Nonprofits canât campaign to support or oppose the candidacy of anyone running for an elected office. However, the stipulations on lobbying for specific legislation are less clear. In the following list is a break-down of the rules so you know what you can and canât do, depending on what type of nonprofit you set up: 1  Social-welfare organizations and labor unions: These organizations have more leeway when it comes to legislative lobbying than 501(c)(3) organizations do.
If in the past you signed an authorization for deductions from your paycheck for a PAC and you wish to end that authorization, write to your employer and union telling them you want these PAC contributions to stop. You may download a sample letter (PDF reader required) to stop your payroll-deduction PAC contributions. It also is unlawful under most circumstances for a labor union to take funds from dues money and transfer it to a federal PAC or to use such funds to give cash directly to a candidate for federal office.
An enrolled agent (or EA) is a federally authorized tax practitioner empowered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).o qualify for renewal as an enrolled agent, an individual must complete 72 hours of continuing professional education (CPE) every three years, including two hours of ethics or professional conduct in each of the three years.