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IRS Ends 2-Year Probe Of NAACP's Tax Status
The Washington Post today reported that the IRS had ceased its investigation of the NAACP, ruling that the remarks made by chairman Julian Bond criticizing the Bush Administration did not violate the group's tax exempt status.
If the NAACP were stripped of the status, donors would not be allowed to claim contributions to the group on income tax returns.
"It was an enormous threat," NAACP Chairman Julian Bond said of the investigation. The opposite outcome, he said, "would have reduced our income remarkably."
As the IRS continues similar investigations of religious institutions, we can only hope that similar conclusions are drawn, and the freedom to preach is not impeded. Read the full story here.
*The story initially lists several republican Congressmen has having called for the investigation of NAACP's tax exempt status. In fact, the Congressmen had forwarded complaints from their constituents to the IRS.