The Internal Revenue Service is used to being universally disliked
every April 15. But this year, the widespread denunciations have started
early, and for good reason.
In November, the agency issued proposed new rules that are supposed to keep social welfare organizations from abusing their legal privileges by engaging in excessive electioneering. The effort came in response to complaints from Democrats about a 2012 surge in political spending by such tax-exempt groups, by the conservative Koch brothers and others to influence elections.
The IRS wants to curb such efforts, and it doesn't display much concern about the likely effect on free speech. But groups that engage in political advocacy, including the nonpartisan kind, are genuinely alarmed.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-internal-revenue-service-free-speech-edit-0217-20140217,0,6769791.story
In November, the agency issued proposed new rules that are supposed to keep social welfare organizations from abusing their legal privileges by engaging in excessive electioneering. The effort came in response to complaints from Democrats about a 2012 surge in political spending by such tax-exempt groups, by the conservative Koch brothers and others to influence elections.
The IRS wants to curb such efforts, and it doesn't display much concern about the likely effect on free speech. But groups that engage in political advocacy, including the nonpartisan kind, are genuinely alarmed.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-internal-revenue-service-free-speech-edit-0217-20140217,0,6769791.story
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