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• n  a security that is not subject to taxation
• s  (of goods or funds) not taxed
  tax-exempt bonds

• That Gingrich used tax-exempt donations to underwrite his college course called Renewing American Civilization, which he told donors would promote the Republican cause.
• Despite the limits on their political involvement that go with their tax-exempt status, a growing number of charity groups aim to put their issues on the 2008 agenda.
• The regulation, which holds that tax-exempt organizations cannot "participate in any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for political office," has been in place since .

• tax-exempt security
• tax-free
• untaxed

News & Articles

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• Did 1913 Revenue Act prohibit political groups from tax exempt status? PolitiFact Oregon
  U.S. Rep Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., says a statute 100 years ago prohibited political organizations from claiming tax-exempt status under the "social welfare" provision. We say, Happy Birthday Revenue Act of 1913.
  June 13, 2013 - The Oregonian
• Man accused in 2009 rape, 2013 homicide
  Around 3:30 p.m. - 4:04 pm The records show that it was low-level employees in Cincinnati -- where all tax-exempt applications... - 7:05 am One person was killed and a second victim was hurt when two gunmen 'came from out of nowhere' and...
  June 13, 2013 - The Cincinnati Enquirer
• Medicaid effort takes step forward
  Around 3:30 p.m. - 4:04 pm The records show that it was low-level employees in Cincinnati -- where all tax-exempt applications... - 7:05 am One person was killed and a second victim was hurt when two gunmen 'came from out of nowhere' and...
  June 13, 2013 - The Cincinnati Enquirer

Quotes

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• Charles Grassley in Tampa Tribune
  We have an obligation to oversee how the tax laws are working for both tax-exempt organizations and taxpayers,Grassley said in a statement Wednesday.
• Henry Paulson in Reuters
  Today, we are proposing to allow state and local governments to temporarily broaden their tax-exempt bond programs to include mortgage refinancing,Paulson told a housing conference sponsored by the Office of Thrift Supervision. "If...
• Mark Everson in CBS News
  These organizations have not been operating for the public good and don't deserve tax-exempt status,Everson said. "They have poisoned an entire sector of the charitable community."