meeting as Chair of Committee on Governance for Nonprofits
- June 7, 2023Farah N. Ansari Joins Panel at 2023 Nonprofit Symposium
- May 19, 2023Farah N. Ansari Presents at NJSBA's 2023 Annual Meeting and Convention
- April 27, 2023Farah N. Ansari, Co-Chair of the Committee on Governance for Nonprofits of the ABA, Joins Conversation at Committee Spring Meeting
- March 7, 2023Farah N. Ansari Presented at Strafford's "UBTI and UBIT for Exempt Organizations" Webinar
- Jul 26, 2022Tax Treatment of Exempt Organization Real Estate Income
- May 19, 2022Ansari Speaks on "What Lawyers Need to Know About Taxes" at NJSBA Annual Meeting
- Nov 15, 2018Association of Fundraising Professionals, New Jersey Chapter, 38th Annual Conference on Philanthropy
- Sep 28, 2018Tax Law 101: What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Taxes
- Sep 22, 2018What's New in the Laws Regulating Non-Profits
- Jun 28, 2018How Tax Reform Will Impact Not-for-Profit Organizations
- Jun 19, 2018Navigating U.S. Tax Reform – Implications for U.S. Businesses and Individuals
- May 18, 2018The Impact of Tax Reform on Business Transactions
- May 17, 2018What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Taxes
- Mar 29, 2018The Ins and Outs of UBIT (Unrelated Business income Tax) and your Non-Profit
- Jan 29, 2018Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 – How the New Tax Bill Will Affect You, Your Clients and Your Practice
- Oct 14, 2016Tax-Exempt Organizations – From Start to Finish
- Sep 30, 2016Tax-Exempt Issues
- Jul 14, 2015New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- Nov 4, 2014Elder Law in a Day
- Apr 16, 2020Revisions to New Jersey Business Corporation and Nonprofit Corporation Law to Allow Meetings by Remote Communications
- Mar 31, 2020Financial Relief for Nonprofits under the CARES Act
- Dec 20, 2017Tax Report - December 2017
- Sep 7, 2017IRS Revokes Hospital's IRC 501(c)(3) Status for Failure to Comply with Requirements Imposed Under IRC 501(r)
- August 23, 2024NJBIZ Leading Women in Business Honoree
- August 22, 2024Schenck, Price, Smith & King LLP Partner Ranked in Chambers USA 2024
- August 7th 2024Partner Farah N. Ansari ranked in Chambers USA
- March 25, 2024Twenty-Seven Schenck Price Attorneys Named to 2024 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- October 9, 2023Farah N. Ansari and Robert F. McAnanly Assist Three Non-Profit Entities in Obtaining Full Forgiveness of Nearly $17 Million in PPP Loans
- May 11, 20232023 Edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists Include 30 Schenck Price Attorneys
- Aug 15, 2022Ansari Appointed ABA Committee Co-Chair
- Mar 17, 20222022 Edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers Includes 34 Schenck Price Attorneys
- Oct 5, 2021Schenck Price Sponsors YCS Charity Golf Classic
- March 23, 20212021 Edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers Includes 32 Schenck Price Attorneys
- Mar 10, 2021Schenck Price Welcomes Two Interns for the Diversity & Inclusion Law Student Internship Program
- Nov 7, 2020Schenck Price Is Sponsor of Garden State Bar Association 45th Anniversary Scholarship & Awards Gala
- Mar 13, 20202020 Edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers
- Jan 3, 2020Schenck Price Welcomes Three New Partners into Our Firm: Farah N. Ansari, Katherine A. Gilfillan and Jason J. Waldstein
- May 17, 2018NJSBA Taxation Section Chair
- Jan 1, 2018Douglas Eisenberg and Farah Ansari Publish 2017 Tax Report
- October 01, 2017Health Law Dispatch - October 2017
- Sep 17, 2017Legal Updates for Businesses - September 2017
- May 23, 2017Farah N. Ansari has been installed as Chair of the Taxation section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
- May 01, 2017Health Law Dispatch - May 2017
- January 01, 2017Health Law Dispatch - January 2017
- Jun 24, 2015SPSK Women's Initiative Hosts Food Drive for "Brown Bag Buddies"
