[EL] Watchdog Groups Call on IRS to Investigate American Tradition Partnership

[Daniel Abramson]

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:

> “Watchdog Groups Call on IRS to Investigate American Tradition
> Partnership; Cite Its Reported Submission of Apparent False Information to
> the IRS Regarding Its Application for Tax-exempt Status”



Does anyone have any thoughts as to why an organization would do this?
 They are free to operate under section 501(c)(4) while their exemption
application is pending, or even without filing an exemption application at
all.  What is the advantage of receiving an expedited determination, other
than for a potential donor who wants to see the determination letter?  If
this allegation is true, no such donor existed, so I'm not seeing the
advantage to the organization here.  Anyone have any ideas?


Daniel Abramson
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