Category Archives: tax law and election law
“Newly recovered Lois Lerner email shows IRS tried to cover up tea party targeting”
“House Republicans want IRS commissioner fired”
“The I.R.S. Gives Up on ‘Dark Money’”
“Presidential Race Just Started? Not According to the Spending”
Must-read NYT report:
Since late last year, presidential hopefuls have been romancing donors, hiring staff and haunting the diners and senior centers of Manchester and Dubuque.
But on paper, most of the candidates spent virtually no money exploring a… Continue reading
Are Political 501c4s Holding Back on Attacking Hillary Clinton to Avoid Jeopardizing Their Status?
“Groups backed by secret donors take the lead in shaping 2016 elections”
Matea Gold for WaPo:
These tax-exempt groups — which can keep their donors secret even as they sponsor hard-hitting ads — are being increasingly embraced by campaign operatives looking for new ways to influence the political environment.
While such “social… Continue reading
“Key state lawmakers renew calls to overhaul elections board”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Key Assembly Republicans renewed their call Friday for overhauling the state’s elections and ethics board after The Wall Street Journal reported the agency had been in touch with the Internal Revenue Service as it investigated conservative groups.… Continue reading
“Nonprofit Group Tied to Marco Rubio Raises Millions While Shielding Donors”
“I.R.S. Expected to Stand Aside as Nonprofits Increase Role in 2016 Race”
Eric Lichtblau for the NYT:
As presidential candidates find new ways to exploit secret donations from tax-exempt groups, hobbled regulators at the Internal Revenue Service appear certain to delay trying to curb widespread abuses at nonprofits until after the 2016… Continue reading
“Secret spenders face challenge in 2016”
Teddy Schleifer for CNN:
Secret money groups will have to work harder this year to keep their spending hidden.
That’s because of a legal complication that is sending some Republican operatives back to the drawing board this cycle: Since Hillary… Continue reading
“IRS workers mistakenly erased tea party emails”
AP:
Investigators are blaming mistakes by IRS employees – not a criminal conspiracy – for the loss of thousands of emails related to the tax agency’s tea party scandal.
IRS workers erased 422 computer backup tapes that “most likely”… Continue reading
“W.H., Watchdogs rail against ‘dark money’ provision tucked into House bill”
WaPo:
The House Appropriations Committee approved a spending bill last week that included little-noticed provisions to hobble executive branch efforts to mandate campaign finance disclosure by federal contractors and other corporations.
The bill would also prohibit the IRS from… Continue reading
“CCP Study Shows IRS ‘almost universally hostile towards nonprofits’ for decades”
CCP:
The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) today released a report by Allison R. Hayward, an election law attorney in California, entitled “Eternal Inconsistency,” on the history of how the IRS has, according to the report, “been almost universally… Continue reading