US EditionIRS says churches can endorse political candidates to congregations
- Earlier this week, both the plaintiffs and the IRS jointly asserted that the Johnson Amendment should not prevent churches from sharing religious messages with their members.
- This statement followed a lawsuit filed last August by the National Religious Broadcasters Association and others seeking to end enforcement of the 1954 Johnson Amendment.
- The IRS explained it has rarely enforced the amendment against churches for political speech, while President Trump signed a 2017 executive order directing Treasury to disregard it.
- Republican lawmakers introduced legislation earlier this year that aims to repeal the Johnson Amendment, which bans tax-exempt groups from endorsing political candidates.
- This development suggests a potential carve-out for religious organizations to endorse candidates without risking tax-exempt status, impacting political speech rules for houses of worship.
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The Internal Revenue Service promulgated a set of new rules on Monday that allow churches to endorse and donate to political candidates, The New York Times reported on Monday. The new rules were created at a time when religion had slowly become a staple in American politics. President Donald Trump h...
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Pastors Who Endorse Political Candidates Shouldn't Lose Tax-Exempt Status, IRS Says in Filing
The IRS says pastors who endorse political candidates from the pulpit should not have to risk losing their tax-exempt status. The move effectively calls for a carve-out for religious organizations from the rarely used IRS rule called the Johnson Amendment, put in place in 1954 and named after then-Sen. Lyndon Johnson.
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