Election Law Primer for Corporations

About the Book This new and updated 5th edition of The Election Law Primer for Corporations is a popular and respected practical guide to the laws that regulate politics and lobbying. It contains up-to-date information and expert interpretation to help business leaders and lawyers keep pace with the rules on corporate political activities , lobbying, PACs, and gifts. The book explains what constitutes a contribution, which corporations and organizations are barred from contributing, how the law differs from federal to state and local elections, what are the exceptions to the law and who qualifies for them, as well as guidance about PAC formation and operation , contribution limits, reporting and record-keeping requirements, when a person becomes a lobbyist, tax issues, and useful, ready-to-use tax, campaign finance and lobbying forms and charts. New to the fifth edition are major additions and revisions, including: * The chapters that pertain to campaign finance regulation now include guidance that is helpful to incorporated trade associations and membership organizations ; * A discussion of the effect of the Supreme Court's 2007 decision in Wisconsin Right to Life v. Federal Election Commission; * The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 has been added to chapter 5; * New and updated forms have been added, including Federal Election Commission disclosure forms, IRS forms, and Lobbying Disclosure Act forms; * The appendix includes updated resource material, such as lobbying disclosure guidelines, IRS publications, charts on contribution limits, and state-contribution-law and enforcement-agency Web sites.