A surprise IRS move on political endorsements leaves faith leaders and legal experts divided

https://apnews.com/article/irs-religious-leaders-political-endorsements-trump-6e4f0edc51fff936cd6a0e174dc43dcc

IRS now says churches won't lose tax exempt status for political endorsements.

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halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Effectively changing nothing since it wasn't enforced already.

After a bunch of departments including the IRS were restructured over a decade ago, the position explicitly mentioned in that rule to investigate no longer existed, meaning it basically defaulted to the Commissioner directly to handle, which obviously never happened.