Obama’s Speech Interests IRS
Posted by Ralf Yoffe | Under Commentary, Company Profiles, Economy & Government, General, Industry, Investing, Money Matters, Taxes, U.S. Markets Sunday Apr 29, 2007The IRS is serious about the rules which prohibit non-profit organizations, including churches, from supporting candidates or political parties.
Just a few week after the IRS mailed a lengthy letter to First Baptist Church of Buena Park pastor Wiley S. Drake advising that he was being investigated for his 2007 support of presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, Obama’s denomination, United Church of Christ, has announced that it had been contacted by the IRS. The IRS is investigating UCC with respect to a speech that Senator Obama made at the UCC national meeting in 2007.
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