IRS says church leaders can endorse candidates
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Explícame on MSNIRS reduces tax restrictions on churches supporting political candidatesThe IRS now allows churches to support political candidates without losing tax-exempt status, raising both praise and constitutional concerns.
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The Christian Post on MSN'Unshackling the pulpit' or 'a brazen attack'?: 7 reactions to IRS letting pastors endorse politiciansThe Internal Revenue Service's recent declaration that it will not prohibit churches and pastors from endorsing political candidates has drawn praise from both progressive and conservative Christians,
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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.
Donald Trump has endorsed the IRS's recent decision to allow houses of worship to endorse political candidates without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status, potentially weakening the Johnson Amendment.
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The Christian Post on MSNIRS says pastors endorsing political candidates doesn’t violate Johnson AmendmentComparing it to a family discussion, the Internal Revenue Service agreed on Monday that pastors and other religious leaders can endorse political candidates to their congregation without threatening their tax-exempt status under a decades-old legislation called the Johnson Amendment.
The IRS said in a court filing that churches whose pastors endorse political candidates from the pulpit shouldn't lose their tax-exempt status.
House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke about tax cuts in the "Big, Beautiful Bill" during an interview on "FOX News Sunday." "What we did in this bill is we made permanent the 2017 Trump tax cuts, and that was geared for lower- and middle-class Americans,