And that is a fighting word to groups ranging from Code Pink to the National Rifle Association.
Conservatives weren't the only organizations to set up under the section of the tax code that allows social-welfare groups to operate on a tax-free basis.
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It won exemption in 1986 under section 501(c)(4) of the code, covering civic and social welfare groups.
He said use of the equipment, which scrambles plain text into unbreakable code, is skyrocketing among organized crime groups.
These groups claim tax-exempt status under section 501 (c) (4) of the federal tax code, which is for social welfare groups.
These money laundries, organized as 501(c)(4) groups under the Internal Revenue Code, violate the spirit of the tax laws and may well violate the letter of the law as well.
Democrats, raising an issue they have pressed for years, asked if part of the problem was because groups organizing under section 501(c)(4) of the tax code have operated under unclear rules since the Supreme Court in 2010 opened the door for corporations and other groups to spend unlimited amounts to influence campaigns.
But is this not code for steering the taxpayers' dollars to religious groups, in defiance of that supposed traditional wisdom?
Google and Mozilla have code education programs too, oriented at many different age groups, including educators.
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The six groups are: organizations that register country-code top level domains (such as .de, .uk or .jp, ), those that register generic top level domains (such as .com, .org and .net), commercial and business entities, intellectual property interests, Internet service providers and other providers of Internet connectivity, and registrars (the companies that register the names under which individuals or corporations wish to be known on the Web, such as www.greeneurope.org or www.ibm.com.).
The House Ways and Means Committee, for instance, has set up a series of working groups to begin devising an overhaul of the tax code.
Congress wrote the 501(c) code to provide tax-exempt status to a broad range of groups.
Last month the Federal Election Commission met to consider a proposal requiring these groups, called 527s for the section of the tax code that allows them to organize, to register their contributions and expenditures.
The ambiguities of the GNU Public license are responsible in part for Apple's lack of interest in developing for the many Linux distributions that are licensed under GPL. By contrast, said Sanchez, BSD groups do not demand that users of FreeBSD or NetBSD code contribute their innovations to the community, and are therefore more friendly to corporations.
One more example of how congressional Republicans have lost their political moorings--look at their spending record and their inability, so far, to extend or make permanent the prosperity-producing tax cuts of 2003--was the recent vote by the House of Representatives to severely restrict so-called 527 groups (so named for the section of the tax code under which they are incorporated).
An abundance of talent all working to create a hit--in the software business, you have groups of programmers hacking together hundreds of thousands of lines of code to hit the jackpot.
The House Ways and Means Committee has released several discussion drafts on pieces of the tax reform puzzle and formed working groups so committee members can dive into the details of the code.
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The "code of silence" that is often found among athletes, fraternities and other similar groups must be addressed.
However, the new findings that reveal how the teams shared source code of at least one module in the early stages of development prove that the groups cooperated at least once.
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The IRS has said applications from groups seeking to be treated as tax-exempt social-welfare groups under section 501(c)(4) of the tax code more than doubled from 2010 to 2012, presenting challenging legal issues.
For starters, eliminating anything from the Code has become an exercise in futility in light of the army of special interest groups and professional lobbyists who fight on behalf of even the most narrow, industry-specific provisions contained in the law.
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The groups, which file under sections 501(c)(4) and 501(c)(6) of the tax code, would also have to disclose their donors, providing a new opportunity for advocacy groups to intimidate businesses and others from participating in elections.
Indeed, legislation designed to force disclosure on those groups, known as 527 committees, named for a section of the federal tax code, recently was approved by the House and Senate.
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Tax-exempt social-welfare groups organized under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code are allowed to engage in some political activity, but the primary focus of their efforts must remain promoting social welfare.
For nine hours, these two groups clustered around each other's laptops, solving problems, sharing ideas, sharing code, and asking questions.
Groups granted tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(4) of the tax code are allowed to engage in some political activity, but their primary focus is supposed to be promoting social welfare.
Controversy over IRS scrutiny of conservative groups that had applied for tax-exempt status has also spotlighted complaints about the complexity of the tax code and proposals to overhaul it.
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