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Article: IRS updates church guidelines on politicking.(WEALTH AND RESPONSIBILITY)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- March 10, 2006
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The Internal Revenue Service has updated guidelines on political campaign intervention by nonprofits after finding most of the charities it investigated engaged in prohibited activities during the 2004 election.
"While the vast majority of charities, including churches, did not engage in politicking, our examinations substantiated a disturbing amount of political intervention in the 2004 electoral cycle," said IRS commissioner Mark W. Everson, in releasing the guidelines and a report of his agency's investigation Jan. 24.
The guidelines include specific examples of proper and improper political activities by churches and other nonprofits. The nine-page ...