A surprise move by the IRS that would allow pastors to back political candidates from the pulpit without losing their organization’s tax-exempt status is drawing praise from conservatives.
IRS now says churches won’t lose tax exempt status for political endorsements.
Effectively changing nothing since it wasn’t enforced already.
After a bunch of departments including the IRS were restructured over a decade ago, the position explicitly mentioned in that rule to investigate no longer existed, meaning it basically defaulted to the Commissioner directly to handle, which obviously never happened.
Effectively changing nothing since it wasn’t enforced already.
After a bunch of departments including the IRS were restructured over a decade ago, the position explicitly mentioned in that rule to investigate no longer existed, meaning it basically defaulted to the Commissioner directly to handle, which obviously never happened.