Agency receives more than 144,000 comments, with most saying the proposed guidelines would undermine advocacy efforts A federal proposal aimed at clarifying the rules on political activity by tax-exempt groups goes too far, and would stifle communication and advocacy efforts, according to public comments filed by several associations with the Internal Revenue Service. At issue are proposed IRS rules largely targeted at the numerous 501(c)(4) groups that popped into existence following the 2010 Citizens United decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. These groups are tax exempt as long as they can show that the majority of their business is to promote social welfare. However,… Read More