Tax Rules Forbid Churches From Endorsing Candidates, Will IRS Take Action?
The Alliance Defending Freedom is very upset about that rule and has started a movement called “Pulpit Freedom Sunday”. In 2014, over 1600 pastors made election speeches and sent tapes of them to the IRS more or less daring them to do something about it. The IRS response was underwhelming enough to spark a lawsuit by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, which they withdrew after the IRS somehow convinced FFRF that it would not remain supine on the issue.
Estate Tax Hits 100th Birthday And Paul Caron Calls For Many Happy Returns
I had a bit of an email exchange with Professor Caron asking him to clarify where he is on the ideological spectrum, but he preferred not to say. He indicates that he tries very hard to make the TaxProf Blog an impartial source for tax news and information. I have to say that I think he does a pretty good job, and that is not just because he highlights my stuff from time to time (Of course, it’s not like that hurts either. Just saying.)
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