### Question
What does qualified campaign expense mean?


### Answer
**Qualified campaign expense** has the following meaning in *26 U.S.C. § 9032*:

> a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or gift of money or of anything of value—


(A) incurred by a candidate, or by his authorized committee, in connection with his campaign for nomination for election, and


(B) neither the incurring nor payment of which constitutes a violation of any law of the United States or of the State in which the expense is incurred or paid

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

