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      National party accounts for certain expenses

National party accounts for certain expenses On December 16, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (H.R. 83). Provisions of that law enable national party committees to establish accounts to defray certain expenses incurred with respect to: Presidential nominating conventions,National party headquarters buildings, andElection recounts and contests and other legal proceedings. Until the Commission adopts new regulations, national party committees that establish such accounts should report the activities of those accounts as described. Although party committees normally disclose their contributions on Form 3X, Line 11(a), the Commission's forms currently do not provide a clear way to distinguish between contributions deposited into the committees' separate accounts. Thus, as described, national party committees should report the contributions deposited into their presidential nominating convention, national party headquarters buildings, or election recounts and contests and other legal proceedings accounts as "other federal receipts," with the appropriate descriptions. Similarly, the committees should report expenditures from these accounts as "other federal operating expenditures" or "other disbursements" (depending upon the account, as explained), with the appropriate descriptions. Interim reporting instructions for national party committee accounts Report all receipts and disbursements for all accounts pursuant to the Federal Election Campaign Act, as amended, and Commission regulations.
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          Getting a tax ID and a bank acccountBank accounts of political party committeesTaking in receipts as a partyMaking disbursements as a party From the FEC Record FEC issues interim reporting guidance for national party accounts (2015)
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 Legal citations Statute 52 U.S.C. § 30116(a)(1)(b), (a)(2)(b) and (a)(9)Separate contribution limits for contributions made to national parties to support presidential nominating conventions, national party headquarters buildings, and recounts
 Regulations 11 CFR 300.10National party committees; General prohibitions on raising and spending nonfederal funds


This information is not intended to replace the law or to change its meaning, nor does this information create or confer any rights for or on any person or bind the Federal Election Commission or the public. The reader is encouraged also to consult the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), Commission regulations (Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations), Commission advisory opinions and applicable court decisions.


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