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A New Challenge to ALEC's Tax-Exempt Status

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A complaint to the IRS accuses the group of lobbying and operating to benefit its corporate members. A prominent tax attorney has accused an organization of state lawmakers and corporations officials with improperly claiming nonprofit status, alleging the group's role is to benefit businesses, the Republican Party, and legislators, not the public.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) "elevates commercial gain for a few over the well-being of society's less fortunate," says a complaint penned by Marcus Owens, the former chief of the Internal Revenue Service's nonprofit corporations division, on behalf of Clergy VOICE, a group of ministers from progressive churches in Ohio. (Read the full complaint at the jump.)
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