Subject: Re: 527 organizations: the next big question |
From: WewerLacy@aol.com |
Date: 12/13/2003, 1:15 PM |
To: faskin@kinoy.rutgers.edu, Rick.Hasen@lls.edu, election-law@majordomo.lls.edu |
In a message dated 12/12/03 1:02:15 PM, faskin@kinoy.rutgers.edu writes: << If a 527 does not incorporate, is it still exempt from paying taxes on contributions it receives? If not, if it receives a $10 million contribution from Soros, it would probably have to pay nearly half of it taxes, wouldn't it? >> No taxes as long as the organization spends the money on "exempt function" activity. i.e., directly or indirectly influencing an election. James V. Lacy Wewer & Lacy, LLP