Churches & The IRS
Letter to the Religious Leaders
Barry Lynn’s June 2008 letter (PDF) to the religious leaders regarding the 2008 election season.
Politics & the Pulpit: Tax Law Analysis
Prepared for Americans United by tax attorneys with decades of service at the Internal Revenue Service, Politics & the Pulpit clears up common misconceptions about tax law and counters the disinformation campaign of James Dobson, Jerry Falwell and their supporters in the Religious Right.
IRS Guidelines
Under the Internal Revenue Code, all IRC section 501(c)(3) organizations, including churches and religious organizations, are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office. Read the IRS Guidelines.
For more information, visit the IRS’s Charities, Churches and Politics page.