Campaign Finance
While voluntary corporate disclosure of direct political spending is becoming more common, relatively few companies disclose their contributions to outside groups that may be involved in political spending, according to a study released…
Exempt Organizations
While some practitioners have been scratching their heads wondering why the American Bankers Association would want to launch a tax code Section 501(c)(4) organization, the head of a group that represents the managers of trade associations…
Exempt Organizations
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman rejected a request from the two top Republican tax writers in Congress to proceed through the Internal Revenue Service to obtain tax information on 501(c)(4) groups he is investigating, asserting…
The decision by the Republican-leaning organization, Americans for Prosperity, to revert to sponsoring ‘issue ads” in the presidential campaign was directly linked to a recent court decision allowing sponsors of such ads to…