Champaign, IL -- Provena Covenant Hospital filed a petition for Administrative Review in Circuit Court today seeking to overturn the Illinois Department of Revenue ruling that its charitable functions were not sufficient to justify its charity exemption from real estate taxes.

The opinion was previously reported on this website due to the serious potential impact for other hospitals in Illinois, its potential influence on tax cases in other states, and continuing IRS scrutiny of tax exempt status of healthcare organizations.

The full link to the hospital's legal complaint is:

http://www.ihatoday.org/provenacomplaint.pdf

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