That’s the title of a story from yesterday’s Wall St. Journal.    As a follow-up, Paul Streckfus’ EO Tax Journal (paid service) asked some intriguing questions about the source of the information that the IRS is taking steps to investigate… Continue reading

Transcript of an interview.

Roll Call: “Nonprofit groups that spend big money on campaign-style ads will face growing pressure to comply with tax and campaign finance laws in the wake of a federal court ruling last month, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said… Continue reading

Ben Adler reports for The Nation.

USA Today reports.

Bloomberg BNA: “The Internal Revenue Service has revoked the tax-exempt status of a tax code Section 501(c)(4) organization after determining that its purpose was to advance the private interests of its founder, ‘a political figure’ who ran for office… Continue reading

Eliza reports. It is the IRS’s job to make sure that organizations are not abusing the 501c4 organizational form.  Let’s stop the unsupported hysterics.

iWatch: “A joint investigation by the Center for Public Integrity and the Center for Responsive Politics has found that more than 100 nonprofits organized under section 501(c)(4) of the U.S. tax code spent roughly $95 million on political expenditures… Continue reading

NYT’s “The Caucus:” “Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky on Friday accused President Obama, his campaign and his administration of engaging in Nixonian dirty tricks, including keeping an enemies list, inciting “mob” attacks on its critics and leaking confidential tax… Continue reading

Bloomberg: “The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s advertising is outpacing both political parties in close Senate races, adding volume to attack ads — some of which have been questioned by fact-checkers — being aired against Democrats. The nation’s biggest business… Continue reading

Tip of a very large iceberg, I suspect. Must-read Bloomberg BNA: “The insurance company Aetna confirmed June 14 that it donated about $7.8 million to two major Republican-leaning organizations—the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American Action Network—which have sponsored tens… Continue reading

Today the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld two disclosure-related FEC rules.  This was the latest opinion in the long-running case, Real Truth About Obama, Inc. v. FEC. Among other things, the Court upheld the… Continue reading