- May 19, 2015Farah N. Ansari has been elected First Vice Chair of the Taxation Section of The New Jersey Bar Association 2015-2016
- Dec 2, 2014The Emerging Challenge to Non-Profit Real Property Tax Exemption
- July 10, 2023Legal Updates for Businesses - July 2023
- February 23, 2023Legal Updates for Businesses - February 2023
- Feb 18, 2020Legal Updates for Businesses- February 2020
- February 01, 2019Health Law Dispatch - February 2019
- August 01, 2018Health Law Dispatch - August 2018
- Dec 20, 2017Tax Report - December 2017
- December 01, 2017Health Law Dispatch - December 2017
- October 01, 2017Health Law Dispatch - October 2017
- Sep 7, 2017Legal Updates for Businesses - September 2017
- May 01, 2017Health Law Dispatch - May 2017
- January 01, 2017Health Law Dispatch - January 2017
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- NJBIZ Leading Women in Business 2024 Honoree
- Ranked in Chambers USA* in Band 2 for tax law in 2024
- 2018-2024 "Top Lawyer" in Non-Profit Law in Morris/Essex Health & Life Magazine
- Selected by peers to become a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
- Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel
- Selected to the 2017-2024 New Jersey Super Lawyers® * list, published by Thomson Reuters
- Selected to Morris County's Top Lawyers list (2018-2024)
- Repeatedly selected to the New Jersey Rising Stars® * list, published by Thomson Reuters, in the area of Tax Law*
- Chosen as one of the New Jersey Law Journal's New Leaders of the Bar, 2015*
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- Co-presenter, "Tax-Exempt Organizations Primer and Key Considerations", 2024 Annual Meeting and Convention, NJSBA, May 15, 2024
- Speaker, Committee on Governance for Nonprofits Fall Meeting, American Bar Association, April 4, 2024
- Speaker, Non-Profit Organizations Committee Meeting, New York City Bar Association, January 16, 2024
- Speaker, "Executive Compensation Basics & Developments - Internal Revenue Code 4960," Practising Law Institute (PLI), September 20, 2023
- Speaker, Committee on Governance for Nonprofits Fall Meeting, American Bar Association, September 7, 2023
- Panelist, "Do More with Your Human and Financial Resources," 2023 Nonprofit Symposium, June 7, 2023
- Co-presenter, "Nonprofit Basics and Things to Watch Out For," 2023 Annual Meeting and Convention, NJSBA, May 19, 2023
- Speaker, Committee on Governance for Nonprofits Spring Meeting, American Bar Association, April 27, 2023
- Speaker, "UBTI and UBIT for Exempt Organizations: Mastering Form 990-T, Siloing Unrelated Activities, and Avoiding Audit Traps," webinar, Strafford, March 7, 2023
- Speaker, "Representing Non-Profit and Charitable Organizations - The Basics and Beyond," webinar, NJICLE, September 30, 2022
- Speaker, "Nonprofit and For-Profit Entity Intersection 2022: Achieving Charitable Goals Through Innovative and Nontraditional Mechanisms," webinar, Practising Law Institute, September 20, 2022
- Speaker, "Tax Treatment of Exempt Organization Real Estate Income," Strafford, July 26, 2022
- Moderator and Speaker, "What Lawyers Need to Know About Taxes," New Jersey State Bar Association's Annual Meeting, May 19, 2022
- Speaker, “Tax-Exempt Organizations” at the NJICLE webcast entitled, “What Every Lawyer Needs to Know about Taxes,” December 16, 2021
- Speaker, Practising Law Institute, "Nonprofit Organizations 2021 - Governance, Reporting, and Compensation Issues," webinar, September 29, 2021
- Speaker, 84th Semi-Annual Tax and Estate Planning Forum - New Developments, The Impact of COVID-19, and More, "Things To Be Wary of When Dealing With Charitable Organizations" webinar, December 8, 2020
- Speaker, Practising Law Institute, "Nonprofit Organizations 2020 - Governance, Reporting, and Compensation Issues," webinar, October 2, 2020
