CREW Makes IRS Complaint Against Focus on the Family
by Guest Blogger, 11/29/2005
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is challenging Focus on the Family's tax-exempt status, claiming that founder James Dobson crossed clear IRS guidelines with his increased political involvement in recent years.
The organization has asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate and consider revoking the nonprofit corporation status of the Colorado Springs-based Christian media empire.
The complaint focuses on Dobson's work on behalf of several Republican candidates in 2004, including Rep. Patrick Toomey's unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania.
Although Dobson has said that he acts only as an individual when making endorsements, the complaint accuses him of using Focus on the Family resources for political activities.
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