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In reply to the discussion: FFRF sues IRS to enforce church electioneering ban [View all]slackmaster
(60,567 posts)16. Often the political activities that organizations engage in have no tax consequences or visibility
For example, suppose your local Dressage Horse Owners' Community Center holds a forum for candidates for your city's mayor. It's a non-partisan office, but the Center invites only the Republican candidates to speak. The Democratic candidates find out about the event after it happened.
The event was free to the audience and the organization neither profited from it nor spent any money other than for their utilities, which they would have paid for if the event had never happened.
All you can do is complain to the IRS that the group violated the conditions of its tax-exempt status, and if you do nothing will happen.
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Calling all undercover videographers, please gather evidence and submit it to the IRS
Coyotl
Nov 2012
#17
Why is a "policy of non-enforcement" applicable to war criminals, banksters, and church charlatans?
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2012
#4
Because they have hundreds of thousands of employees, if not millions, who vote.
freshwest
Nov 2012
#22
they should probably wait. i think they (the partisan pastors) are trying to get such a lawsuit
leftyohiolib
Nov 2012
#6
taxing the church is proper - the should be rendering unto cesear ... the concern is that there will
leftyohiolib
Nov 2012
#13
I'm referring to 501(c)(3) organizations that violate the conditions of their tax-exempt status
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#24
I managed a campaign in a local election in 2008. I saw that happen repeatedly.
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#34
Often the political activities that organizations engage in have no tax consequences or visibility
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#16