### Question
What does matching payment period mean?


### Answer
**Matching payment period** has the following meaning in *26 U.S.C. § 9032*:

> the period beginning with the beginning of the calendar year in which a general election for the office of President of the United States will be held and ending on the date on which the national convention of the party whose nomination a candidate seeks nominates its candidate for the office of President of the United States, or, in the case of a party which does not make such nomination by national convention, ending on the earlier of (A) the date such party nominates its candidate for the office of President of the United States, or (B) the last day of the last national convention held by a major party during such calendar year

#### Citation:
  - *26 U.S.C. § 9032*
  - Heading: **Subtitle H-Financing of Presidential Election Campaigns > CHAPTER 96-PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY MATCHING PAYMENT ACCOUNT**

