"Granting this carve-out to churches might seem narrow, but the exemption would lay the groundwork for future efforts to expand partisan activity across the nonprofit sector," Marie Ellis of the ...

There’s only one known instance of a church losing its tax-exempt status because it violated the Johnson Amendment, but ...

In a potentially landmark shift announced July 7, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) publicly acknowledged in a federal ...

Churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates without risking the loss of their tax-exempt status, ...

Two churches and a religious organization filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in 2024, claiming that restrictions on political candidate endorsements violate their ...

The rule was introduced by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954 when he was serving as the U.S. Senate majority leader. It banned all tax-exempt organizations like churches and charities from ...