From the Wall Street Journal article linked to in a tweet below:
“The Treasury Department will allow some nonprofit groups to provide less information about donors on their tax forms in a win for conservative organizations engaged in politics.”
Dark money just got a lot a darker. https://t.co/kzoHs3x2Yc
— Philip Hackney (@EOTaxProf) July 17, 2018
New IRS guidance no longer requires some 501(c) tax-exempt nonprofits—including 501(c)(4) “dark money” groups spending money on politics—to disclose donor names & addresses (already not public under exisitng policy) in annual 990 tax returns’ Schedule B https://t.co/eaPbqSa61L pic.twitter.com/KLDN2ttmYo
— Anna Massoglia (@annalecta) July 17, 2018
Who's happy about tonight's Treasury decision on nonprofit donor disclosure?
Mitch McConnell.
https://t.co/wa7YqNjU0p via @WSJ— Richard Rubin (@RichardRubinDC) July 17, 2018
U.S. Treasury moves to protect identities of 'dark money' political donors https://t.co/KY5AD6wyGP pic.twitter.com/g6QeZOjwhE
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 17, 2018
Thanks- and yes- Kochs' flagship political org. AFP pushed this change at IRS. https://t.co/jbC6Gujpwz
— Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) July 17, 2018
From me & @jstein_wapo: What you need to know about the new Treasury rule for so-called "dark money groups https://t.co/9tmQfEjMa3
— Michelle Ye Hee Lee (@myhlee) July 17, 2018
.@SenatorTester understands what so many Americans already know to be true – that we need more, not less, disclosure in our elections. Thank you, Senator Jon Tester for listening to the American people and introducing the “Spotlight Act.” https://t.co/iyCFxdWCcs
— End Citizens United (@StopBigMoney) July 24, 2018
Interesting timing: On the same day that a Russian woman, Maria Butina, was indicted for infiltrating a pro-gun rights organization believed to be the N.R.A., the administration says groups like NRA no longer have to report who their big donors are. https://t.co/0zfPsxH6qN
— Patricia Cohen (@PatcohenNYT) July 17, 2018
Sad! 