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Tax Tip of the Week
For the week of
October 20, 2003

How to be a better informed voter - courtesy of the IRS

The election season is in full swing, and we're being bombarded by ads and appeals from various political groups. But you can't always tell from the name who is behind a political group or who is providing the funding. Now the IRS has made it a lot simpler to find out. They've created a special Web site where it's easy to search for the answers.

The Political Organizations Filing and Disclosure Web site has two purposes. It allows tax-exempt political groups to make their required disclosure filings electronically. But also, in response to public comment, it gives the public a timely and easy way to look at the data that has been filed. Now you can find out who is running a tax-exempt political organization and how the organization is spending its money. You can also search the data to see who is contributing, down to name, date, and amount of contribution.

One of the best features of the site is its search capability. The Web site includes a helpful guide on how to search at the basic or advanced level. It even includes a number of pre-formatted "popular searches" to extract commonly requested information. You can also download data from the reports if you wish.

If you hear an ad for a political organization or are about to make a contribution, consider checking the group out first. You can access the site at www.irs.gov/polorgs.
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