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.

  • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    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.