- Speaker, "New Proposed UBTI Regulations: Identifying Separate Trades or Businesses, Siloing NOLs, Related CARES Act Changes," July 9, 2020 webinar, Strafford
- Contributing author, February 2020 Legal Updates for Business
- Co-author- Financial Relief for Nonprofits under the CARES Act
- Co-author, Revisions to New Jersey Business Corporation and Nonprofit Corporation Law to Allow Meetings by Remote Communications
- Contributing author, Legal Updates for Businesses- February 2020
- Speaker, New Jersey ICLE, "What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Taxes," December 19, 2019
- Speaker, 82nd Semi-Annual Tax and Estate Planning Forum, "Pitfalls in Charitable Planning," December 3, 2019
- Author, "Taxes on Executive Compensation for Tax-Exempt Employers," New Jersey Lawyer, December 2019
- Speaker, Practising Law Institute, "Nonprofit Organizations 2019 - Governance, Reporting, and Compensation Issues" October 30, 2019 in New York City
- Speaker, "Private Foundation Excise Taxes and Unrelated Business Income Tax" at the Representing Non-Profit & Charitable Organizations - The Basics and Beyond event, September 24, 2019
- Speaker, 81st Semi-Annual Tax and Estate Planning Forum, “The Next Steps After the Client Expresses an Interest in Creating a Post-Mortem Private Foundation or Public Charity,” June 5, 2019
- Speaker, "What Every Lawyer Needs to Know about Taxes," NJSBA Annual Meeting and Convention, May 17, 2019
- Moderator, “Impact of Tax Reform on Business Transactions,” NJSBA Annual Meeting and Convention, May 16, 2019
- Contributing author, February 2019 Health Law Dispatch
- Quoted in industry resources like Law360 and the Munshine Group
- Speaker, "Impact of Tax Reform on Tax-Exempt Organizations," Association of Fundraising Professionals, New Jersey Chapter, 38th Annual Conference on Philanthropy, November 15, 2018
- Quoted, "Online Fundraisers Fraught with Criminal, Civil Risks," October 1, 2018
- Moderator and Speaker, "Tax Law 101: What Every Lawyer Needs to Know about Taxes," New jersey State Bar Association, September 28, 2018
- Speaker, “What’s New in the Laws Regulating Non-Profits,” Business Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association, September 22, 2018
- Contributing author, August 2018 Health Law Dispatch
- Principal Speaker, Tax Policy Panel, “Hear from the Professionals: How Tax Reform Will Impact Not-for-Profit Organizations,” June 28, 2018
- Speaker, New Jersey ICLE, "Navigating U.S. Tax Reform – Implications for U.S. Businesses and Individuals," June 19, 2018
- Speaker, NJBSA Annual Meeting and Convention, "The Impact of Tax Reform on Business Transactions," May 18, 2018
- Speaker, NJBSA Annual Meeting and Convention, "What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Taxes," May 17, 2018
- Presenter, Center for Non-Profits webinar, "The Ins and Outs of UBIT (Unrelated Business Income Tax) and Your Non-Profit," March 29, 2018
- Panelist, New Jersey ICLE, "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 - How the New Tax Bill will Affect You, Your Clients and Your Practice," January 29 and 31, 2018
- Panelist, New Jersey ICLE, "What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Taxes," December 20, 2017
- Author, "IRS Revokes Hospital's IRC 501(c)(3) Status for Failure to Comply with Requirements Imposed Under IRC 501(r)," September 7, 2017
- Contributing author, December 2017 Health Law Dispatch
- Co-author, December 2017 Tax Report
- Contributing author, October 2017 Health Law Dispatch
- Contributing author, September 2017 Legal Updates for Businesses
- Author, IRS Revokes Hospital’s IRC 501(c)(3) Status for Failure to Comply with Requirements Imposed Under IRC 501(r), September 7, 2017
- Contributing author, May 2017 Health Law Dispatch
- Contributing author, January 2017 Health Law Dispatch
- Panelist, New Jersey State Bar Association, 2017 Annual Meeting and Convention, “What Every Lawyer Needs to Know about Taxes,” May 19, 2017.
