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https://www.yahoo.com/politics/guns-and-money-calls-mount-to-probe-nra-finances-117704361976.htmlGuns and money: Calls mount to probe NRA finances
Alan Berlow for Yahoo News
April 29, 2015
A leading national gun safety group, joined by members of Congress, is calling for investigations of the National Rifle Associations fundraising practices and finances in response to a Yahoo News investigation published last week.
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) has launched a nationwide petition campaign asking the Federal Election Commission and the Internal Revenue Service to investigate violations of federal law by the National Rifle Association.
The petition drive cites the Yahoo News report which disclosed that the NRA had violated multiple provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act, failed to report its political expenditures to the IRS for six consecutive years, and appears to have avoided paying federal taxes.
CSGV spokesman Ladd Everitt called the NRA violations hugely significant. Everitt said his goal was to press the two federal agencies responsible for enforcement of tax and election laws to launch investigations into the NRAs fraudulent activities immediately. The CSGV is made up of 48 organizations, among them religious, social justice, political and child welfare groups.
Yahoo News reported that the NRA misled prospective donors by telling them that money was being raised to support the tax-exempt operations of the organization when the money was, in fact, deposited to the account of its political action committee. Federal law as well as multiple state laws requires that fundraisers explicitly inform donors who the beneficiary of a contribution will be.
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Calls mount to probe NRA finances (Original Post)
G_j
Apr 2015
OP
6 years of NOT filing--this proves that corporations ARE NOT people, my friend. nt
TheBlackAdder
Apr 2015
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TheBlackAdder
(28,261 posts)1. 6 years of NOT filing--this proves that corporations ARE NOT people, my friend. nt
haikugal
(6,476 posts)2. About time! K&R
as they generally have seemed untouchable.