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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Nonprofit Civic Engagement Critical
"Many of the more than 1 million organizations that have 501(c)3 tax exemption choose to flex their civic muscles during the election season, abiding by rules that prohibit them from supporting or opposing any candidate for public office," writes Alliance for Justice's Vanessa Dick.

See complete article in the Philanthropy Journal.

Posted by Jennifer Lowe, 11:29:21 AM



Wednesday, May 10, 2006

IRS Warns Nonprofits at ABA Meeting: FEC Is Not Safe Harbor
Cathy Livingston,assistant chief counsel in IRS's Tax-Exempt and Government Entities Division, warned organizations hoping to stay abreast of Internal Revenue Service guidelines on political intervention in campaign activity should not rely on Federal Election Commission rules as a safe harbor.

"We only have jurisdiction under the Inernal Revenue Code," Livingston said May 5 at an American Bar Association Section of Taxation meeting. "There's nothing that Congress has ever said about being in compliance with the FEC law that means you can't be touched by the Internal Revenue Code."

More at BNA

Posted by Jennifer Lowe, 05:57:46 PM




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