Month: November 2012

Why the IRS Has Stopped Auditing Churches—Even One that Calls President Obama a Muslim

Why the IRS Has Stopped Auditing Churches—Even One that Calls President Obama a Muslim

“Vote for the Mormon, not the Muslim! The Capitalist, not the Communist!” read the sign outside Church of the Valley in Leakey, Texas. Beyond its inaccuracies, it was a clear violation of federal tax code, which prohibits nonprofits from doing anything that might support a candidate running for office. But a revocation of the church’s tax-exempt status isn’t likely to come ... »