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Staying on Course: Navigating Election Year Issues for Exempt Organizations

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With the 2024 election cycle underway, it is important for exempt organizations to understand and comply with relevant restrictions on political campaign activities to safeguard their tax-exempt status and avoid triggering...more

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Congress to Examine Political Activities of Nonprofits

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The US Congress has announced it will be conducting hearings on whether tax-exempt entities are abiding by existing laws that regulate the amount of partisan activity they may engage in — and whether foreign money is being...more

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Lincoln Project Founders Have Tax Problems - Two of the people behind the anti-Trump PAC have six-figure debts with the IRS.

The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump political action committee, has been making headlines for churning out viral videos that question the president’s fitness for office. The PAC, founded by a group of Republican political...more

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Political Action Committees

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It isn’t just the Federal Election Commission political action committees (PACs) need to worry about. Our Federal Tax Group examines the tax pitfalls for tax-exempt organizations and one worrisome IRS ruling in particular....more

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Window On Washington - Vol. 3, Issue 18

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Congress: Congress returns from a two week long recess, and the Majority Leader Hoyer has already announced that the House will vote on at least three of Democrats’ top...more

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Federal Court Paves the Way for Public Disclosure of Contributions to 501(c)(4) Organizations and the Supreme Court Acquiesces,...

On August 3, 2018, Judge Beryl Howell, the Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, issued a ruling invalidating long-standing Federal Election Commission (FEC) regulations because the FEC had...more

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Supreme Court Requires Donor Disclosure by 501(c) Organizations

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Since the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in Citizens United, spending by outside groups and non-political organizations has increased in federal elections. Many of these groups are organized as 501(c)(4) social-welfare...more

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Explaining Jon Stewart’s Monologue on Campaign Finance

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After more than 16 years at the helm of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart hosted his final episode last night. The hour-long show devoted most of its running time to Stewart saying farewell to the correspondents and staffers who...more

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What is a Super PAC?

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The Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire has reported that in the first half of 2015, presidential Super PACs have raised a total of $211,457,755. This money is in addition to money raised directly by presidential candidate...more

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IRS Proposes Regulations to Define Political Campaign Activity by Section 501(c)(4) Organizations

The IRS and the Treasury Department have released proposed regulations that provide definitive rules regarding the activities of Section 501(c)(4) “social welfare” organizations that will be treated as political campaign...more

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