Churches can endorse political candidates without tax-exempt risk

. IRS a new Federal court filing Churches can approve political candidates to their communities without losing tax -exempt status.

The movement increases a 70 -year -old interpretation of the US tax code. Johnson Change Some non -profit groups, including churches, prevented the political candidates from approved political candidates without endangering their tax exemption status.

President Donald Trump for a long time asked for the abolition of the Johnson Change.

In a joint file on Monday, IRS, “a worship house, in connection with religious services through religious services through the usual communication channels on faith issues, communication in connection with religious services, in accordance with the” Johnson Change is not carried out in accordance with the “Johnson Change. “He said. Texas Eastern Region US Regional Court.

“A worship house in good faith, in connection with religious services, through the traditional communication channels on faith issues, when he speaks to his community about the election politics of religious beliefs,[s]”nor intervene[s]The filing, “ in a political campaign ‘, in the ordinary meaning of these words, dedi he said.

The filing was part of a common movement to file a lawsuit with the decision of Waksom, the first Baptist Church in the Sand Springs Church in Athens and the first Baptist Church in Waksom.

These churches and NRB He filed a lawsuit for IRS Last year, Johnson claimed that the Freedom of Expressing the Rights of the Amendment of the Amendment against the freedom of expression and the expression of religion and other constitutional violations.

A judge has not yet decided the Rıza Judiciary movement, which would prevent IRS from pushing the Johnson Change against the plaintiffs.

New York Times He first reported the file.

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