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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…

Cooking the Numbers: Public Citizen’s Recipe

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April 1, 2014   •  By Luke Wachob   •  

The English language is a tricky thing. Adding or subtracting just one word can entirely change the meaning of a sentence. Today that word ...

Public Citizen’s Spin

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March 26, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  

Sometimes you just have to give props to the anti-speech activist community for managing to find a silver lining when they are clearly on ...

Censorship Through the Tax Code: How the Proposed IRS Rules for Social Welfare Groups Stifle Political Activity

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March 4, 2014   •  By Luke Wachob   •  

On Tuesday, March 4, the Cato Institute hosted a panel discussion on the proposed IRS rulemaking for 501(c)(4) organizations. As CCP noted in our ...

Testimony of Allen Dickerson to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: The Administration’s Proposed Restrictions on Political Speech: Doubling Down on IRS Targeting
February 27, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Thank you for the opportunity to provide this written testimony, on behalf of the Center for Competitive Politics ("CCP"), to the Subcommittee on Economic ...

CCP Comments on Missouri House Bill 1340
February 24, 2014   •  By Matt Nese   •  , , ,

On behalf of the Center for Competitive Politics, I respectfully submit the following comments concerning House Bill 1340, which is currently being considered by ...

Giving Women Voters a Bad Name: The League and the IRS Non-Profit Rules

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February 23, 2014   •  By Brad Smith   •  

The League of Women Voters was once thought of as a group that promoted a thoughtful electorate and “good government,” but that doesn’t show ...

‘CRAP’: Heritage panel discusses proposed IRS regulations speech-chilling potential

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February 21, 2014   •  By Kelsey Drapkin   •  

The Heritage Foundation hosted a panel this afternoon moderated by former FEC commissioner Hans von Spakovsky, entitled “Taxing the First Amendment: Using the IRS ...

Center for Competitive Politics IRS Rulemaking Supplemental Comments
February 21, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

In drafting the NPRM, the Service expressed its desire to “promote tax compliance (as opposed to campaign finance regulation).” NPRM, 78 Fed. Reg. at ...

Can’t Find Evidence If You Don’t Look

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February 6, 2014   •  By Luke Wachob   •  

One day after a House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee hearing brought new revelations to the IRS targeting scandal, the House Oversight and Government ...

New IRS Commissioner Avoids Key Questions at Hearing

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February 5, 2014   •  By Kelsey Drapkin   •  

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight held a public hearing today on the state of the IRS with new IRS Commissioner John ...

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