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IRS and Political Speech: The Tax Collection Agency Should Not Police Speech
January 1, 2018  •  By IFS Staff  •    •  

Groups seeking tax-exempt status as a nonprofit organization must apply to the IRS to obtain this classification. Advocacy nonprofits, designated by a 501(c)(4) status, are one such classification of tax-exempt organizations that are permitted to engage in some political activities, so long as the majority of their activities are not political. As the Tea Party movement gained its footing in…

Judge Raymond Kethledge Applies Careful Scrutiny in Striking Contribution Ban, But Waves Through a Law Targeting a Union
January 26, 2017   •  By David Keating   •  , , ,

Hon. Raymond Kethledge United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2008-Present) We found six cases where Judge Kethledge wrote or joined an ...

Analysis of Washington State Initiative 1464
September 14, 2016   •  By Eric Wang   •  , ,

Initiative 1464, which is on the Washington statewide ballot for the upcoming general election, would amend the state’s campaign finance and lobbying laws in ...

Renewed IRS Scrutiny Reminds Us Free Speech is Still Vulnerable to Federal Encroachment
August 16, 2016   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

The IRS scandal has been a major point of conservative criticism during the last several years of the Obama Administration. When the tax-collecting agency ...

Senate’s Attacks on Dissent Continue
July 12, 2016   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

Internal emails obtained yesterday by The Washington Free Beacon brought to light a coordinated campaign by Democratic lawmakers and allied environmental groups to attack ...

Letter in Support of H.R. 5053 (“Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act”)
June 13, 2016   •  By David Keating   •  , ,

The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) writes in support of H.R. 5053, the “Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act,” sponsored by Representative ...

Comments to Representative Peter Roskam Rebutting Unfounded Arguments about H.R. 5053 (“Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act”)
April 28, 2016   •  By David Keating   •  , ,

As you know, several organizations opposed to free speech have claimed that “[e]liminating the existing requirement for disclosure to the IRS of donations to ...

The Future and Past of the IRS Scandal
April 15, 2016   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

  What is the Future of political activism at the IRS and the Department of Justice? That question kicked off a lively panel discussion ...

Did Crossroads GPS “Bamboozle” the IRS?
February 23, 2016   •  By Barnaby Zall   •  ,

Would you let Lois Lerner decide if your nonprofit organization deserved a tax exemption? The answer may depend on whether you recognize the woman ...

Comments to IRS on NPRM, REG-138344-13 (Nonprofit Donor SSN Reporting)
December 16, 2015   •  By Eric Wang   •  ,

The Center for Competitive Politics (“CCP”) submits these comments in response to the above-referenced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “NPRM”). For the following reasons, ...

Coalition Letter in Support of “Fair Treatment for All Gifts Act” (H.R. 1104) in Tax Extenders Legislation
December 14, 2015   •  By Matt Nese   •  , ,

The undersigned civil liberties, free expression, and nonprofit advocacy groups and attorneys who represent advocacy organizations have a wide variety of views on the ...

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