Just as we all knew, an upcoming congressional report is reported to confirm that the IRS was targeting tea party-type groups for greater scrutiny and had plans for increased denials. Even though our initial lawsuit was tossed, this isn't over yet. Nothing gets me in the Christmas spirit like knowing that my government was leveraging its [...]
As many of you know, the Richmond Tea Party has been through a grueling process lasting nearly THREE YEARS in an attempt to secure designation from the IRS as a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization. During the review application, the organization was subjected to what we believed were requests for information from the IRS that were entirely [...]
The Richmond Tea Party has applied with the IRS to be a 501(c) (4) nonprofit group. This is something we began at the end of 2009 and are still currently working through. According to the IRS tax code, 501(c)(4) organizations may endorse and support candidates for office if we meet certain conditions. However, since we [...]
