[EL] Unlikely allies join in criticizing proposed 501(c)(4) political activity rule

[John Pomeranz]

Today a dozen nonprofit organizations from across the political spectrum joined together to file comments<http://www.harmoncurran.com/library/bipartisannprmcomments.pdf> criticizing the rules proposed by Treasury and the IRS to regulate political activities by social welfare organizations.

In light of the united dissatisfaction with the proposal, these unlikely allies are asking that Treasury and the IRS consider their comments and the many (more than 100,000 and climbing) others they have received on their initial proposal and come back with a new/revised proposal and give the public another opportunity to comment.  In particular, the bipartisan comments suggest that the agency look to some other sources for good models and ideas, including the Bright Lines Project<http://www.brightlinesproject.org/>, with which I've been involved.  (The Bright Lines Project will be submitting its own, detailed comments on the proposed rules later today.)

As you probably know, most of my clients are liberal and progressive groups, but I worked in organizing these comments with Cleta Mitchell of Foley & Lardner, who represents conservative organizations.


John Pomeranz
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P.S. In addition to these bipartisan comments, I organized comments<http://www.harmoncurran.com/library/eolawyernprmcomments.pdf> that were also filed today by a group of more than 20 attorneys who specialize in representing tax-exempt organizations and who likewise have concerns about the proposed regulations.




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