Political Campaign Activities of Exempt Organizations (2006 Election)
The IRS released its report on the Political Activity Compliance Initiative for the 2006 election cycle. This report, PACI 2006, follows the report on prohibited political intervention in the 2004 election cycle, which was issued in February 2006.
After concluding the 2006 PACI project, the IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2007-41. This ruling provides guidelines for exempt organizations on the scope of the tax law prohibition of campaign activities by section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations. The ruling sets out 21 factual situations involving 501(c)(3) organizations, including churches, and activities that may be prohibited campaign intervention. In each situation, the ruling applies tax law and regulations and concludes that prohibited political activity has or has not occurred.
Additional information
- IRS Reports on Political Activity Compliance Initiative (2004)
- Script and presentation materials, from telephone forum on Political Activity Compliance Initiative (2006)
- News release
