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Churches that do should not be able to retain their tax-exempt status. “Under the Internal Revenue Code, all section 501(c)(3) organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign” irs.gov/charities-non-…
“Contributions to political campaign funds or public statements of position (verbal or written) made on behalf of the organization in favor of or in opposition to any candidate for public office clearly violate the prohibition against political campaign activity.“
“Violating this prohibition may result in denial or revocation of tax-exempt status and the imposition of certain excise taxes.”
However, in 2018 the GOP House passed a bill barring IRS from actually revoking tax-exempt status from churches due to political activity thehill.com/policy/finance…
I’m not sure, though, what happened to that in the Senate or where it stands. I need to research a bit to find out
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