- Panelist, New Jersey ICLE, "Key Tax Law Issues that Impact Every Area of Practice...and How to Effectively Avoid Them," December 20, 2016
- Speaker, National Business Institute, “Tax-Exempt Organizations from Start to Finish.” Oct. 14, 2016
- Panelist, American Bar Association, Taxation Section, Joint Fall CLE Meeting, “Fundamental IRC § 501(c)(3) Organization Issues through the Eyes of Current Case Law.” Sept. 30, 2016
- Panelist, New Jersey State Bar Association, Taxation Law Section-Tax-Exempt Organizations Committee, “Current Developments.” July 27, 2016
- Panelist, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, “Elder Law in a Day.” – Charitable Planning, July 13, 2016
- Panelist, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, "Elder Law in a Day" - Charitable Planning, 2015
- Panelist, 2014 seminar entitled, "The Emerging Challenge to Non-Profit Real Property Tax Exemption"
- Panelist, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, “Elder Law in a Day.” – Charitable Planning, November 4, 2014
- Panelist, New Jersey State Bar Association, Taxation Law Section-Tax-Exempt Organizations Committee, “Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act and Jeopardizing Investments.” October 22, 2014
- Panelist, New Jersey State Bar Foundation, Wills & Estate Planning, June 26, 2014
- Panelist, New Jersey State Bar Association, Taxation Law Section-Tax-Exempt Organizations Committee, “So, You’ve Been Asked to Join a Non-Profit’s Board- What Should be Your Concerns?” June 25, 2014
- Author, “In the Line of Fire: Helping Employees After a Disaster,” COMMERCE, March 2013
- Author, “The Leveraged Partnership-Have Your Cake and Eat it Too,” The Practical Tax Lawyer, Winter 2010
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- Chair, Committee on Governance of the Nonprofit Committee, American Bar Association, Business Law Section
- Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Member, Brookfield Legacy Society Advisory Council for the Foundation of Morristown Medical Center (September 2023-present)
- Member, Tax Law Advisory Board, Strafford
- Member, TEGE Exempt Organizations Council
- Member, Women@NJPAC Board of Trustees (May 2021 - Present)
- Member, Nonprofit New York, Government Relations Council (January 2020-present)
- Board Member, Executive Council, New York Phi Beta Kappa Association Board of Directors (September 2019-October 2021)
- Member, New Jersey State Bar Association, Tax Section
- Member, New Jersey Council of Charitable Gift Planners
- Member, Association of Fundraising Professionals, New Jersey Chapter
- Member, The South Asian Bar Association of New Jersey (SABA-NJ)
- Member, Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey, Inc. (APALA-NJ)
- Member, New York City Bar Association, Non-Profit Organizations Committee (October 2018-present)
- New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the Tax Court (2011-present)
- Past Chair, Taxation Law Section, New Jersey State Bar Association (2017-2018)
- Chair, Tax-Exempt Organizations Committee of the Taxation Section, New Jersey State Bar Association (August 2024-present, Co-Chair 2013-July 2024)
- Member, Legal, Wealth, Tax Advisory Committee of the Community Foundation of New Jersey (February 2015-present)
- Member, Not-For-Profit Committee, Morris County Chamber of Commerce
- Board Member, Member of Governance Committee (Chair June 2021–June 2024), Volunteer Center of Bergen County (June 2015-June 2024)
- Member, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation
- Member, New York State Bar Association, Tax Section
